We at the Institute for International Economic Studies do research and dodge traffic like boda boda drivers 🏍️. Movie credits: Claude Raisaro

Thanks to the amazing efforts of @AnnaGoeddeke, 70 students displaced from Ukraine were invited to apply to ESB Business School @esbreutlingen today. BUT: There are 6,403 more students on the list. *Professors everywhere, email me if you can make room*! [email protected]

Great 1st day at #PEDL Young Scholars Matchmaking Workshop #YSMW 2022 in Abu Dhabi 🏜️ So excited to be back in person this year. Can already see many cool project ideas & emerging collaborations 💡🧑‍💻 Thanks to PEDL, NYU Abu Dhabi DevLab, NYUAD Social Science for making this possible

My first tweet! Perfect occasion to thank PEDL, NYU Abu Dhabi DevLab, Chris Woodruff, @morgonomics, Christian Meyer, amazing facilitators & fellow participants for this week at the #PEDL Young Scholars Matchmaking Workshop in Abu Dhabi. A fantastic experience & I’m grateful to be here!

Thanks for this amazing workshop @morgonomics, Christian Meyer, Chris Woodruff, PEDL and NYU Abu Dhabi DevLab!

So proud that our work "Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from four field experiments" has found such an amazing home!! Tessa Bold AEA Journals LEAP Stockholm University Institute for International Economic Studies Makerere University

Ein paar Gedanken zu “mathematischen Modellen”, vor allem für jene, die mit ihnen nicht so vertraut sind. Was ist überhaupt ein Modell? Aus meiner Sicht ist es eine klar artikulierte Vorstellung davon, wie ein Aspekt der Welt funktioniert.

Do you want to be a part of one of Europe's leading institutions in advanced research in economics? We are now looking for new Grad Students to join us in the fall 2022! More info: bit.ly/3rAdpTa

🔔Call for Applications!!🔔 21st Summer School in #International and #Development #Economics!! Our speakers this year will be Salma Mousa / سلمى موسى & Dominic Rohner 5th - 8th Sep., 2022 For more info on how to apply: dagliano.unimi.it/twenty-first-s… Mariapia Mendola

Super interesting research here by Jon de Quidt. Everyone should take a close look. I want to spend more time with it and see how far it can be pushed with field experiments to deepen our understanding of the whys behind our choices.

Bitte retweeten: Mentor*innen für ugandische Studierende gesucht! Unsere gemeinnützige Organisation Malengo (malengo.org) unterstützt Jugendliche aus Niedrigeinkommensländern dabei, ein Bachelor-Studium in Europa zu absolvieren. 1/n

🛰️🥳🛰️🥳🛰️ 🙏 Tack så mycket to Riksbankens Jubileumsfond for supporting our project 'The Marketplace Activity Index: Towards real-time economic monitoring in remote and conflict-affected regions using satellite imagery' with $700,000. rj.se/en/grants/2022… (1/3)

IIES Job Market Candidate Tillmann von Carnap’s Tillmann von Carnap job market paper asks how rural marketplaces shape their surroundings and how this age-old way of trading can be leveraged for development. 1/5 bit.ly/3X3XiLx

Please retweet: I'm looking to hire a Research Assistant based in Nairobi! You'll work on lab & field experiments. Good prep for grad school; most previous RAs have ended up as coauthors on papers. Deadline Jan 10, start anytime in 2023, 2-year commitment. povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear…

Remember Malengo Inc.? We help students from low-income countries complete a Bachelor's degree in a high-income country; currently Uganda -> Germany. We just closed our applications, and we have over ONE THOUSAND applicants! Here's what we've been up to, and how you can support: 1/n

Applications are now open for this year's GAIN program! Information, mentoring and funding of application fees, for Africans interested in graduate school in economics or related fields. Deadline March 29th. More details here: gain-network.net/participants Please share widely!

Excellent article by Francesco Loiacono & @Marijo_Silva_V on VoxDev based on their insightful research on effective and creative ways for refugee market participation Innovations for Poverty Action

📢 Keine Entrechtung von Menschen auf der Flucht. 270 Wissenschaftler*innen sehen rechtsstaatliche und menschenrechtliche Minimalstandards in Gefahr und fordern einen "Menschenrechtspakt in der Flüchtlingspolitik". Zum ganzen Aufruf: verfassungsblog.de/fur-einen-mens…

.Cristina Clerici's [Stockholm School of Economics] JMP looks at gender & occupational choices in urban 🇺🇬 --> financial returns & family approval are imp drivers of occupational sorting ~ relaxing the latter for women could ⬆️ share choosing male-dom occupations co: Iacopo Bianchi & Dominik Biesalski