Willa Friedman

eg: The Daily Star!

22.01.2026 21:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Weiss Fellowship for Junior Researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Weiss Fund The Weiss Fund Fellowship provides supplementary financial support for exceptional job market PhD candidates accepting positions in Weiss Fund-eligible countries and doing work aligned with the Weiss ...

The 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!

15.01.2026 19:22 — 👍 31    🔁 28    💬 0    📌 0

Screen shot that reads Journal Article Editor's Choice When Information is Not Enough: Evidence from a Centralised School Choice System Free Kehinde F Ajayi , Willa H Friedman , Adrienne M Lucas The Economic Journal, Volume 136, Issue 673, January 2026, Pages 26–60, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf046 Published: 13 June 2025 Article history Abstract We implemented a large-scale randomised controlled trial encompassing 900 junior high schools in Ghana, a country with universal secondary school choice, to study whether providing students and parents with information on school characteristics and selection strategies improved outcomes in a centralised school selection mechanism. Information changed households’ preferences and the characteristics of schools to which they applied. Students gained admission to higher value-added schools, yet they were not more likely to matriculate on time or at all. Incomplete school information was not the only friction. Household shocks and inaccurate preference forecasting likely contributed to continued admission deviations.

Thrilled that "When Information is Not Enough: Evidence from a Centralised School Choice System" with @willafriedman.bsky.social and #KehindeAjayi is in the January 2026 #EconomicJournal.

It's an "Editor's Choice," FREE to download, and easy to cite. :) academic.oup.com/ej/article/1...

13.01.2026 15:56 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

What a Review of the Learning at Scale Study Tells Us about Scaling Education Interventions In October 2023, the Learning at Scale study officially came to a close. The study was designed to investigate factors contributing to successful improvements in foundational learning outcomes in…

The Learning at Scale study, designed to uncover what drives improvements in foundational learning, ended in Oct. 2023. Now, @cgdev.org experts are taking a look back.📚

Here's what was learned and what still needs to be done ⬇

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The Mirror At Midnight: A South African Journey The Mirror At Midnight: A South African Journey [Hochschild, Adam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Mirror At Midnight: A South African Journey

The Mirror at Midnight, by Adam Hochschild, is a thoughtful book about the destruction of the South African state, by the state, in anticipation of the end of apartheid, written before the end of apartheid.
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03.02.2025 15:47 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

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EHEC Spring 2025 Call for papers! Due Wednesday, January 15. forms.gle/LnZXNWY68Tzv...
All health economics papers welcome (including 🙏 in low-income countries)!

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