Yale Economic Growth Center

In Conversation: Maria Kogelnik & Alejandro Martinez-Marquina on experimental economics Ahead of a new workshop series, two researchers discuss how experiments can complement traditional tools in economics, deepen our understanding of behavior, and guide more informed policy debates.

🗣️ Ahead of a December 5 workshop, EGC affiliate Maria Kogelnik & collaborator Alejandro Martinez-Marquina discuss how the field has evolved and what their own research reveals about controversial policies like gender quotas.

📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/251201/...

🆕 How can experimental economics complement traditional tools in the field and guide more informed policy debates?

Cameron LaPoint

📊 Professor LaPoint’s research explores topics at the intersection of real estate, macro-finance, and corporate finance. A theme of his research is how housing market conditions matter for the aggregate economy and financial markets.

📚Learn more about Cameron LaPoint: egc.yale.edu/people/camer...

Cameron LaPoint

👋 Join us in welcoming Assistant Professor of Finance Cameron LaPoint as an EGC faculty affiliate!

Rooted in Community: Understanding Meghalaya’s Green Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) Program Yale Inclusion Economics intern Austin Bodetti accompanies researchers investigating Meghalaya's payment for ecosystem services (PES) program aimed at preventing deforestation.

🌳 What matters for Meghalaya’s forest conservation?

🍃 Yale #InclusionEconomics intern Austin Bodetti accompanied researchers investigating Meghalaya's payment for ecosystem services (PES) program aimed at preventing deforestation.

📚 Read the newest Perspectives article: ie.yale.edu/news/251117/...

🆕 Rethinking trade and development 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks, Pinelopi Goldberg (@yaleegc.bsky.social) & Michele Ruta (International Monetary Fund) discuss international trade and development: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...

We’re excited to introduce the Yale Department of Economics 2025-26 Job Market Candidates!

Look out for individual posts about their research interests and job market papers this week, and learn more about the candidates here: economics.yale.edu/phd-program/...

Home Call for Papers: Y-RISE Annual Conference 2026. NEW deadline Nov 14, 2025....

Hello world!

CALL FOR PAPERS - Annual Y-RISE Conference, Feb 2026.
Deadline: Nov 14, 2025.
We welcome papers related to complexities of scaling policy interventions.
See our website here for more details yrise.yale.edu
Submit papers here forms.gle/WbTnxPr5S5fX...
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg Awarded 2025 Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize The EGC affiliate was awarded the prize for her work on policy-relevant questions in trade and development.

🏆 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg has been awarded the 2025 Jean-Jacques Laffont Award by the Toulouse School of Economics

📚 Learn more: egc.yale.edu/news/251030/...

Paying to Pollute: How Carbon Offsets Actually Raised Emissions in China Carbon offset programs aim to lower emissions by allowing high-income countries to meet part of their reduction targets by financing projects in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence from China—o...

📚 Read more from EGC’s Nicholas Ryan and coauthors: egc.yale.edu/news/250730/...

🌏 Carbon offset programs aim to lower emissions by allowing high-income countries to meet part of their reduction targets by financing projects in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence from China suggests that non-additional offsets can in fact exacerbate environmental damages.

🏭 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China

Handbook editor Rohini Pande introducing the event

James Robinson presenting

Handbook editors Pascaline Dupas, Penny Goldberg, and Rohini Pande

All the contributors, discussants, and editors

We're pleased to host co-authors & discussants presenting their chapters in progress for the upcoming edition of the Handbook of Development Economics. A special thanks to editors Pascaline Dupas, Penny Goldberg & Rohini Pande!

More information on the event & Handbook: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/...

Join us for the 6th Women in International Economics Conference, October 16-17, 2025 at Yale!

See the agenda below. More information here: cowles.yale.edu/events/2025/...

The Department of Economics Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2025

As we kick off the fall semester, join us in welcoming our new faculty members to Yale!

Learn more about their backgrounds and research: economics.yale.edu/news/250828/...

Mobarak in Financial Times: "Living in remote areas shouldn’t be a death sentence" EGC affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak authored a commentary in Financial Times on how mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places.

🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social: "𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞"

📶 The EGC affiliate wrote in @financialtimes.com on how mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places.

📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250821/...

International and Development Economics

The IDE Program is a one-year Master's program that helps students build the necessary toolkit for embracing obstacles in their future careers in international development.

📖 Read more about the program at the IDE website: economics.yale.edu/ide-ma-program

📅 TOMORROW, Wednesday, August 20: 8AM & 2PM ET

💻 Register for the 8AM session: yale.zoom.us/s/96899267601

💻 Register for the 2PM session: yale.zoom.us/s/99609469695

🧑‍🎓 Learn more about the IDE Masters Program 🧑‍🎓

Join program leadership for an informational session about the International and Development Economics Master's program hosted by EGC & Yale Department of Economics.

Join us for an informational session about the IDE Master's program hosted by EGC & @yaleeconomics.bsky.social.

📅 Wednesday, August 20: Two sessions: 8AM & 2PM ET
💻 Register for the 8AM session: yale.zoom.us/s/96899267601
💻 Register for the 2PM session: yale.zoom.us/s/99609469695

The IDE Program is a one-year Master's program that helps students build the necessary toolkit for embracing obstacles in their future careers in international development.

📖 Read more about the program at the IDE website: economics.yale.edu/ide-ma-program

Maria Kogelnik describes her research on gender differences in persisting at challenging career paths

📚 Read more in the EGC Affiliate Spotlight: egc.yale.edu/research/mar...

👥 A recent experiment by Maria Kogelnik, a newly appointed Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist affiliated with EGC, suggests that differences in how men and women respond to feedback on past performance may partly explain longstanding gender gaps in many professions.

Leah Boustan on debunking immigration myths with data New EGC affiliate Leah Boustan analyzes US historical data to evaluate contemporary narratives around immigration.

📊 Using a novel method of linking US Census records across time, new EGC affiliate Leah Boustan traces immigrants’ economic and cultural trajectories – confronting several prevailing myths about immigration in the process.

📚 Read the latest EGC Affiliate Spotlight: egc.yale.edu/research/lea...

🌎 Immigration indisputably shapes economic growth and development in the United States. But today, immigration’s effects on the US economy is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics.

Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg elected as International Fellow to the British Academy The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. This year, 30 International Fellows have been elected from universities in the United States, Ireland, South Africa,...

🆕 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg elected as International Fellow to @britishacademy.bsky.social.

🌟 The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250806/...

Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025

This two-day event will bring together leading researchers to discuss the latest evidence and insights at the intersection of #FirmsTradeDev.

📍 In-person: Yale University
💻 Virtual: Zoom Webinar

Register now: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/...

📝 Registration is open for the Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025!

EGC and @theigc.bsky.social are delighted to host the 2025 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference on October 24-25.

Goldberg in Project Syndicate: "Why Markets May Soon Call America’s Tariff Bluff" EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next.

🗣️ Why Markets May Soon Call America’s Tariff Bluff

🏦 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next.

📚 Read the article: egc.yale.edu/news/250805/...

Can language training increase the benefits of foreign direct investment? Research by EGC affiliate Amit Khandelwal and coauthors finds that language barriers constrain knowledge transfer within multinational corporations operating in low- and middle-income countries, limit...

🗣️ How do language barriers affect international development?

🌏 New research by Amit Khandelwal (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) and coauthors shows how language training can maximize the benefits of foreign direct investment for LMICs.

📑 Read the EGC research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/can...