Speaking today in a session on Care, Immigration, and Job Quality. Not too sure why they wanted a dev't economist to speak here 😂 but I want to bring a global perspective on healthcare workers and migration policy care.iwpr.org

Yes, many thanks to Maria Esther Caballero and IWPR for today's great conference.

A masterful reflection by Helen Dempster on why despite academic consensus on many things migration, we fail to influence the public or policymaking. We preach to the choir instead of the middle... We fail to offer compelling narratives... cgdev.org/publication/in…

Unfortunately, one of the best examples of effective communication on migration is "brain drain." It conjures a vivid image. It rhymes.

Mathematica is partnering with USAID to better understand how behavioral health can inform the agency’s work. Together, we’re empowering program staff to identify challenges, design solutions, and measure results. Learn more: ow.ly/PS6z30sByta

Exposing firms to a refugee worker through a weeklong internship led them to hirednearly three times as many refugee workers compared to firms in the control group. Fascinating intervention aimed to address misconceptions about refugee skills voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

Also, the biggest inequalities in life occur *where* you're born. Country of birth is the most important determinant of life outcomes. This is why more migration should be permitted.

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Has development ecnonomics lost its moral compass? Required reading for every development economist. Please take 10 minutes to read and reflect. linkedin.com/pulse/did-deve…

Any suggestions on papers that apply the Athey and Imbens 2016 causal tree approach and present the results really well? #Econtwitter