Radhika Jain

Details of WBER call for papers, including URL and submission deadline of November 30.

Call for papers for a World Bank Economic Review special issue on migration and development: we are doing a special issue that builds on a recent conference, but with submissions open also for non-conference papers. Short papers in the AER insights type format also welcome. Deadline November 30.

ESE-RGHI-GHE Workshop on Health Economics in LMICs 2026 The workshop will foster in-depth discussions, bringing together development economists and health researchers from across the globe.

Do you have a paper on the economics of health in lower-and-middle income countries? Submit it to the 2nd Workshop of the Global Health Economics WG in Rotterdam 4-5 June 2026. Submit at tinyurl.com/ywcwz7ba by 1 Dec. Special treat: keynote by @martinabjorkman.bsky.social

And obviously, the NHS.

Yes, it is overstretched and suffering from neglect, but bring a parent in for a day procedure and witness the depth of compassion in that organisation.

If nothing else does, that should restore hope.

Last week, @rhodesben.bsky.social and I did a Munk Debates against Kevin Roberts and Kellyanne Conway on whether Trump is leading America into a new golden age.

We won. This is from my closing statement.

There’s nothing golden about a movement that bathes in gratuitous cruelty.

I have an email folder for precisely this. I look at it when I need "you have meaning in the world" feels.

"For 142 years, the merit-based civil service survived because both parties recognized that functional government requires professional expertise. That consensus is dead. We're watching the transformation of public servants into party servants, of a government of laws into a government of loyalty."

The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

indefensible

Our 2-part series on urban LMIC primary care is out. These are thick markets w many providers but variable quality. Rural frameworks focused on inadequate access don't apply. Instead, leverage competition, choice to shape mkts, reward high/push out low quality.

Finally got around to reading it. What an awesome paper (and example of how careful descriptive stats can be enlightening)!

People with Yale connections, please check out and consider signing onto this letter asking Yale leaders to join others — notably including Yale's own faculty — in taking a stand.

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How many more headlines like this do we have to see? The Israeli military's repeated strikes on areas where Gaza's most vulnerable seek refuge are neither legal nor strategic. It must stop, and an immediate independent investigation into this tragedy is necessary.

This is why we have due process; because random people speculating about things is a terrible way to run a government. Without due process, we're all just vigilantes.

At its core, that's what this is about. Due process and the rule of law. Everything else is window dressing.

Such a striking depiction of turnout differences btwn Democrats and Republicans in 2024.

As @adambonica.bsky.social notes below: “Official turnout records show registered Republicans had higher turnout rates than Democrats everywhere but DC.”

Seems this is what Dems should really talk about.

🚨PhD alert! In light of everything happening in the world, the Econ Department at Imperial College is conducting a second round of admissions for fall 2025! Applications due April 30, offers in mid-May. Please spread the word! More details:

#EconPhD @mondpanther.bsky.social @samasher.bsky.social

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Our database of terminated grants is powered first by PIs who send us information about their grants. If your grant was terminated--or if you received a stop work order of some sort--let us know!

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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.

I don't think people realize that in important respects tariffs are now higher & more inflationary than what was announced on last Wednesday.

Since then we've gone from 54% to 125% on China, our 3rd largest trading partner. That outweighs delaying the increases on 70+ others.

The release of a working paper by Heather Sarsons in 2015 led junior female economists to reduce the number of working papers co-authored exclusively with men.

The decrease in male co-authorships was not offset and led to a net decrease in working papers and publications.

Exclusive: Aircraft supplier Howmet may halt orders if hit by Trump tariffs, letter says Howmet Aerospace , which supplies parts for planes built by Airbus and Boeing , may halt some shipments if they are impacted by tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

Pittsburgh-based aerospace company, which sells parts to the major aviation companies, has declared a force majeure in the wake of Trump's tariffs so it can break contract obligations
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I wrote a piece for @voxdev.bsky.social on the economic and social impact of US tariffs on Bangladesh.

It’s bleak

today we will all read imbens 2021 on statistical significance and p values, which is a strong contender for having the best opening paragraph of any stats paper

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Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

California to negotiate trade with other countries to bypass Trump tariffs Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will look for new trade opportunities.

California is the world’s 6th largest economy by GDP, bigger than most nations. This is not a minor announcement. www.newsweek.com/california-n...

Absolutely tired of the psychodrama of one country being the problem of the entire planet.

Displaced and divided: How some development projects undermine Africa’s pastoral communities, sparking violence Pastoral regions of Africa are witnessing a sharp increase in armed civil conflict. Research has identified ‘mismatched’ agricultural development projects as one major factor driving this violence by ...

🆕 How some development projects undermine Africa’s pastoral communities, sparking violence

Today on VoxDev, Eoin McGuirk (Tufts University) & Nathan Nunn (University of British Columbia) outline their research: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...