🧵 on new working paper: "The Macroeconomics of Intensive Agriculture". Background: In poor countries, agriculture is a large and unproductive sector. It employs >50% of the workforce, and has a labor productivity that is ~100x lower than in rich countries. 1/

Please RT: Professor David Strömberg is hiring a Research Assistant! Details about the position here: su.se/english/about-… More about Prof. Strömberg's work: davidstro.github.io Please share and apply!

Econ RA Listings #EconTwitter I am looking for 3 RAs to continue developing my research on econ of education/econ of crime: 2 will be based in Chile: -Predoc UANDES -Full-time RA UANDES Christopher A. Neilson 1 will be based in Finland: VATT Details: andresbarriosf.github.io

We need YOU! Opening for an Asst Manager/Senior RA for my WASH RCT in Karachi (w/ Ali A [Mathematica], Gabriella F [Kennedy Sch] & Reshma H [Harvard Business Sch]). Pls spread the word! Happy to answer queries via DM/email. Econ RA Listings ird.global/job/assistant-…

1/ Lots of controversy about this title. But even if you go deeper into the content it states things that are actually not backed by evidence or mechanisms that are not clear. We do not have great evidence of some of the mechanisms…

Forced migrants are highly vulnerable to adverse shocks, but regularization programs can enhance their resilience. Our paper in the AEA P&P, coauthored with María José Urbina, Sandra Rozo and Andrés Moya, finds this was the case for Venezuelan migrants in Colombia during COVID19

Great news; A new collaboration with the EEA and The Econometric Society! We are organizing the EEA/ESEM Barcelona Replication Games on August 27th, 2023. Games are the day before the EEA/ESEM annual meeting. One-day replication challenge (in-person only)! #econtwitter 🧵 below.

Had an incredible week at PSE on Migration Economics. Grateful to gain so many insights from David McKenzie , Giovanni Peri , Katrin Millock, and Hillel Rapoport

PhD students come present at the junior workshop in sunny Alicante! Travel costs covered!! Deadline June 30th.#EconTwitter Departamento Fundamentos del Análisis Económico UA

The share of people who report having suffered from anxiety or depression so that they could not continue their "regular daily activities for two weeks or longer". From our page on mental health, which we just updated: ourworldindata.org/mental-health

I'm still looking for about 15-16 PhD students or postdocs in econ or related fields at universities based in LMICs who would like feedback on a JMP (or advanced paper)! Have an excess of mentors, which is awesome. Sign up here! Spread the word! forms.gle/CDRGzsrfhKCMWM…

I’m hiring for a full-time Predoc Research Assistant position @NOVAFRICA NovaSBE to work with me on experimental impact evaluation projects related to #education #migration and #entrepreneurship. Deadline: Oct 8, rolling thereafter. Details: bit.ly/3LH9E8i Econ RA Listings

So proud to see the work of my sister and best friend 💛. Very cool research looking at dopamine, learning, and risk sensitivities, which could further explain the link between depression and pessimistic behavior / risk aversion in humans.

Just landed in Colombia 🇨🇴! So thrilled to be presenting tomorrow at #ieawc2023. Can't wait to learn from everyone there and engage in insightful discussions

LMICs are typically characterised by high levels of informality, which has significant implications for firms & workers. Gabriel Ulyssea's #VoxDevLit summarises research on the causes & consequences of informality for economic development. Read here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/info…

Great work Akib Khan! And so happy the paper is coming out

Sometimes we overlook how migrants are impacted by events beyond their borders. This study gives one more example of how events diffuse and affect lives abroad. Excited to share these very preliminary results, done with a great team. Suggestions and references welcome!