New research from @princetondevo.bsky.social affiliate Seema Jayachandran
19.02.2026 22:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New research from @princetondevo.bsky.social affiliate Seema Jayachandran
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Read about Abdou Cisse's path to economics and what he thinks makes a great econ paper.
(We're lucky to have Abdou visiting @princetondevo.bsky.social this year.)
Check out our most recent conversation with Abdou Cisse, a Postdoc with us this year whose research focuses on energy markets in sub-Saharan Africa. It was a great conversation. Link below
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Forthcoming in the JEL: "Women's Power in the Household" by Seema Jayachandran and Alessandra Voena. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
20.01.2026 14:38 — 👍 22 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0The Weiss Fund has a great new initiative for development economists on the PhD job market to support those taking up research positions in LMICs, offering supplementary income + research funds. Please share!
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Reviewing how much power do women have in their households in developing countries and why household power matters, from @seema.bsky.social and Alessandra Voena www.nber.org/papers/w34605
02.01.2026 14:01 — 👍 23 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0New @princetondevo.bsky.social research
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Nonprofits celebrate big grants, but @seema.bsky.social asks: how much new good did this funding create, & how much simply shifted between capable orgs?🤔
Her new blog shows how this type of counterfactual thinking can strengthen impact across the sector:
https://go.cgdev.org/4oSvqXn
Our affiliate, Seema Jayachandran, argues in this blog post that, when fundraising, nonprofits shouldn't just care about how much they raise. They should value new funds they attract to the cause more than competitive grants they win that would have otherwise gone to an equally capable peer.
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Professor Seema Jayachandran (@seema_econ) recently joined the Vox Dev Economics podcast with co-author Alessandra Voena to discuss their new new review paper, "Women’s Power in the Household."
Listen: https://bit.ly/448YAdt
Resharing this VoxDev piece on women’s power in the household. A great synthesis of how economists measure agency, what shapes bargaining power, and why legal rights and norms matter. Worth a read!
04.12.2025 17:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And in related news: Pascaline Dupas was named to this year’s Future Perfect 25 for her leadership in evidence-based development! She's one of 6 'big thinkers reshaping foreign aid, masculinity, and development'. Link below to Vox...
26.11.2025 17:24 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0New RPDE Faculty Snapshot: Pascaline Dupas shared insights on evidence-based development with African ambassadors in DC, drawing on her broader recent work in Benin and Guinea and across the regions. Details at the link below 👇
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Check out our conversation with Nina Buchmann, visiting RPDE this year before she joins the economics faculty at UC Berkeley.
We discuss her work at the intersection of gender and labor markets — and her reflections on where the field is heading.
Link in the replies 👇👇
@princetonecon.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social
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We’re HIRING!
Great environment for early-career researchers in development economics. Read more by clicking on the post!
📢 RPDE at Princeton is hiring two Postdoctoral Research Associates for 2026–27. Details below:
👉 One-year term, no teaching load, active research + seminar community.
👉 PhD completion: Sept 2024–Aug 2026.
🔗 Apply via AEA JOE: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#Postdoc #EconJobMarket #DevEcon
New research by @princetondevo.bsky.social visitor, Abdou Cisse
23.10.2025 15:44 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Check out this summary of research by Princeton faculty Pascaline Dupas and @seema.bsky.social and coauthors on encouraging verbal engagement with infants in Ghana. Showing new moms a 3-minute video was a cost-effective approach to boost engagement.
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For econ JM candidates:
@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.
Apply by Nov 24.
🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
We sat down with Jessica Goldberg (RPDE Spring '25 visiting faculty from UMD) this summer to pick her brain.
Learn about the surprising journey that brought her back to Princeton 20 years after finishing her MPA.
👇 Link below in comments 👇
Check out our conversation with Miguel Ortiz, who visited us this year as a Postdoc after his PhD at UC Berkeley, starting at @ubcvse.bsky.social this fall.
Learn about the economics of conflict & how an dissertation involved producing a 24 episode radio drama. Link in comments
