Very personal account from Barkha Dutt on being a journalist in India. She's facing up to 3 years in jail for reporting on the murder of 2 Dalit girls. Viral video calling for her hanging for reporting on #FarmersProtest, endorsed by govt party members. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

"We cannot continue to let inequality grow unchecked in our labor market. It is toxic to our people, to our society, and to our democracy. A higher minimum wage is an important first step to reversing it." @rothstein_jesse Heidi Shierholz thehill.com/opinion/white-…

Congratulations Christina on a well-deserved amazing end to the job market! Eat lots of ice cream and recover from the ptsd.

The average minimum wage worker would need to work a staggering 79 hours a week to afford a one-bedroom rental in 95 percent of U.S. counties...in the richest country on Earth. If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.

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At least 25% of Indian rural workers can’t find jobs in lean months, helping explain why self-employment is high in poor countries and pointing to large labor market distortions, from Emily Breza, Supreet Kaur, and Yogita Shamdasani nber.org/papers/w28643

EPoD affiliate Eliana Carranza & Supreet Kaur, Aletheia Donald, @FGrst find that while kin networks provide a critical safety net for the poor, pressure to redistribute income makes saving more difficult. Read the World Bank Africa blog post here zurl.co/KSRP

This new philanthropy organization seems like it is interested in funding work on using science and technology in information and psychosocial interventions - and has Michael Kremer, Supreet Kaur & BRAC's Munshi Sulaiman as advisors

Today, we're excited to announce the SPC-Agency Fund Social Impact Fellowship, a collaboration between @agencyfund and South Park Commons.

Over 400 Economists agree! Put simply, the Child Tax Credit expansion is good policy and we should make it permanent! Thank you to everyone who signed. You can find the final letter with list of signers here: hilaryhoynes.com/s/Economist-CT… #EconTwitter

You can just buy an ice cream cake whenever you want. They don’t even check if it’s your birthday or anything they just take your money

CEGA affiliate Supreet Kaur talks to VoxDev about whether the self-employed in rural India are entrepreneurs willingly or because they can't find jobs. Her research finds that unemployment in low- & middle-income countries may be much higher than we assume. voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

.Supreet Kaur discusses her work w/ Emily Breza & Yogita Shamdasani examining if external labour market shocks reveal the presence of ‘rationed’ workers. They find many rural workers turn to #selfemployment for lack of available #jobs, not visions of entrepreneurship: ow.ly/79hG50Gbfm8

What is China doing in Africa? If you don’t know, now you know.

Excited to share the virtual stage with these incredible scholars as we discuss Behavioral Consequences of Scarcity at 3:30pst on Friday #SPSP2022 Shai Davidai Supreet Kaur @vancejlarsen Sherry Jueyu Wu

Bloody hell. Looking at a message from the Ukraine Library Association concerning the cancellation of their forthcoming conference. it basically says "We will reschedule just as soon as we have finished vanquishing our invaders". Ukrainian Librarians, I salute you

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In Africa, workers get constant requests to share money with others. Shielding their income increases work attendance and earnings by over 10%. Informal insurance creates a social tax, from Eliana Carranza, Aletheia Donald Florian Grosset-Touba and Supreet Kaur nber.org/papers/w30438

Thanks Ben!