A personal musical journey provoked by the excellent Amazon Prime series Bandish Bandits, and in particular the Raga Marwa sung by the great Hindustani classical khayal singer Ustad Amir Khan in Scroll.in: scroll.in/article/108097…

Excited to share work with Kate Orkin Emma Riley in rural Kenya. We show that adding an aspiration-boosting workshop to cash transfers increased women’s control over resources & decreased intimate partner violence as compared to cash transfers alone. tinyurl.com/3fwuhjyc

Hi! The Behind-the-Scenes seminar, where we explore how research papers come together, is back! This time, we’re joined by Pietro Ortoleva, who will be presenting on 25th April at 3 pm (UK time). Please register here and we’ll send you the Zoom link: forms.office.com/e/FUgVh7Jqxi

🚨PhD alert! In light of everything happening in the world, the Econ Department at Imperial Business School is conducting a second lightning round of admissions for fall 2025! Applications due April 30, offers in mid-May. Please spread the word! More details: dropbox.com/scl/fi/55wkl2q…

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Come work with me, Nina Buchmann, Andreas Menzel, and Lisa Ho in Jordan! Looking for a full-time RA. Updated details: povertyactionlab.org/careers/unpack… Econ RA Listings

Hi! The Behind-the-Scenes seminar series, where we explore how research papers come together, is back! We’re excited to welcome David McKenzie, who will be presenting on 27th May at 2 PM (UK time). Please register here to receive the Zoom link: forms.office.com/e/FUgVh7Jqxi

An excellent opportunity to meet a vibrant network of development economists in Europe and beyond. Join us in sunny Madrid 🌞

📣🎉Applications are open for the CSAE Visiting Fellowships Scheme 2026. The scheme supports African scholars pursuing a career in economics (with a doctorate). Candidates must apply online by 31 May 2025 to be considered. csae.ox.ac.uk/visiting-fello… csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-visiting-…

Looking forward to the 8th Workshop on Subjective Expectations next week at NovaSBE Exciting lineup of talks ahead—check out the full program here: equalnovaera.pt/wp-content/upl… #EconWorkshop

Work with me and my star coauthors (Patrick Agte & Pascaline Dupas) on AI & health! We're recruiting a full-time, Hindi-speaking field research associate to work on our project in Rajasthan. Please share and apply. Link in next tweet Econ RA Listings #econtwitter

In exactly two weeks, India will have its first ever data visualisation conference. I am happy to be part of a group of data enthusiasts who have brought it together. More about the conference and the community here: vizchitra.com

Nobel Laureate Prof. Joshua Angrist Josh Angrist (MIT Economics) delivers the 1st keynote at the 3rd Diversity & Human Capital Workshop University of Exeter Business School, presenting “Dissertation Paths: Advisors and Students in the Economics Research Production Function.”#DHC2025 Sonia Oreffice Vatsal Khandelwal

Session 1 on Discrimination begins with Guillermo Woo-Mora (Paris School of Economics), presenting research on "Skin Tone Penalties: Bottom-up and Algorithmic Skin Tone Discrimination in Football". #DHC2025 University of Exeter Business School Sonia Oreffice Vatsal Khandelwal Russell Parton

Prof. Imran Rasul Imran Rasul (UCL) delivers the 2nd keynote at the 3rd Diversity and Human Capital Workshop at University of Exeter Business School, presenting their research on firm behavior and worker outcomes during the pandemic in Uganda. #DHC2025 Sonia Oreffice Vatsal Khandelwal Russell Parton

Session 2 on Human Capital kicks off with Ronak Jain Ronak Jain (Economics at Zurich) discussing how access to 3G internet impacts human capital development. #DHC2025 University of Exeter Business School Vatsal Khandelwal Sonia Oreffice

Session 4 on Labour starts with Amen Jalal Amen Jalal (LSE Department of Economics) presenting "Screening Women Out? Experimenting with Salary Disclosure in Job Ads". #DHC2025 University of Exeter Business School Vatsal Khandelwal Sonia Oreffice

Prof. Patricia Cortés Patricia Cortes (Questrom School of Business, Boston University ) delivers the third keynote at the 3rd Diversity and Human Capital Workshop, presenting “Understanding the Barriers to Paternity Leave-Taking: Evidence from Japan.” University of Exeter Business School Sonia Oreffice Vatsal Khandelwal #DHC2025

Hello! The next Behind-the-Scenes seminar will feature Drazen Prelec MIT Economics on 26 June at 4pm UK time. You can sign up here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/vBvrMZFGLC Recordings of past seminars are on our YouTube page: youtube.com/@btsseminar