Please spread the word about this opportunity for researchers from low and lower-middle income countries to be predoctoral fellows as a bridge to PhD econ programs. We're hosting our first fellows at NU Global Poverty Research Lab this year and plan to continue.

I’m looking for full-time research assistant candidates. Points for finding the total value of imports and exports for major US ports in 1860, 1870, and 1880. Bonus points for why I might want this, when divided by gdp per capita. Please pass on, application is online somewhere.

We are hiring a full-time predoctoral research assistant interested in work at the intersection of health economics and medicine at Northwestern Economics! Consider joining our team led by Charles Manski and Daniela Ladner. For more details check bit.ly/3B4GqLz.

Apply for a spot in PREDOC's 2023 Summer Course by March 20th! Successful applicants will attend weekly classes with Harvard and UChicago faculty, professional development sessions, coding/database workshops, etc. bit.ly/3xYfACy ✨All students receive a $2000 stipend✨

We have a new working paper on the incarceration gap between immigrants and the US-born since 1870

New paper below, with a paradigm shift in thinking about slavery and emancipation — that centrally considers the costs incurred by enslaved people — with implications for the country’s foundation and the possibilities for substantial economic gains when there is misallocation

Kellogg School of Management PhD Candidate Carlo Medici’s research interests are Labor Economics, Political Economy, Economic History. Learn more about Carlo Medici & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at economics.northwestern.edu/people/phd-job…

Department of Economics PhD Candidate Ahnaf Rafi’s research interest is Econometrics. Learn more @AhnafAlRafi other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at economics.northwestern.edu/people/phd-job…

Department of Economics PhD Candidate Marie-Louise Decamp’s research interests are Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Applied Microeconomics. Learn more about Marie-Louise & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at economics.northwestern.edu/people/phd-job…

Department of Economics PhD Candidate Gaston Lopez’s research interests are Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics. Learn more Gaston Lopez other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at economics.northwestern.edu/people/phd-job…

Proud of this recognition to the Census Linking Project (censuslinkingproject.org)!(Leah Boustan Myera Rashid @K_A_Eriksson and Ran)

Department of Economics PhD Candidate Anastasiia Evdokimova’s research interests are Industrial Organization, Health Economics. Learn more about Anastasiia & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at economics.northwestern.edu/people/phd-job…

Department of Economics PhD Candidate Filip Obradovic’s research interests are Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics. Learn more about @obradfilip & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at economics.northwestern.edu/people/phd-job…

Come work with us at Northwestern Economics! Elisa Jácome and I are hiring a full-time Pre-Doc starting in the summer 2025 to work on projects on labor economics, public economics, economic history and political economy. More info attached! Apply here: forms.gle/y5RQmS8m4RMKNn…. Econ RA Listings

Department of Economics PhD Candidate Laura C. Murphy’s research interests are Macroeconomics, Household Finance. Learn more about Laura & other Northwestern Economics Job Market Candidates at economics.northwestern.edu/people/phd-job…

There has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges over the last century. However, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse.

Thank you Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern 🙏🏼 Excited to share my working paper studying the impacts of a work creating technological change on women’s labor and family outcomes!

A new rule-based linking method for historical Census records based on extra information, offering higher match rates and accuracy than earlier algorithms, from Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Harriet M. Brookes Gray, @K_A_Eriksson, Santiago Pérez, Hannah Postel, Ph.D., Myera Rashid, and Noah

In a working paper, IPR graduate RA Myera Rashid explores how the adoption of the typewriter reshaped women's job and marriage prospects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries—showing how technology can change economic mobility and social life. spr.ly/6011f6BmJ

Join us in welcoming Leah Boustan to Yale! She joins as a Professor of Economics and Director of the Economic History Program at Yale Economic Growth Center. Learn more about her background and research in Yale University EGC's latest Faculty Spotlight: egc.yale.edu/research/leah-…