Rafiuddin (Rafi) Najam
@rnajam.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Mentoring Young Scholars in Research Paper Writing: 2026-27 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). Deadline for Applications: August 17, 2026. Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2026-27 GLO Virtual Young Scholars ProgramâŠ
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Mentoring Young Scholars in Research Paper Writing: 2026-27 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). Deadline for Applications: August 17, 2026.
Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2026-27 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). This marks the eighth cohort of this successful GLO initiative, designed to support the career development of earlyâstage researchers. The program also offers a unique opportunity to engage with GLOâs large and highly active global research network.
https://glabor.org/mentoring-young-scholars-in-research-paper-writing-2026-27-glo-virtual-young-scholars-program-glo-virtys-deadline-for-applications-august-17-2026/
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Rafiuddin (Rafi) Najam
Todd Pugatch
about 2 months ago
The
@aefpweb.bsky.social
EdDev group meets this F Apr 10, 11am US eastern. Presenters:
@wsandholtz.bsky.social
(NOVA): Information & the Politics of School Quality
@adautheville.bsky.social
(NHH): Private & Social Returns to Public University Scholarships Contact me for Zoom link.
#econsky
#edusky
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Harry Anthony Patrinos
2 months ago
New in Journal of Population Economics w/ @rnajamr + Raja Kattan: Education paysâeven more for women in Afghanistan. Each year of schooling raises income by 3â7%, but bans on womenâs education/work turn gains into large economic losses. Human capital denial = national loss.
shorturl.at/HW0uK
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The mis-education of women in Afghanistan: from wage premiums to economic losses
https://shorturl.at/HW0uK
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Paul Bruno
2 months ago
Impacts of the FourâDay School Week on Juvenile Crime
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
"decision-makers should be cognizant of the potential increase in juvenile crime that may result from the four-day school week"
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Impacts of the FourâDay School Week on Juvenile Crime
Schools are increasingly adopting four-day school weeks to address financial, attendance, and teacher retention issues, a trend that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified. However, little is known abou...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pam.70101?af=R
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This week marks the beginning of a new academic year across much of Afghanistan and four years since the ban on women's education and employment. Our work on returns to schooling and the economic costs of this ban is now out in the Journal of Population Economics. đ
doi.org/10.1007/s001...
2 months ago
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Harry Anthony Patrinos
2 months ago
Read my latest
#research
on women's education in Afghanistan, published with @SpringerNature in JOPE
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Harry Anthony Patrinos
2 months ago
Four-day school weeks may ease budgets and staffingâbut new evidence shows they can increase juvenile property & violent crime, esp in larger, non-rural areas, underscoring real trade-offs for policymakers. New article by
@rnajam.bsky.social
+ Thompson in JPAM
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/pam.70101?saml_referrer
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New paper out today in
@jpam-dc.bsky.social
with Paul Thompsonâthis one started as a chapter of my PhD dissertation and it's great to see it out! We examine what happens to juvenile crime when schools switch to a four-day school week using agency-level data from six statesâa policy that has been
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Impacts of the FourâDay School Week on Juvenile Crime
Schools are increasingly adopting four-day school weeks to address financial, attendance, and teacher retention issues, a trend that the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified. However, little is known abou...
https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.70101
2 months ago
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AEFP
6 months ago
The EdDev Community Group will meet on December 12 at 11 AM ET. Alejandro Ganimian will present work in progress. Join the EdDev Community Group today
aefpweb.org/communit...
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Join the Global Labor Organization 2025 Job Market Sessions (North America) this Friday, Dec 5! The sessions kick off at 1:00 PM EST. Register here:
glabor.org/program-deta...
I will chair a session at 3:30 PM EST.
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PROGRAM - Details GLO-Bonn-2025
GLO JOPE Bonn 2025 PROGRAM - DRAFT November 28, 2025; 11:00 am, CET Berlin Preliminary. Currently, ALL relevant program info is available here. Closer to th
https://glabor.org/program-details-glo-bonn-2025/
6 months ago
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Come work with us in Chapel Hill! UNCâChapel Hill Public Policy is a vibrant community of scholars and an excellent place for interdisciplinary research with a strong focus on policy-relevant work. If you are on the academic job market and your research focuses on
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Assistant Professor
This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...
https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307190
7 months ago
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Exciting news. We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Public Policy. Focus areas: environmental policy, international development, or poverty. Link:
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Submission Deadline: November 3, 2025. Donât hesitate to reach out with any questions.
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Assistant Professor
This position is located in the Department of Public Policy within the College of Arts and Sciences. This tenure-track position includes 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service to the department. ...
https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307190
8 months ago
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Todd Pugatch
10 months ago
Econ instructors: considering running an RCT but unsure where to start? My new working paper (w/
@lizschroeder.bsky.social
) can guide you. We walk you through all the steps to run an RCT: design, setup, implementation & analysis, w/ many examples along the way. 1/2
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Using Rcts in Economic Education Research
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have become an essential tool for economists. The credibility revolution in empirical economics emphasizes research designs
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5362829
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NBER
about 1 year ago
How different researcher decisions, data cleaning, research design, and interpretations of a policy question, affect variation in estimated treatment effects, from Huntington-Klein, Portner, McCarthy, and The Many Economists Collaborative on Researcher Variation
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33729
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Check out a short summary of our article on
@voxdev.bsky.social
, where we examine how exposure to conflict impacts children in the long run. w/ @girayaslim
@erdaltekin.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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I will be joining the Department of Public Policy at the @PublicPolicyUNC @UNC this summer as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy (TT). Grateful to the many incredible people who made this possibleâmy advisors (
@toddpugatch.bsky.social
, Alison, Paul, Patrick)
about 1 year ago
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APPAM
about 1 year ago
ICYMI: We're offering Travel Grants for APPAM members who will be presenting at the Annual Fall Research Conference this year in Seattle. Learn more about this opportunity and how to apply:
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NBER
over 1 year ago
In utero exposure to war violence in Afghanistan significantly reduces cognitive and educational outcomes for girls, highlighting gender-specific disparities caused by conflict, from Erkmen G. Aslim, Rafiuddin Najam, and Erdal Tekin
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33398
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