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Call for Papers: The World Bank (World Bank Research) and the editorial team from JIE will host a conference to discuss the role of international trade on development outcomes in Washington, DC on Sept 12-13, 2024. Submission Deadline: April 15, 2024 worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

Helping refugees integrate into the labour market. Francesco Loiacono & @Marijo_Silva_V outline evidence from #Uganda that working with a refugee increases firms' likelihood of hiring more refugees by adjusting beliefs: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…

My paper with Eliana Carranza on job training and job search assistance in developing countries is out today in the latest JEP - which also has a nice symposium on taxation and developing countries pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10…

What is a firm again? The fluidity of firm boundaries in developing country firms - I summarize recent empirical work on how capital & labor can be fluid across firms & workers in developing countries blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

🚨🚨🚨Job Alert 🚨🚨🚨 We are looking for our next project manager for several research projects in Uganda. Position is well-paid and based in Kampala, which is a safe and fun city to live in. See tinyurl.com/dyadicproject2… for details on how to apply. Please circulate, 🙏

🆕 How are manufacturing firms organised in Uganda? 🇺🇬 Today on VoxDev, Vittorio Bassi USC Economics International Growth Centre, Jung Hyuk Lee, Ph.D., Alessandra Peter New York University, Tommaso Porzio Columbia Business School, @RitwikaSen Kellogg School & Esau Tugume BRAC Uganda outline new evidence: voxdev.org/topic/firms/ho…

Are you a PhD student working on Inequality and related topics? Apply by April 15 to the Stone Centre at UCL PhD Conference and come present your research at UCL Economics! UPDATE: we’ll be able to offer funding for a limited number of presenters More info here: sites.google.com/view/uclstonec…

🆕 Does rural electrification cause economic development? Fiona Burlig (Harris Policy Energy Policy Institute at UChicago) & Louis Preonas (Univ. of Maryland) study the world’s largest-ever rural electrification push which expanded electricity access in over 400,000 rural villages in India: voxdev.org/topic/energy-e…

📗 Call for Papers! The 6th World Bank Research/ Institute for Fiscal Studies /ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social Public Finance Conference is inviting paper submissions on "Public Finance and Structural Transformation" for this year's conference in Washington DC. Submit papers here by Monday 15 April: worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

Aiding the search for good jobs: Evidence from Uganda - @orianabandiera, Robin Burgess (LSE Department of Economics) Vittorio Bassi (USC) Imran Rasul (UCL) @munshisulaimanand (@BIGD_bracu) & Anna Vitali (Dartmouth 🌲) Read more: ideasforindia.in/topics/human-d…

Please RT: Our 100 new Malengo Inc. students need mentors! You will support them in university applications and preparing for life abroad. Time commitment 2–5h/month. You can do this remotely, and German skills are NOT required. You'll be paid. Details: malengo.org/volunteer-with…

📢 📢We are thrilled to announce the 1st European edition of the Junior Spatial Economics Conference. It will take place in Paris Sciences Po on the 18th-19th of Dec 2024. Send us your most recent work before June 20th. Extended abstracts are welcome! 👉cepr.org/events/junior-…

📢#CALLFORPAPERS The 4th Junior Spatial #Economics #Conference now invites submissions from junior researchers on topics in spatial and urban economics. Organised by CEPR & Sciences Po 📆Deadline: 20 June ✍️ow.ly/N2IW50Se86f

📢 Free online course on urban economics for PhD students 🏙️ So many great lectures planned in the BREAD-International Growth Centre course covering urbanisation, migration, land use, transportation, service delivery and more. Starting 25 September, more details here: theigc.org/events/bread-i…

Delighted to announce the BREAD-International Growth Centre Virtual PhD course on Cities is now open: 10 terrific lectures planned. Please RT & encourage interested students to register: open to all. Details and registration link here: bit.ly/BREAD_IGC_Urba… Pascaline Dupas Dean Yang

Are you a PhD or Postdoc student working on topics in the field of #Finance and #Development? Do you have a very preliminary idea to present to a friendly & constructive audience? This is a great opportunity -> deadline in 1 day only! See ⬇️⬇️⬇️

** New WP alert ** Slack and Economic Development, with Michael Walker, Nachiket Shah, @tedmiguel, Felix Samy Soliman, Tilman Graff We study the causes and macroeconomic consequences of slack in small firms. drive.google.com/file/d/1heKgka…

NYU Economics is proud to announce its 2024 Job Market Candidates. Learn more at as.nyu.edu/departments/ec… Keep an eye out for threads on each candidate's research in the coming days.

💡 Skills matter—especially in a crisis. Our decade-long study in Uganda shows that vocational training helped workers recover faster from COVID-19 job losses. More skills = more resilience. W/ Imran Rasul Vittorio Bassi Elena Spadini Read more: library.hbs.edu/working-knowle…