Dear PM Narendra Modi, your govt is claiming to do full vaccination by year end. Why don't you update state & district wise vaccination target for each month & the actual vaccination numbers against that target on a dashboard? It is our lives at stake. We have a right to know.

A sharp and wide-ranging review of the history of hunger, food security, and food policy in India by Mridula Chari for Fifty Two. Covers a broad and informative discussion of various elements of PDS - very useful for those keeping a track. fiftytwo.in/story/famished/

In a new working paper co-authored with Sugat Chaturvedi and Zahra Siddique University of Bristol we use techniques in machine learning to explore what lies behind the gender requests placed in job ads in India and applicant response to these. dp.ashoka.edu.in/ash/wpaper/pap…

Unbelievable scenes here! India, yes, India is into #hockey women's semi-final after stunning Australia 1-0! Woah.

🚐🚐Research Assistant for Research Project: Informal Transit Networks In Lagos. Prof Nick Tsivanidis (UC Berkeley) is hoping to bring on board a research assistant for a project (approximately 16 weeks).

Currently applying to Berkeley’s Economics or ARE PhD programs? The student-led BEE Graduate School Application Bootcamp on November 6th will help underrepresented minority applicants prepare their SOPs, personal history statements, and letters of recommendation packets. 1/2

Congratulations to the farmers who have stuck to their demands and refused to give in their protest

📢Please retweet!📢 The Wharton School Professors Shing-Yi Wang, Arthur van Benthem & I are hiring a pre-doctoral researcher in development & environment economics to start 1 July 2022 Great fit if you're considering a PhD Economics! Apply by 5 Dec 2021 More info 👇susannaberkouwer.com/files/theme/Jo…

PhD applicants of #EconTwitter, as offers start coming & you’ve to make a choice, plz plz ask current & former students about the support they get from dept & faculty. Good profs can make a tough situation many times better & you’ll need it for as long as you’re in the dept.

🚨New WP alert!🚨 w/Sara Spaziani & Mary Namubiru we investigate gender disparities in the effect of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of skilled workers in Uganda. We document 1⃣the arising of new gender gaps 2⃣their persistence and3⃣the widening of pre-existing ones. 🧵

Please spread the word about this opportunity for researchers from low and lower-middle income countries to be predoctoral fellows as a bridge to PhD econ programs. We're hosting our first fellows at NU Global Poverty Research Lab this year and plan to continue.

We, the Postdocs, Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees, & Graduate Student Researchers at UC announce a multi-unit strike starting November 14. United with Student Researchers United-UAW & @uaw2865 we will make University of California stop their unlawful conduct & bargain in good faith.

"What does it say about a university system touted as one of the Golden State’s best attributes if its intellectual workforce can’t afford to live in the state?" The Los Angeles Times is asking the right questions!

The campus feels eerily empty of activity as the graduate student strike begins this morning at UC-Berkeley

I stand in strong solidarity with the 48,000 academic workers at the University of California who are on strike for higher wages, better child care benefits, and expanded paid leave.

Data, data everywhere, but not a thought to think Propaganda and nuance never really go together, with propaganda having to cater to the lowest common denominator. My column in the Deccan Herald. deccanherald.com/opinion/data-d…

This NYT article tackles an important problem, but presents a cliched & outdated view on how to solve it. This is *extremely frustrating* to someone like me who works on research/policy aimed at putting people w criminal records on a better track. nytimes.com/2023/07/06/bus…

The National Family Health Survey remains among the few credible publicly conducted pan-Indian surveys. (NSS last accepted "thick round" survey was in 2011). This systematic dismantling of existing data systems ensures WhatsApp University prevails. thewire.in/government/ks-… (1/2)

A beautiful tribute by Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee. #EconTwitter & Normistas (UN system, World Bank): pl note. Norms are never static, they change. More imp, shifting norms is only half the battle. Social & eco structures need to change too. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit…

#HIRING an STC to support an evaluation that studies the workers' willingness to pay for flexibility in their working conditions. You will: conduct quantitative surveys at firms, and manage field implementation. Email Apoorva Limaye ([email protected]) to apply!!