"The Power of Language: Educational and Mental Health Impacts of Language Training for Refugee Children" by @semihtumen.bsky.social @mvlass.bsky.social and @jackiewahba.bsky.social #EconSky #MenaSky docs.iza.org/dp17593.pdf

Billionaire Influence in the 2024 U.S. Election: Will It Backfire? theconversation.com/billionaires...

NEW #IFSWorkingPaper: Spillovers in criminal networks: Evidence from co-offender deaths Read Matthew Lindquist, Eleonora Patacchini, @mvlass.bsky.social and @yveszenou.bsky.social study on spillover effects within criminal networks by leveraging the deaths of co-offenders: https://buff.ly/4gl45t2

🆕How a documentary film fostered interethnic harmony in Bangladesh Today on VoxDev @absidd.bsky.social (Royal Holloway), @mvlass.bsky.social (University of Southhampton) & Yves Zenou (Monash University) outline their latest research: voxdev.org/topic/how-do...

Exciting opportunity! The Department of Economics at the University of Southampton is looking for a talented individual to join us as a Lecturer. We are particularly interested in candidates with interests in Applied Economics. Details here: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

New paper alert: Network formation model of parents (with A.Houndetoungan, A.Islam, and Y.Zenou). Key determinant is the child's gender. Counterfactual: If all children share the same gender, households would have approximately 15% more links. Link here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Integrating refugee children through teacher training: voxdev.org/topic/health...

CEPR-TCD-TIME conference in DevEcon is happening 13-14 Oct in Dublin. @mvlass.bsky.social is presenting our fresh new paper on 'Edutainment and Interethnic Relationships' tomorrow after lunch. If you're around, don't miss it! Draft and a 🧵 will be out soon!

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