Just a reminder to submit to the 10th Liberal Arts Colleges Development Economics Conference by June 15th. Hosted at Amherst College on Sept 29 and 30, 2023. We're thrilled to have Nina Pavčnik as our keynote speaker. More information here: sites.google.com/site/lacdevcon…

An incredible group of scholars in a truly fabulous location.

We're hiring RAs from SE Asia. Please spread the word.

Happy to see our paper in print!

Go blue!

Compelling new evidence on brain gain from Helen Dempster and Lee Crawfurd.

Circular migration within Africa contributes to long-run structural change in origin country labor markets. Just Accepted paper by Taryn Dinkelman (Taryn Dinkelman), Grace Kumchulesi (grace kumchulesi), and Martine Mariotti (Martine Mariotti). zurl.co/olXo

Check out our VoxDev article discussing our paper on brain gain of Filipino nurses in The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat) . I particularly like VoxDev for teaching my undergraduates Amherst College , and hope you'll consider using this in your courses.

Should the UK and other countries recruit nurses and doctors from LMICs? There are good arguments for “brain drain” and “brain gain”, but what’s real? Interesting evidence from Phillipines shared here:

📢Call for papers! We are organising the 5th 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 on 17-18 June 2024, London | tinyurl.com/dd77ufhh Submit your papers before Friday, 29 March 2024

Hope you can join us in western MA at that other purple school in September!

Fantastic opportunity in an amazing department!

ISR’s Health and Retirement Study renewed with a $195 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the largest research grant in the history of the University of Michigan and one of the largest NIH grants isr.umich.edu/news-events/ne…

Students exposed to more school funding during elementary school are less likely to be arrested as adults. Just Accepted new paper by Jason Baron (Jason Baron), Joshua Hyman (Joshua Hyman), Brittany Vasquez (Brittany Vasquez) zurl.co/tpBm

🆕How does international migration affect economic development back home? Today on VoxDev, Gaurav Khanna UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, Emir Murathanoglu Oberlin College, Caroline Theoharides Amherst College & Dean Yang Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy outline the findings from their research ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

Always proud to be a Michigan alum. Way back in 2008 my first year cohort was 50% female. Forever go blue!

One of the most popular articles of 2024 ➡️ Brain drain vs brain gain: Does international migration deplete poor countries of skilled workers? by Paolo Abarcar & Caroline Theoharides outlining their research on nurses migrating from the Philippines ⤵️ voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the Economics department at Amherst College as an Assistant Professor this fall! I’m incredibly grateful to my committee, co-authors, friends, and family for their unwavering support! Excited about this next chapter!