New in the latest JDE! A whole set of fascinating articles. In Kenya, 20-yr longitudinal evidence from the deworming cohort shows a significant ⬆️ in income ⬇️ Pentecostal church membership - ⬆️membership in trad'l denomination Livia Alfonsi Edward Miguel sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

'How human capital reshapes religious affiliation' - New Opinion Piece out by Livia Alfonsi UC Berkeley, Michal Bauer and Julie Chytilová Charles University and Edward Miguel Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA). #Kenya #religion #humancapital #economicgrowth Read here: wol.iza.org/opinions/how-h…

The program for the Development workshop at the Barcelona School of Economics #SummerForum (coorganized w/ Andre Groeger, #PaulaBustos, Melanie Morten, and #GDeGiorgi) is out!! Looking forward to a couple of days of fun and stimulating discussion!

In the past week at Institute for International Economic Studies I finally experienced the wonderful environment I’ve heard so much about. A pleasure to meet many dev+ colleagues and smart, motivated grad students, including proactive first-years brimming with ideas. Thanks for having me 🤩

Are you tired of answering “is this generalizable” questions when you present research on India/ specific states? I suggest try this 👇

Interested in #Economics research, #ImpactEvaluation & #GenderEquality? The World Bank’s #Africa Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) is hiring an ETC Economist w/expertise in firms, labor markets, capital, and/or agriculture. PhD preferred. 🗓️Apply by June 20! worldbankgroup.csod.com/ats/careersite…

Call for papers is out for the BREAD-CEPR-TIME-TCD Symposium. Send in your submissions, any area of development economics by July 1st. Anyone can submit - please RT to help spread the word. Submission portal: bit.ly/BREAD-CEPR-TIM…

Back at my favorite conference with some new work! WP coming soon 👀 #NOVAFRICA2024

The team keeps growing!! We are hiring again 😎 Apply or rt, please! 🔎 short term consultant fluent in spatial data analysis - remote position

This paper had everyone at NBER talking this week. Amazing natural experiment, important results! "The Impact of Denying a Wanted Abortion on Women and Children" by Juliana Londoño-Vélez & Estefanía Saravia conference.nber.org/conf_papers/f2…