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Short 🧵 about a growing literature - effects of adverse climatic shocks on intimate partner violence! Partly inspired by our recent paper (now also on VoxDev) that shows that in the context of a RCT in Ethiopia. . . ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collec…

There are so many questions about the underemployment of college graduates in low-income countries. It was a pleasure to address some of them in this paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… (1/5)

Great to see our practical guide to shift-share instruments wiht Kirill Borusyak and Peter Hull out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives today 👇👇👇 pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10…

A new conference for economic theorists! Submit your paper to be part of the first European Economic Theory Conference (EETC) on September 19-/20th in Bonn. It will be a yearly theory conference rotating among European departments. Open for everyone, not just from Europe.

Trump’s attack on US institutions, even if fully expected, is dispiriting, discombobulating and dangerous. In this very difficult time, we have to remember one thing: This is not normal, and it should not be normalized. If, as I hope, the US democracy survives and (somehow)

Big kudos to this team for doing the work of uncovering what looks like large-scale research malpractice. Some highlights in this thread.

New research paper with Maria Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University) and Nicolas Cabra (Princeton University). How does forced displacement shape development in origin countries? We focus on the case of Venezuela, where nearly eight million people have been forcibly displaced.

📢We are pleased to share the report, “Improving the Publication Process in Economics” prepared by an ad-hoc joint AEA Journals EEA The Econometric Society RES committee - Joseph Altonji, Kevin Lang, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, Imran Rasul, Stefanie Stantcheva, Romain Wacziarg and chair Guido Imbens. Read

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Next Tuesday, March 11, we kick off the Spring 2025 VDEV/CEPR/BREAD seminars Virtual Development Economics Seminar, which we co-organize with Giacomo De Giorgi, Garance Genicot, Gianmarco León-Ciliotta, Suanna Oh, and Anthony Wambugu. We have scheduled seven presentations with superstars in development economics👇

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP20046 Firstborn Daughters and Family Structure in sub-Saharan #Africa Garance Genicot Garance Genicot Georgetown University, Maria Hernandez-de-Benito CUNEF Universidad ow.ly/JKFv50Vj1Qk #CEPR_DE #EconTwitter

🎉 Congratulations to our very own Professor Garance Genicot (Garance Genicot) on receiving an honorary doctorate by AMSE → 🦋 @amseaixmars.bsky.social A well-deserved recognition of her contributions to the field and the broader academic community. #GCER #econtwitter bsky.app/profile/amse-a…

✨ Just out on VoxDev.bsky.social: our blog on firstborn daughters, son preference, and family dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa — co-authored with María Hernández-de-Benito Take a look 👇👇👇

Fantastic presentations on Social protection and intergenerational effects at #WIDETDevConf2025 in #Helsinki #Finland Ambassador of #Chile chaired the session showcasing research by Professors Diogo Britto, Garance Genicot, Guido Neidhöfer, Jon Denton-Schneider

"Floods", by Dev Patel, is one of the more astounding Big Data econ papers I have ever seen. Machine learning can be used on satellite data to essentially do magic. How damaging are floods? How much do they affect human capital attainment? A thread on the paper 1/

The 2025 UNU-WIDER Summer School wraps up today in Helsinki! A huge thank you to all participants, especially the emerging scholars tackling intergenerational social mobility. Stay tuned for their research on ensuring societies Leave No One Behind. More: go.unu.edu/P8JTH

What a privilege to be part of this incredible UNU-WIDER summer school alongside such a passionate group of students and lecturers!

NEUDC announcement is pit! Hosted this year by the awesome development community at Tufts

This new working paper argues that female economics PhD students benefit tremendously from having female economics faculty around. How do they back up this claim? They look at the timing of sabbatical leaves. When female professors go on leave, it decreases third-year female