How can you summarise your research for a wider audience? I think it's a no-brainer to present your work in a way that's accessible to those outside academia. Having edited over 500 @voxdev.bsky.social articles, I've put what I've learned into this blog: voxdev.org/topic/commun...

This week's links include some positive developments in development, how to negotiate your econ job, why an SEZ was not very successful, econ meets other disciplines, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

🆕 First to wake, last to eat: How India’s quest for gender parity begins on an unequal footing Today on VoxDev, Udayan Rathore (Wadhwani Foundation) discusses disparities in the times women wake and eat in India: voxdev.org/topic/health...

🆕 Where to find development economics resources I've updated my list of all the various sources of newsletters, articles, podcasts & videos relevant to development economics that I've come across in my three years at @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/where-...

🆕 Markets, marriage, and norms: Understanding female labour force participation in India Today on VoxDev, Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi) reflects on the evidence on female labour force participation in India: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

🆕 How extreme heat determines diets in rural India Today on VoxDev, Paul Stainier (@upenn.edu), Manisha Shah (@goldmanschool.bsky.social) & @alanbarreca.bsky.social (@ioes.ucla.edu) discuss how extreme heat affects health and nutrition in India: voxdev.org/topic/health...

🆕 Macroeconomics and climate change 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, @adrienbilal.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) discusses the research on macroeconomics and climate change – highlighting evidence gaps in mitigation, adaptation, and labour transitions: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...

🆕 Roads to Ethiopia’s structural transformation Today on VoxDev, Tasso Adamopoulos (York University) discusses how Ethiopia's large-scale road expansion accelerated structural transformation: voxdev.org/topic/macroe...

🆕 How interdisciplinary research is enriching development economics No discipline has a monopoly on high-quality, policy-relevant research. I've highlighted some examples of interdisciplinary research that I enjoyed reading on @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/how-in...

Really enjoyed learning about this research + the article features a great brief history of taxation!

Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...

🆕 Electronic medical records save lives Today on VoxDev, @lauraderksen.bsky.social (Frischsenteret), Anita McGahan (@utoronto.ca) & Leandro Pongeluppe (The Wharton School) discuss the impact of electronic medical record systems in Malawi: voxdev.org/topic/health...

🆕 Can labour policy support workers in the new digital economy? Today on VoxDev, Carlos Corseuil (IPEA) & Jennifer Poole (@ausis.bsky.social) discuss how labour policy in Brazil disproportionately supports workers already poised to benefit from technological change: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

Live now! Learn about the takeaways for policy from research on organised crime. youtube.com/live/EahDK1L...

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Organised Crime is out now! Senior Editors @santiagotobon.bsky.social & Micaela Sviatschi @princetonecon.bsky.social review research on the roots & development impacts of organised crime. Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/or...

🆕 Culture and economic development 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, Natalie Bau (UCLA), @saralowes.bsky.social (@ucsandiego.bsky.social) & @eduardomontero.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how culture shapes economic policy and, consequently, development: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

Many of the 'facts' that travel the furthest from economic research are based on a flawed method of scaling cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate. @benmoll.bsky.social and I have written about this 'missing intercept' problem, and what economists can do about it, here ⤵️

🆕 The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro Today on VoxDev, @benmoll.bsky.social (LSE) and @olihanney.bsky.social explain the problem with scaling cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level, and discuss solutions for economists: voxdev.org/topic/method...

🆕 Geoeconomics and conflict: Bridging disciplines in the study of international warfare Today on VoxDev, @eoinmcguirk.bsky.social (@tufts.edu) & Christoph Trebesch (@kiel.institute) examine the intersection of conflict and geoeconomics: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🆕 Policymakers Lab: A new tool for understanding how evidence shapes policy Today on VoxDev, @mattietoma.bsky.social (University of Warwick) discusses what we have learned about evidence to policy so far, and how to get involved in her new lab: voxdev.org/topic/policy...

🆕 Can public policy prevent conflict and violence? Today on VoxDev, Elena Esposito (University of Turin) & @austinlw.bsky.social (Harris School of Public Policy) discuss how pubic policies can reduce violence by reshaping incentives: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🆕 Doing more with less: Why foreign aid should prioritise foundational learning now By @noamangrist.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, Pia Britto @unicef.org, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Michelle Kaffenberger @wwhglobaled.bsky.social, @deankarlan.bsky.social & @benlpiper.bsky.social ⤵️

Back to teaching or studying economics at university this September? @voxdev.bsky.social has tons of useful resources for university economics courses - I have included some examples in this thread. 1/n

🆕 Gender dynamics in times of armed conflict: Victims, fighters, and peacebuilders Today on VoxDev, Siwan Anderson (Vancouver School of Economics) & Maria Micaela Sviatschi (Princeton University) discuss the impact of armed conflict on gender inequality: voxdev.org/topic/social...

🆕 Why closing a business is so difficult in India – and the costs of staying open Today on VoxDev w/ Shoumitro Chatterjee (JHU), Kala Krishna (Penn State), Kalyani Padmakumar (FSU) & Yingyan Zhao (GWU): voxdev.org/topic/firms/...

🆕 Bridging the digital divide in global trade Today on VoxDev, @joelcariolle.bsky.social (FERDI), Jaime de Melo (University of Geneva) & Michele Imbruno (Sapienza University of Rome) discuss the impact of digital connectivity on export participation: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...

🆕 Mobile communication as mental health policy: Lessons from Ghana during COVID-19 Today on VoxDev, @belindaarch.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social & Francis Annan (UC Berkeley) discuss the impact of mobile communication on mental health outcomes during COVID-19: voxdev.org/topic/health...

🆕 Food policy: Lessons and priorities for a changing world 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, @jo-swinnen.bsky.social & Purnima Menon (@ifpri.org @cgiar.org) review the last 50 years of research on food policy – and what it means for the future of food (in)security: voxdev.org/topic/health...

Really looking forward to seeing Santiago & Mica present their review of evidence on the causes & consequences of organised crime. Make sure to join us at the launch event, where we will cover the key policy principles for having a lasting impact ⤵️

What is development economics? I find it more and more difficult to define what development economics actually is. So, for this @voxdev.bsky.social blog, I asked development economists how they define development economics: voxdev.org/topic/what-d...

🆕 Can transparency overcome the resource curse? How the EITI boosted tax revenues Today on VoxDev, Harouna Kinda (UM6P) discusses the impact of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative on tax revenues: voxdev.org/topic/public...

🆕 How internal migration is reshaping rural India Today on VoxDev, @raamadhok.bsky.social (University of Minnesota), Frederik Noack (UBC), @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (Yale) & Olivier Deschenes (UCSB) discuss the internal migration of agricultural workers in India: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

🆕 Does providing free sanitary pads keep girls in school? Today on VoxDev, Sumit Agarwal (NUS), Liu Ee Chia (NUS) & Pulak Ghosh (IIM Bangalore) discuss how providing free sanitary pads in schools reduced dropout rates in Kerala, India: voxdev.org/topic/health...

🆕 Are elite schools for me? How role models can narrow the aspirations gap Today on VoxDev, @ricardoestradam.bsky.social (CAF) & Jérémie Gignoux (@pse.bsky.social) discuss the role of peers in influencing elite school admissions in Peru: voxdev.org/topic/educat...

🆕 Higher education and the roots of Southeast Asia’s economic miracle Today on VoxDev, Alexandra de Pleijt (@w-u-r.bsky.social) & Ewout Frankema discuss the role of higher education in Southeast Asia's long-run development: voxdev.org/topic/educat...

🆕 How expanding voting rights shaped politics in India Today on VoxDev, @guilhemcassan.bsky.social (Université de Namur), Lakshmi Iyer (@ndecon.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social) & Rinchan Ali Mirza (@kent.ac.uk) discuss the expansion of voting rights in India: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🆕 Reforming India’s housing market: How disclosure laws boosted efficiency Today on VoxDev, Vaidehi Tandel (@manchester.ac.uk), Sahil Gandhi, Anupam Nanda & Nandini Agnihotri (WRI India) discuss the impact of mandatory disclosures in the Mumbai housing market: voxdev.org/topic/public...

🆕 The long-term health impacts of emergency aid: Evidence from the 1985 Ethiopian relief operation Today on VoxDev, Salvatore Di Falco (Université de Genève) & Kyungbo Han (@uniofbath.bsky.social) discuss how emergency aid mitigates the long-term impacts of disasters: voxdev.org/topic/health...

🆕 Understanding self-employment in Brazil: Can people afford to search for jobs? Today on VoxDev, @tscarelli.bsky.social and David Margolis show that material scarcity and financial constraints appear to be the main drivers of self-employment in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

Super interesting insights from Francis Annan on his experience working with business during his research projects in Ghana. Also great to learn how @voxdev.bsky.social helped this process, by putting his research in front of policymakers who then reached out and worked with Francis.

In a world where constrained governments still trade temporary rights for security they can't otherwise afford, Russian history shows how outsourcing defense to local elites can bake coercion into the economic fabric. Fascinating economic history research on serfdom ⤵️

🆕 How serfdom hardwired extractive institutions into the Russian economy Today on VoxDev w/ @andreamatranga.bsky.social (University of Turin) & @timurnatkhov.bsky.social (Higher School of Economics): voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🆕 Workers in African cities are extremely exposed to air pollution Today on VoxDev w/ Vittorio Bassi (@usc.edu), Matthew E. Kahn (@usc.edu), Nancy Lozano Gracia (World Bank), Tommaso Porzio (@columbiauniversity.bsky.social) ‬& Jeanne Sorin (University of Chicago): voxdev.org/topic/energy...

🆕 Electoral reform in Brazil reduced voter fraud and improved public services Today on VoxDev, @ridwankarim.bsky.social (Lazaridis School of Business & Economics) discusses the far-reaching consequences of electoral reform on governance in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🆕 How economists are using new data sources in development economics Research on @voxdev.bsky.social draws on a variety of data sources - satellites, phones, leaks & more. In this blog, I highlight what we learn about development from these novel data sources: voxdev.org/topic/how-ec...

🆕 How remote work can broaden recruitment and boost productivity Cevat Giray Aksoy (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social), Nicholas Bloom (@stanford.edu), Steven Davis (@hooverinstitution.bsky.social), Victoria Marino (@ebrd.bsky.social) & Cem Özguzel (@pse.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/labour...

🆕 Managing menstrual hygiene: The economics of period poverty 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, @castrosilvia.bsky.social (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) & @kczura.bsky.social (@rug.nl) explain how menstrual hygiene is just as much an economic concern as it is a public health one: voxdev.org/topic/health...

🆕 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China Today on VoxDev, Qiaoyi Chen, Nicholas Ryan (@yale.edu) & Daniel Xu (Duke University) outline how a carbon offset programme raised emissions in China: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

In February, the US gov shut down the Demographic & Health Surveys. It was the only data source on maternal & child health, births, household structure in many countries – making it crucial for research. In a new article I explain why it should be rescued. ourworldindata.org/demographic-...

🆕 Tackling water scarcity: Lessons from a megaproject in China Today on VoxDev, Guangbo Huang (Peking University), Chong Liu, Tianyang Xi, Huayu Xu & Wei You discuss the agricultural and economic gains of large-scale, long-distance water transfers: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...