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My dog has some thoughts.

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A remedial education program in India worked well when teachers were given strict implementation guidelines. It worked just as well when teachers had discretion to adapt. www.nber.org/papers/w33242 by Beg, @annefitz13.bsky.social, @jkerwin.bsky.social, @profalucas.bsky.social, & @kwrahman.com

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Welcome to #EconSky Alumudena Sevilla @almudenasevilla.bsky.social!! Give her a follow for labor, gender, and general economist awesomeness!

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[email protected] #LernerCollege is hiring an Assistant Dean, Student Services, Global Programs & Partnerships. careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job... Located in Newark, DE, convenient to I-95, Amtrak, & SEPTA. Bonus: be in the same college as a really nifty economics department, chaired by me!

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Been a while since we shared this! Here is a selection of our favourite sources of research, newsletters, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos related to development economics, including researchers who have written for VoxDev. go.bsky.app/4rsxm7G

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$500 million worth of food intended for relief efforts is at risk of spoiling, given Trump’s freeze on shipping food assistance “They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn’t going to have a USAID bottle, and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” WH official said.

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DOGE came for the research and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education today, declared "fraud" and "waste" and abruptly terminated about $900M in contracts. A lot of what we know about America's schools comes from the data this agency collects. New reporting with @jodiscohen.bsky.social

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Elon says 90% of US aid never reaches communities. He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous. @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...

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BIG long-term impacts of education grants targeted to indigenous students in Chile. drive.google.com/file/d/1huHk... Evidence from @profalucas.bsky.social, McEwan, and Torres Irribarra

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GAIN is an amazing resource for African students interested in graduate school (masters and phd): information, advice, mentoring, funding for test and applications fees etc. Please share this opportunity with your network.

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I was incredibly honored to be awarded the CSWEP Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. When I accepted the award, I talked about the importance of mentoring. The lessons I pass on are kind of obvious. But they are important, so I am going to share them yet again. (A🧵)

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Delaware increases its minimum wage to $15/hour Jan 1, 2025, up from $9.25 in 2021. Ready, set, natural experiment!

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New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper: "When Given Discretion Teachers Did Not Shirk: Evidence from Remedial Education in Secondary Schools" with #SabrinBeg @annefitz13.bsky.social @jkerwin.bsky.social @kwrahman.com Title summarizes it. We elaborate in the paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33242

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Starter pack of funders, doers, researchers, policy makers and more in international education. Please get in touch with recommended additions (particular anyone who isn’t a middle-aged, white man ;) go.bsky.app/6WF5k5u

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How do NGOs impact development? My #JMP featured on the World Bank Development Impact blog explores this question. Read it here: blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva... 🔗to full paper: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pe7oz...

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On #GivingTuesday consider a donation to support the @udelaware.bsky.social #UDLernerCollege Economics Department: givingday.udel.edu/giving-day/9... &/or support our #BlueHensEconomicsClub by buying a "Delaware Economics" tshirt: www.customink.com/fundraising/...

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Great mentoring & networking program through @aereorg.bsky.social !! For enviro economists Info session coming up!! And applications for next cohort coming up too Info sess registration: salisbury.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Program info: www.aere.org/aere-scholar... #EconSky

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We have kept adding to this list of VoxDev authors and our favourite sources of research, newsletters, articles, blogs, podcasts, and videos on development economics. Be sure to give everyone a follow and let us know if we missed you: go.bsky.app/4rsxm7G

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Colleague with watchmaking as a hobby! Can it get any cooler! Fortunate to have @bartonwillage.com as a senior colleague at #UD econ.

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Great write-up about one of my newest #UDelaware #LernerCollege Economics colleagues Barton Willage (@bartonwillage.com) lerner.udel.edu/seeing-oppor...

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Great movie thread! To save you all the trouble to googling "[Film title] streaming" Paheli, Jawan, Laapata Ladies, & Swades on Netflix. Frozen 2 on Disney+. Thank you @economeager.bsky.social @adibmk.bsky.social @daveevansphd.bsky.social @eeshani.bsky.social @mjamurphy.bsky.social for the tips!

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Just re-upping this #econsky: I currently have more mentors than mentees/students (can probably match another 10-11 students from LMICs who would like feedback on a research paper from a senior scholar.) Fill out the form here if interested! forms.gle/ekvvoEKBLYQM...

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I don’t know what I am doing, but I did not want to be left out so here is a starter pack of fun economists. Send me your nominations! go.bsky.app/UcmhBgK

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Welcome to #Econsky Stephanie Bonds @stephbonds.bsky.social! Stephanie is an education/development economist and overall rad person!

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It’s been amazing to work with this team the last 2 years on Differentiated Learning research, and to have the opportunity to visit our team on the ground in Ghana this week! 🙌

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So proud to work with this team of rock stars Thanks to #StephanieBonds for disseminating our work to improve teaching practice in Ghana 🙌

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Today I learned the difference between a lectern and a podium. Also, there’s a lectern bot! I ❤️ Bluesky. Lest you get scolded by the lectern bot: One stands on a podium and behind a lectern.

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Academically interesting and policy relevant work! #StephanieBonds presenting our work with @annefitz13.bsky.social & #SabrinBeg at the Ghana Ministry of Education National Education Week Conference on the importance of teacher refresher in-service trainings. Working paper coming soon!

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Bubbling this up. Register here for this week's talk gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/CarbonFootpr...

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Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.

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Inspired by @dmckenzie.bsky.social's World Bank Researchers starter pack. I've created a starter pack for researchers within the J-PAL, IPA, and CEGA networks go.bsky.app/GXq3VE5 As the name suggests, it's just a start. Space to add more!

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Easy good deed: follow @daveevansphd.bsky.social because he’s a great economist and wonderful person and should not be exhausted. (Bonus: he also provides book recommendations)

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Hey all, I created a starter pack with a list of Black economists and academics for an easily accessible list of folks doing research that we can all follow and cite #Blacksky #AddtoBlacksky #Econsky: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb

submitted 154 days ago • 117 comments

Columbia's Women in Applied Micro group had a fabulous time celebrating @econsandy.bsky.social winning the Carolyn Shaw Bell award from @aeacswep.bsky.social!

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I’ll just be here fangirling if anyone needs me.

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I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

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