@abergeron.bsky.social
Economist at Harvard https://www.augustinbergeron.com
Happening right now. To us. In America.
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π¨ New in Econometrica (@ecmaeditors.bsky.social)!
βGangs, Labor Mobility, and Developmentβ
by NOVAFRICA @NovaSBE Prof #NikitaMelnikov, Carlos Schmidt-Padilla & Micaela Sviatschi.
The paper examines how criminal activity shapes labor mobility and development in El Salvador.
π t.co/jF4tEsf8MV
We're hiring a research associate or research manager for a project in the DRC! This is a great opportunity for anyone who is interested in gaining very hands-on research and work experience in a low-income country in partnership with the local government. Also a great preparation for a PhD.
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It is the time of the year when I tell you about my favorite post-doc ever π Unless you are allergic to the French, this one sits up there with the Nuffield postdoc (life style, productivity, interdisciplinary stimulation). Share widely! Apply! #poliscky
www.iast.fr/research-fel...
π Congratulations to @doniakamel.bsky.social (PSE), for the MinE Best Paper Award 2025 ( @eeanews.bsky.social - Hub for Equal Representation ).
π www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/news/doni...
And nice NPR coverage today of our research in Kenya!
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on.
Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts.
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Tufts University is thrilled to host the North East Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference on November 8-9, 2025!
π Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here:
editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf...
More details to come!
#NEUDC #NEUDC2025
Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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.
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Congratulations to @frankodhiambo.bsky.social who is defending his PhD dissertation in economics at @ethz.ch today! π₯³ππ€ΈπΎββοΈπ§πΏβπππ·
Frank is a co-founder and one of the first alumni of gain-network.net
Thank you Frank for all the leadership you have already provided to the field of economics!
What happens to developing countries when highly-educated people migrate? See our new review of the evidence on "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration
FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.
"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."
π Excited to announce the 2nd Northeast Political Economy Conference π We (briangknight.bsky.social) are seeking submissions from economists & political scientists working on political economy topics.
Please submit by June 16 and join us at Brown on Friday, Oct 3 forms.gle/i4wi88Q6P3tJ...
Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.
25.04.2025 21:39 β π 756 π 222 π¬ 72 π 2130 years after arriving in the US, I just resigned from Northwestern and we sold our house.
We are an American family, I became a citizen in 2014, and until recently did not expect to ever leave. But now, this no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career.
Forthcoming in the AER: "Mission Motivation and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan" by Muhammad Yasir Khan. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
22.04.2025 18:32 β π 15 π 8 π¬ 0 π 4Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...
22.04.2025 12:05 β π 182 π 49 π¬ 0 π 29π¨Development Economists!π¨Do you use Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS Program) data, which had been supported by USAID? IPUMS ( @ipums.bsky.social ) and the UN Statistics Division have a survey for you. I just filled it out. You can too. #econsky
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Please consider applying for a summer RA position in Mozambique. Project with Fulvia Budillon and Andre Gray on traditional medicine. Must speak Portuguese. Job info: www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/fiel... Send materials to fbudillo@ucsd.edu and adgray@ucsd.edu, subject Mozambique Intern. Thanks!
03.04.2025 01:41 β π 3 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1In retrospect, it continues to seem like a really bad decision by the New York Times to push out Paul Krugman, their longtime columnist who won his Nobel Prize in the economics of trade and geography right before we have 4 years where trade policy is the #1 crisis in the country.
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1/19: Seems timely to share a paper which explores how people perceive & understand trade and trade policies. Which factors shape the support for different trade policies? Thread below with the key takeaways #EconTwitter π§΅, and full paper here: socialeconomicslab.org/understandin...
04.04.2025 15:18 β π 104 π 36 π¬ 2 π 2Congrats!!
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2-year predoc: povertyactionlab.org/careers/pred...
1-year intern: povertyactionlab.org/careers/rese...
Feel free to share with anyone who might be interested!
Given the current political news, this may not be top of mind, but my co-authors and I are looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in the DRC that study the role of state capacity in economic development.
1-year predoc: povertyactionlab.org/careers/pred...
As opportunity costs rise for Seventh Day Adventists in Sub-Saharan Africa, membership and satisfaction decline, and adherence to health rules drops. New research brief from
@eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris Policy), Dean Yang, and Triana Yentzen. ow.ly/CN5g50VgL9z #EconSky
Mathematica 65,991 followers 1d β’ β’ β’ β’ To our clients, partners, and peers: We want to let you know that we are reducing our workforce to align with the needs of our clients and ensure the continued, exceptional support we've offered for decades to the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. The staff we are letting go are skilled, experienced, and passionate about their work. Any organization would be fortunate to have them. Please don't hesitate to reach out if we can be of assistance.
Dan Gaylin β’ 2nd President and CEO, NORC 10h β’ λ + Follow Like many of our peer organizations, this week NORC had to reduce our staff to ensure we are operating effectively and have the right mix of skills to align with client needs. The people departing NORC are highly talented and capable professionals, and they have made important contributions to our mission of delivering trustworthy and reliable data and analysis to inform society's most important decisions. They will be valuable employees and colleagues wherever their careers take them next. To each of you who are leaving, and on behalf of everyone at NORC, I offer our deepest thanks and appreciation for your dedicated service and the lasting impact you've made on our organization.
marc MDRC 15,135 followers 9h β’ 0 To our collaborators: Like many of our peer organizations, MDRC has had to reduce our staff in recent days, letting go of many talented and highly skilled professionals. Each of these colleagues would be an asset to another organization, and we encourage you to consider them for any career opportunities you may have. MDRC remains committed to our mission of learning what works to improve policy, practice, and people's well-being.
// Westat Westat 35,042 followers 22h β’ In light of recent industry changes, Westat is making strategic reductions to our workforce to better align with our clients' needs. The talented professionals who are leaving Westat have made significant contributions to our mission and embody our values of uncompromising excellence, client commitment, and innovation. They are current and future leaders in their fields and will undoubtedly be an asset to any organization they join. We remain committed to our mission to improve lives by delivering exceptional data-driven research and technical assistance, fostering insights and solutions to advance health, education, and social and economic opportunity.
Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work.
Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
I bet you wouldβve said the same in 2019 about the chances of a mob storming the Capitol and the sitting president trying to stage a coup. If the past decade has taught us anything, itβs that we shouldnβt take much for granted β and political forecasts are hard.
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