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I spent a month at GPI this summer and they have built a really great intellectual community. They have hired lots of great economists over the past few years. On top of great scholarly work being done, everyone there is incredibly kind and helpful, wonderful atmosphere!

New on the SSPP: Martin Mattsson, Sangita Vyas, and Archana Bala seek predictions for the effect of a government clean air program on India's air pollution: buff.ly/3sRKcH1 📅 Closes: Jan 31, 2024 📚 Field: Economics ⏱️ Length: 10 min

NUS Economics, Finance, and Public Policy are looking to hire several full-time pre-doc research assistants starting around July-August. The initial application is simple and only requires CV, Transcript, and cover letter.fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/pre-doc-ra… Econ RA Listings

Come join us at NUS Economics as a pre-doc. You'll work with us and gain more experience before applying to a PhD program. fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/pre-doc-ra… Please drop me an email directly if you are interested in working with me. Econ RA Listings

So many young stars changing the world in economics and occasionally I try to draw attention to one of them in my area. Today my young star alert is Eva Vivalt! Her work, especially on the science of using science, is pathbreaking. Can't wait to watch her continue to change

Extremely happy to have Martin Mattsson for the #IIMC #Econ #Seminar on Wednesday from 4 pm. He will be talking on dispute resolution in the context of village courts in Bangladesh. #EconTwitter IIM Calcutta

This is a huge win for risky policy change global health effective altruism! When GiveWell granted CGD money to pursue this in 2021 this outcome was basically their best case scenario. (givewell.org/research/incub…)

In this new episode of the Backstory Podcast UCSDEcon I ask Martin Mattsson about the backstory of his research on formalizing dispute resolution mechanisms in Bangladesh 🧵open.spotify.com/episode/3GsiT7…

🚨🚨Bangladesh: Media reports state that security forces have been raiding neighbourhoods and conducting mass arrests, targeting students and opposition activists. Whereabouts of some of those arrested are unknown. Several student leaders have been arrested from the hospital

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡: 𝐀 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 A Thread 🧵 by Khairul Islam, Core Member, Youth Policy Forum (1/43)

#Bangladesh update from journalist on ground in Dhaka at 6am (Uk time) 11am (Bangladesh time). 1. Thousands of heavily armed troops and police men were deployed in Dhaka and its entry points as the students urged people to march to the capital to force Hasina to resign. The

UPDATE 2: Dhaka at 1pm (Uk at 8 am) 1. #Bangladesh army chief General Waker-uZ-Zaman will address the people at 2pm. Till then the army has asked people to be patient. 2. A total internet blackout has been enforced from 10.30am Monday. 3. According to the The Business Standard

The situation in Bangladesh is terrible and getting worse. I fully support this statement by Youth Policy Forum - YPF

There are reports that Awami League's politician's houses are being attacked and set on fire. This kind of retribution, however understandable, must stop.

Some form of accountability of those involved in serious human rights violations in #Bangladesh, particularly in relation to the killings of students, protestors and onlookers is important, But how do people think that Bangladesh's investigative, prosecution and court system will

Luisa Rodriguez (80,000 Hours) got *really* good at interviewing. Please someone over at 80k pass along the compliment.

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service" by Martin Mattsson. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Very grateful to Peter Singer for giving a guest lecture in my class on Effective Altruism. The class was developed by Joel Chow and I and aim to explain EA principles as well as real world applications of these principles. Taught as an interdisciplinary course NUS

Congratulations to award winning Sahana Ghosh !

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Martin Mattsson NUS who works on formal + informal institutions