Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your studentsβ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday
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15.11.2025 00:44 β π 159 π 44 π¬ 2 π 6
π RFBerlin Discussion Paper: Ben Weidmann, Joseph Vecci, @farahsaid.bsky.social, Sonia Bhalotra, Achyuta Adhvaryu, Anant Nyshadham, Jorge Tamayo, and David Deming introduce and validate a novel approach to measuring management skills. www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...
03.11.2025 12:36 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
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02.11.2025 04:43 β π 360 π 108 π¬ 9 π 13
Call for two Stephan Klasen Fellowships at the University of GΓΆttingen,
for postdoctoral researchers in development economics from low- and middle-income countries.
Applications close 16th November 2025.
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25.10.2025 19:54 β π 2 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1
An underrated reason for the persistence of cousin marriages: high fertility maintains a large supply of cousins. Could (help) explain why Pakistanβs first-cousin marriage rate is 50%!!! versus India and Bangladesh <10%.
03.09.2025 13:59 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 2 π 1
Back to teaching or studying economics at university this September?
@voxdev.bsky.social has tons of useful resources for university economics courses - I have included some examples in this thread. 1/n
02.09.2025 09:17 β π 30 π 13 π¬ 2 π 0
BREAD, GΒ²LM|LIC comes to Lahore this Sept in collaboration with Pathways to Development (path2dev.org)!
Apply to join us at LUMS to share your work, with dedicated mentoring for PhD students & junior researchers in South Asia, plus sessions with policymakers. Details below.
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02.04.2025 12:26 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
What type of contracts do microfinance clients prefer?
Research shows that microfinance clients use credit and savings as commitment devices to accumulate lump sums. Evidence from Pakistan suggests high demand for fixed-repayment contracts, but low demand...
π What type of contracts do microfinance clients prefer?
Today on VoxDev, Uzma Afzal (LUMS), Giovanna dβAdda (University of Milan), Marcel Fafchamps (IFS), Simon Quinn (Imperial College) & Farah Said (LUMS) outline their research on Pakistan: voxdev.org/topic/financ...
12.03.2025 11:41 β π 5 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
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