I will be hiring several pre-docs for 22/23 at the London School of Economics. If you are interested in development, trade and/or political economy apply here! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/48…, deadline: June 6 #EconTwitter

Our second Podcast episode is out! Guest speaker Dr. Anandi Mani, Professor of Behavioural Economics & Public Policy Blavatnik School of Government at University of Oxford discusses her paper Sex workers, Stigma and Self-Image with @prabhakar_avan PhD Econ candidate UVA Economics ➡️open.spotify.com/show/0W200Y1Xl…

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 DevLab@Penn and Center for the Advanced Study of India are hiring predocs to work with Erik Wibbels, Tariq Thachil, and others on research in international development. Candidates from low- and middle-income are particularly encouraged to apply! wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/upe…

Forthcoming in the JEL: "Meritocracy and Representation" by Rajiv Sethi and Rohini Somanathan. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

So are these "unobservables" in the room with us right now?

"... the consequences of such discriminatory and exclusionary prejudices are immediate: women inevitably lose out on opportunities as their entry into jobs is delayed. This creates a situation where women systemically lose out on senior positions and better wages."

Breaking News: The Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion in a decision that will lead to all but total bans on the procedure in about half of the U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts voted with the majority. nyti.ms/39SYQnZ

A Conditional Cash Transfer program in Colombia reduced crime, teenage pregnancy, & high school dropout—and increased college enrollment. This paper discusses the long-term results: cowles.yale.edu/sites/default/… Orazio Attanasio Lina Cardona-Sosa Carlos Medina Costas Meghir

WiEP Delhi meetup!

For our final podcast episode of BTS of Econ Research, we have Dr. Siwan Anderson & Ieda Matavelli of UBC Economics discuss the feminization of HIV, missing women and the importance of improving the legal rights Tune in 🎧Spotify - tinyurl.com/muuhb2u8

I’m a proud sister!

indianexpress.com/article/cities… What the hell!! DSE itself lacks space for its own students - now FMS is literally expanding to that space? We often sat on the floor for our class due to lack of capacity - in the same lecture theatre facing this space The Indian Express Delhi University

Graduate student workers around the country are standing up and fighting for economic justice.

Seeing what’s happening with post-docs on the econ job market & pre-docs among grad school applicants truly leaves me sad for our profession. We are screening out people who can’t/won’t spend 10 years preparing for a job as a PhD economist!

Irrespective of whether INDIA forms the government or not, this is a significant election result for the country. It decimates the mainstream perception of the BJP’s invincibility. We now know that the fascists can be voted out, if not today then tomorrow.

“In his quest for hegemonic dominance, PM Modi … has lost his sheen. There is discontentment and dissatisfaction in the ground and his charm is not enough for the voters. Their lived realities have broken the spell.”

Many academic institutions give equal tenure extensions to birthing and nonbirthing parents. This seems odd, not least because research by Jenna Stearns and co suggests that fathers use leave to do more research rather than bond pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10…

TMC’s police tried to dismiss the murder as a suicide. They tried to bribe the parents to ‘settle’ the matter. The principal with TMC links, who tried to cover it up, is being shielded. A TMC leader made a Facebook post slut-shaming the protestors. Mamata Banerjee must resign.

Women talking about women safety.

At 5 AM, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences received a call from Daron that he finally accepted to receive the Econ Nobel prize this year.