📊 New study from BIG Lab's Saad Gulzar in Comparative Political Studies finds that giving politicians accurate information about citizen preferences does not automatically increase political responsiveness.
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On the market: BIG Lab's Ge Sun
Ge Sun is a BIG Lab doctoral student affiliate on the job market this year. With research interests in labor and macroeconomics, Ge’s paper Expect...
📣 BIG Lab is on the job market! Meet BIG Lab PhD candidate, Ge Sun, who's entering the academic job market and pioneering new research in labor economics. Read more:
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The BIG Lab has been well represented at the STEG Conference in Nairobi!
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Happy New Year from all of us at the BIG Lab! We’re looking forward to an exciting and busy 2026!
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Female Labour Force Participation, Family Planning Policies, and Fertility: Causal Evidence from Mexico
I provide new evidence on a central question in the economics of fertility literature: What causes the negative correlation between women’s labour force participation (LFP) and fertility? Using an ...
How do labor markets and family planning policies shape fertility decisions?
BIG Lab affiliate Alejandro Estefan examines how female labor force participation and family planning policies shape fertility outcomes in a new paper, using causal evidence from Mexico.
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17.12.2025 19:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wage setting protocols and labor market conditions: Theory and evidence
🌍 #NewPaper in Labour Economics co-authored by BIG Lab affiliated researcher Brenda Samaniego de la Parra examines how labor markets how firms adjust their wage-setting practices in response to labor market conditions.
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🚨 Don't miss out. Now hiring predoc Research Associates for the BIG Lab!
🖥️ Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25
☘️ Learn more and apply: buff.ly/pEUjn07
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📢 Now hiring predoc Research Associates for the BIG Lab!
🔬Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25
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11.11.2025 16:00 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
From the BIG Lab's Heitor Pellegrina 👇👇
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BIG Forum Pete Klenow
First major academic conference of the Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab.
Missed the BIG Forum? Be sure to check out Pete Klenow's Keynote on his research on misallocation and inequality below or on the BIG Lab's site! 🌍
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30.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
BIG Forum Ted Miguel
First major academic conference of the Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab.
Missed the BIG Forum? Be sure to check out Ted Miguel's Keynote on his research on cash transfers in Kenya below or on the BIG Lab's site! 🌍
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23.10.2025 15:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Contract Terms, Employment Shocks, and Default in Credit Cards
Abstract. Regulatory concerns over a tension between expanding financial access and limiting default have led to significant restrictions on contract terms
How much do credit card terms really affect default? 📉
Turns out, losing your job matters 7x more than a 30-point interest rate cut. BIG Lab's Enrique Seira has a new publication out in REStud examining the powerful role of employment shocks in consumer credit risk.
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"BIG Forum"- 9/25/25 4:45pm Fireside Chat
First major academic conference of the Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab.
Missed the BIG Forum? Be sure to check out the Fireside chat with Dean Karlan and Lakshmi Iyer recording linked below or on the BIG Lab's site!
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17.10.2025 16:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Midwest International Economic Development Conference
Call for Papers: 23rd Midwest International Economic Development Conference. April 24-25, 2026. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Details: mwiedc.org Submit: editorialexpress.com/conference/m... #EconSky
16.10.2025 14:38 — 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
📣 BIG Lab PHD student Andres Ramasco's paper, “Not a Sip: Effects of Zero Tolerance Laws on Road Traffic Fatalities,” has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming edition of the Journal of Health Economics.
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Hybrid agricultural extension and the adoption of climate-resilient varieties: Evidence from oil palm in the Amazon
As shifting weather patterns push farmers to use more resilient crop varieties, how can farmers adjust and learn new practices to optimize yields ? The BIG Lab's Alejandro Estefan and Paul Winters team up in a new paper for Food Policy on Oil Palm in Ecuador.
10.10.2025 15:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Deforestation
How do trade policies impact tropical deforestation?
Read about it in the BIG Lab's Heitor Pellegrina's work in the latest VoxDevLit.
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Rodrigo Adao at the #bigforumnd
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Pete Klenow giving our keynote at #BIGForumND
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BIG Forum Keynotes
The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab seeks to address structural & barriers to equitable economic growth in different parts of the world.
Catch the BIG Forum live stream of Pete Klenow's keynote at 1:20 PM Eastern, Friday, September 26. Don't miss out! #BIGForumND
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Cultural capital in India presented by Paul Novosad. High level results: cultural similarity to the dominant group gives an economic advantage. #bigforumND
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Alejandro Estefan’s paper on monopsony power in Mexico after the 2021 reforms. #BigforumND
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BIG Forum Keynotes
The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab seeks to address structural & barriers to equitable economic growth in different parts of the world.
Catch the BIG Forum live stream of Ted Miguel's keynote at 10:30 AM Eastern, Friday, September 26. Don't miss out! #BIGForumND
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26.09.2025 12:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fireside chat between Dean Karlan & Lakshmi Iyer: what are the best ways to address global poverty? Ensure that aid money is used so they local governments are most effective. Strengthen their ability to use evidence to best use the limited resources #bigforumND
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Fireside chat between Dean Karlan & Lakshmi Iyer: what are the determinants of inclusive growth? We’re still figuring it out #bigforumND
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Fireside chat between Dean Karlan & Lakshmi Iyer: the vendors were re-indebted but making $1 more per day #bigforumND
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Fireside chat between Dean Karlan & Lakshmi Iyer: what doesn’t work? When the debt of small vendors was paid off they found that 6 months later they were again in debt. Financial literacy training helped a bit #bigforumND
25.09.2025 21:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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