The World Bank is looking to hire a consultant to write a systematic review of A/B tests/nimble evaluations of interventions to help better implement private sector policy interventions. E.g. tests of best ways to recruit firms, select them, disburse money.. Details: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jq434...

Call for papers!! 2nd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado, Chile (ski resort an hour from Santiago. 20-23 August 2024 Keynote speaker: Miguel Urquiola Submission deadline: March 1st, 2024 www.uandes.cl/workshop-on-... 2023 edition: andresbarriosf.github.io/workshop.html #EconSky

The penultimate post in our job market series has Geetika Nagpal examine the impact of relaxing zoning restrictions on housing in Mumbai. DiD shows a 28% increase in the number of apartments built & a reduction in apartment size, increasing affordability blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...

Next up, Marcelo Mello (sites.google.com/site/marcela...; ) who studies gender, religion, & labor force participation in developing countries Her JMP shows how exposure to religious media in Brazil shifted religiosity, female LFP, and schooling for girls - very compelling!

Next up, Santiago Hermo (santiagohermo.github.io; @santiagohermo.bsky.social): an applied labor/urban economist studying linkages in labor & housing markets His JMP shows how collective bargaining shapes the response of wages/employment to economic shocks. Check out the cool shift-share!

Today's blogpost sums up our takeaways on what makes for successful job search and job intermediation policies in developing countries - based on a forthcoming JEP paper. Lots of programs to help workers find "a" job have very short-term and limited impacts. blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...

This week's links include @kopalo.bsky.social on the political routes of low African labor productivity, the positive productivity spillovers of large firms, offering prizes for saving in Mexico, @wsandholtz.bsky.social on Liberian education and voting, & more... blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...

Blog your job market paper: our annual opportunity for job market candidates in development to share their work is now open for submissions blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...

Standing ovation to Claudia Goldin!!

The World Bank is hiring again this year on the junior market. Both the research group (DECRG) and impact evaluation group (DIME) are hiring, with separate applications: DECRG: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... DIME: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....