Hi #EconTwitter, I am very happy to open my 2nd year grad class on diffs in diffs at UCSB to students from low- and middle-income countries via remotestudentexchange.org This is such a great website, thanks Johannes Haushofer and all those who have helped create it.

“Most critically, however, we should anticipate the possibility that the virus will spread through Africa, where a vaccination campaign that had barely started is now endangered by the situation in India, which stopped exporting vaccines many countries were relying on.”

I am looking for RAs on several research projects (both field and observational). Interest in development economics, pol econ, India, cricket is valuable! Comfort with Stata is necessary. Please DM or email me at [email protected] if you are interested.

I was recently appointed Director of the Center for Social Innovation@ UVA. We are looking for an Associate Director. This would be a great pre-doc for an Econ BA with a bit of experience or an MPP. Please encourage interested candidates to apply: uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/Ch…

Proud that my outstanding coauthor Nicola Fuchs-Schuendeln is giving the first SED plenary talk this year!

A new memo from our AEA ad hoc committee on the job market has been posted. Happily, there is continued evidence of a major rebound in the demand for PhD economists. Summary w/ graphs follows... 1/7 #EconTwitter #EconJobMarket AEA Information @JOE_listings EconSpark: the AEA Economics Discussion Forum CSWEP

I know everyone's attention has been focused elsewhere in the world this weekend, but this is an incredibly positive development that shouldn't be missed.

📢 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY! We are pleased to announce a new call for proposals for PhD students and early-career researchers, who are invited to submit projects relevant to promoting sustainable & inclusive growth in developing countries. ➡️ bit.ly/IGC-call #EconTwitter

Peru, my country, will possibly follow other Latam countries in a wave of expropriations of natural resource industries. Here's a sequence of studies that are good to think about this topic...still a good are to hunt a dissertation topic.

Meet UCSDEcon's 15 job market candidates for 2021-22. Details on each of our candidates available at go.ucsd.edu/3nCMYcw

Climate change is no more some projected remote event occurring in uncertain distant future. It is right here, even in Southern Volta. The only difference is it will get worse. We need both adaptation (sea defence walls to keep the waves at bay) and mitigation measures.

A nun - one sister Mary - just reached out because she heard I could get her 500 gallons of organic Greek olive oil by next Monday, which she needs ASAP for her monasteries in WI, PA and NY. Beat that ‘supply chain bottleneck’ story.

The US academic market for economists seems quite weak to me this year, with pretty limited demand from many universities and colleges. If you are a job market candidate sitting on a small number of interviews so far, I think it’s fair to say, “it’s not you, it’s us.”

I discussed a very nice paper by Titan Alon, Kim, David Lagakos and VanVuren on the impact of Covid-19 across the world income distribution at the IMF Annual Research Conference in November. David's presentation and my discussion (at minute 25) are here: players.brightcove.net/45228659001/de…

If you're doing work in macro (broadly defined) be sure to submit your paper to the Economic Growth and Fluctuations group run by Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis Ludo Visschers and David Lagakos and me! It's a fantastic, interactive, and friendly environment! #EconTwitter

The World Bank has launched its Africa Education Fellowship Program for Africans under age 32, with master’s degree or PhD candidates/ recent grads. 6 months in DC or country office. The deadline is Feb 28. Please share widely! I Love Gain Research In Color Foundation worldbank.org/en/region/afr/…

My heart and thoughts are with Ukraine and Ukrainian people 💙💛 I know many wants to help in some way. Here are things that each of us can do: - reach out to any Ukrainians you know - spread reliable information and speak up - join demontrations - DONATE linktr.ee/hey.i.am.vika

🚨Reminder🚨 Submit your papers by tonight for the fifth edition of our Barcelona Summer Forum session on Growth and Fluctuations with David Lagakos Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis and Ludo Visschers All areas of macro welcome! bse.eu/summer-forum/w…

The moral compass: the civilized world must impose sanctions on Russian energy exports to raise the cost of war for Putin. Economics also tells us to impose sanctions #UkraineUnderAttaсk VoxUkraine The Moral Bankruptcy of Buying Russian Energy voxukraine.org/en/the-moral-b…

”Mr. Putin, these are not sanctions. This is a special financial operation. We are here to save your economy!”