Alexander Stoecker

🆕 Understanding the global construction sector 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks, Martina Kirchberger (@tcdeconomics.bsky.social) discusses the economics of infrastructure and the construction sector: voxdev.org/topic/infras...

Indeed not at all how it was meant... It’s about recognising that some spaces have become closed off, and that many public conversations happen without academic voices. We need to re-enter those spaces and contribute.

💡 Key takeaways from #NorDev25:
🤝 Build alliances and coordinate efforts to tackle the existing challenges together
📢 Be more vocal – “invite ourselves to spaces we are not invited to”
✨ Left hopeful: “We must dare to invent the future.” @idos-research.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social

Promoting female employment in partner countries: priorities for development cooperation Boosting women’s employment in low- & middle-income countries takes more than just labour market policies. Our new policy brief highlights the role...

💼 Can we call it development if women are shut out of decent work? Our IDOS policy brief shows how to break barriers, ensure women benefit from green/digital transitions & align jobs with social policies.

🔗 doi.org/10.23661/ipb...

@idos-research.bsky.social #GenderEquality #WomensEmployment

✨ Just out on @voxdev.bsky.social: our blog on firstborn daughters, son preference, and family dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa — co-authored with @mariahdb.bsky.social Take a look 👇👇👇

Protection for whom? The political economy of protective labor laws for women While presented as measures to safeguard women’s health labor laws banning night work or limiting the amount of weight a woman could lift often restricted women’s access to employment...

Male concerns about labor market competition from women played a key role in the rise & fall of "protective" labor laws that often limited women's jobs.

Op-ed based on IZA DP by @mdoepke.bsky.social‬ @hannofoerster.bsky.social‬ @annehannusch.bsky.social‬ & M. Tertilt 👇
wol.iza.org/opinions/pro...

💡Tomorrow is German Diversity Day. Tâmara Andrade, Dr Tatjana Reiber and Dr Anna Schwachula remind that #diversity means more than raising flags. It needs long-term commitment to structures & practices that foster diversity & prevent discrimination.
👉 www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre...

Gender quotas on corporate boards of directors Gender quotas for women on boards of directors improve female share on boards, but firm performance effects are mixed, and spillover effects are positive but small.

What are the pros and cons of gender quotas on corporate boards of directors? 👩‍💼👨‍💼🏢⚖️

Explore this updated IZA World of Labor Article by Nina Smith and Emma von Essen, including new evidence from ten quota countries. 📊📰🌍

wol.iza.org/articles/gen...

🚨Development Economists!🚨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

Trump stoppt USAID: Mithilfe dieser fünf Punkte sollte Deutschland seine Entwicklungshilfe jetzt neu aufstellen Die drastischen Kürzungen der US-Entwicklungshilfe haben weltweite Folgen. Die neue Bundesregierung braucht eine Strategie, ob und wie sie das ausgleichen kann.

Die #Koalitionsverhandlungen bestimmen stark die Zukunft der #Entwicklungspolitik. Dieser Druck bietet die Chance, diese gründlich zu überdenken. @stephanklingebiel.bsky.social nennt fünf zentrale Punkte für eine zukunftsfähige Politik: @tagesspiegel.de: www.tagesspiegel.de/internationa...

Insightful discussions on #GenderEquality, #feminism in local contexts, and the importance of intersectionality were at the heart of the final conference 'Local Feminist Perspectives as Transformation Levers for Greater Gender Equality': www.idos-research.de/en/events/de... @giz.de

Who will AI benefit—the many or the few?
👉 youtu.be/QvQjN73VQGk 👀
Simon Johnson @mitshapingwork.bsky.social argues that policymakers must step in to ensure technology benefits workers, not just corporate elites.

❗The CfA to our panel on "Equitable Green Transitions in Urban SSA: Sustainability and Social Justice" at the #NorDev25 Conference is open till April 4. The panel focuses on the role of #GreenJobs #FemaleEmployment #YouthEmployment #CircularEconomy

We are looking forward to your submissions😀

📢 New research! @astoecker.bsky.social explores barriers to women’s employment in SSA & how education, motherhood & norms shape outcomes. More job variety can widen gender gaps—see how context matters! #InternationalWomensDay #GenderEquality Read more in: www.idos-research.de/discussion-p...

How can previous successes in #genderequality be secured and even expanded against the backdrop of current global challenges? #TheCurrentColumn by Jaqueline Götze, Maryam Khalid & Tina Zintl in the run-up to #InternationalWomensDay 2025. Read more 👇: www.idos-research.de/en/the-curre...

“Pepfar has saved more than 26 million lives and prevented roughly 1,000 babies a day from being born with the HIV virus”

Superb piece on how cuts to USAID will affect the world’s poorest, focusing on HIV

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Cutting aid to increase spending on defence is a false economy and suggests a deep mis-understanding of global politics.

In a world of intensifying geopolitical competition, aid cuts render Western powers less powerful, credible and safe.

A thread, from someone working on aid for a decade

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Subsidising secondary school had transformative impacts.

Female recipients had ~15% fewer unplanned pregnancies, 15% fewer children + significantly delayed age at first childbirth & marriage.

Over time, their offspring’s outcomes improved dramatically ⤵️

The importance of parenthood for gender inequality around the world The differential impact of parenthood on the employment of mothers relative to fathers – the child penalty – is a universal phenomenon, but with varying magnitudes. New evidence across 134 countries s...

Thrilled to see the Child Penalty Atlas featured in @voxdev.bsky.social! Check out the main findings from our Atlas below 👇

Thankful for everyone involved in this fascinating project, and super excited for the next on this important agenda!

voxdev.org/topic/labour...

Wie junge Menschen Afrikas politische Kultur verändern – DW – 14.12.2024 Die unter 30-Jährigen in Afrika zieht es in die großen Städte - und auf die Straße. Denn viele leben in informellen Siedlungen unter prekären Bedingungen. Welche politische Rolle spielt die wachsende ...

"Die #Demokratie muss liefern, damit die Menschen auch wieder mehr davon überzeugt sind, dass das System funktioniert."

IDOS-Expertin Lena Gutheil (@mtafrika.bsky.social) im #DeutscheWelle -Beitrag "Wie junge Menschen Afrikas politische Kultur verändern": www.dw.com/de/wie-junge...