I am hiring up to 3 pre-docs to work with me at the LSE next year on several projects in development, labor and political economy. Deadline: March 31. Apply here! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/34… #econtwitter #econ_RA

Esther Duflo and I are delighted to put our MIT Economics PhD. Micro Development Economics course, 14.771, online MIT OpenCourseWare. All videos, syllabi, and lecture notes are free and open for all, including for use in your own classes. ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-771…

Congratulations to Professor Leonard Wantchekon on winning this year's Global Economy Prize from the Kiel Institute (IfW Kiel). Wantchekon shares the 2023 prize w/ World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and UNDP Africa Chief Innovation Officer Eleni Gabre-Madhin. bit.ly/40yjJZQ

Exciting news! Georgetown University and the World Bank are hosting a conference on poverty in honor of Martin Ravallion on Oct 21-22, 2023. Submit your paper by May 26, 2023, at editorialexpress.com/conference/Mar… #MartinRavallionConference #PovertyFight #EconTwitter Georgetown Center for Economic Research

We are hiring! Sandra.Sequeira and I are looking for a RA to do field work in Maputo. This is an exciting research project w/ International Growth Centre support. We want to get started in July 2023, so please apply asap! More info here: sites.google.com/view/gabriel-u… Please spread the word! Econ RA Listings

📢#CallforPapers Join us for the @iseg Lisbon Migration Economics Workshop that will take place in the beautiful city of Lisbon 🇵🇹 🗓️5-6 April, 2024 Keynotes: Marco Manacorda (Queen Mary University of London) and Sandra.Sequeira (LSE) Submissions until November 19, 2023 iseg.ulisboa.pt/en/event/lisbo… #econtwitter

Zero-sum thinking is a key mindset that shapes how we view the world. Excited to share a new paper on the roots and consequences of Zero-sum thinking with Sahil Chinoy, Nathan Nunn Sandra.Sequeira. A summary thread🧵1/23 scholar.harvard.edu/files/stantche…

Top-star line-up at the Crossing Borders @LISER_CB workshop series this year, with Sandra.Sequeira, Klaus Desmet, Petra Moser, Anna Maria Mayda, Mariapia Mendola, Joan Llull (Econ), Toman Barsbai, Diego Puga, and Stelios Michalopoulos. Don't miss!

The 17th Annual Meeting of PEJ will be held at Universidade Algarve on 5-7 July 2024 and it is organised by CEFAGE-UAlg and CinTurs. Submission deadline: 15 March 2024 pej2024.wixsite.com/website youtube.com/watch?v=BarvmI… #PEJ #PortugueseEconomicJournal #conference #economics #Faro #Algarve #Portugal

The rise of zero-sum thinking among the younger generation is an underrated part of this, as I explored here based on the work of Stefanie Stantcheva Sahil Chinoy Nathan Nunn Sandra.Sequeira

Reducing transport costs and increasing exposure to the labour market leads to job seekers improving targeting in the job search. Abhijit Banerjee and Sandra.Sequeira outline evidence from South Africa, that features in our forthcoming #VoxDevLit, here: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

🚨The Call for applications to the next Summer School in Development Economics is out! Terrific to have Claudio Ferraz and Sandra.Sequeira talking about "Political Economy and Development" 🌟🌟 Sept. 3-6 ,2024 in Tuscany (Italy) Apply here👉 tinyurl.com/yrxj74n9 Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano

I'm looking for a full-time RA, starting Aug-Sep this year. The position is based in London at UCL Economics , to work on my ERC funded projects on "Forced Migration and Development". Job ad below. Apply here: tinyurl.com/ywhsr4hh #EconTwitter and Econ RA Listings, pls spread the word!

Come work with me at the LSE next year on exciting projects in development, labor and political economy. Deadline to apply: 20 April 2024 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/61…

PhD student in development? Do not miss the chance to learn from two amazing political/development economists Claudio Ferraz and Sandra.Sequeira Apply here 👇 LEAP Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano #leadevelopment

Delighted to announce the BREAD-International Growth Centre Virtual PhD course on Cities is now open: 10 terrific lectures planned. Please RT & encourage interested students to register: open to all. Details and registration link here: bit.ly/BREAD_IGC_Urba… Pascaline Dupas Dean Yang

As lecturers on the IGC-BREAD course--if you have not already-- could Diego Puga Melanie Morten @thetahat Augustin Bergeron Nick Tsivanidis @ReddingEcon Leonard Wantchekon Sandra.Sequeira Matthew E. Kahn please promote this to your online audience and network? Thank you 😇🏙️📈

📄Call for Papers is now open! RFBerlin invites submissions for our upcoming conference on "Migration: Economics, Politics, and Development". Submit your work now and share this call with colleagues! Submit: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76102/s…

Call for papers for the 17th annual conference on migration and development, this year to be held in Bologna on Dec 9/10. Submissions due Sept 20. Always an excellent conference & has featured some of the best work on the topic. Keynotes are Dean Yang & Sandra.Sequeira