📢 Call for submissions: Columbia Gender in the Global Economy Conference! For economists in any subfield working on the role of gender in the economy. 📍 Columbia University, NYC 🗓️ Oct 30, 2026 ⏰ Deadline: July 15, 2026 Assistant profs & postdocs especially encouraged 👇

Big news for the WFU Econ family! 🖤💛 Please join us in welcoming Jijeebisha Bhattarai (@jijeebisha.bsky.social) and Zachary Luther as our newest Visiting Assistant Professors. From gender & development economics to innovation & trade -- Welcome to Wake!

A great day for our seniors! Our honors thesis students presented impressive work on many interesting topics. From sports betting to Colombian coffee markets to sex ed and political preferences... so proud of this cohort!

A wonderful two-day visit from Dr. Fernanda Rojas Ampuero (UW-Madison Economics)! She presented her research on displacement and mortality at a joint seminar with WFU LALS ,visited our Latin American Economic Development class, and had great conversations with students and faculty.

Going to #ASSA2026 in Philly this year? Don't miss the fantastic work of our faculty members! Sat, Jan 3 (8-10am) at the "Economics of International Health" session Prof. Alba-Vivar on citizenship policy & communicable diseases Prof. Marein on drug trafficking & the Caribbean homicide epidemic

From working with a microcredit NGO in Peru to his research on the green energy transition, labor markets, and environmental regulation, our Department Chair @markcurti.bsky.social talks to President Wente about the challenges of sustainable environmental policies youtu.be/GR0en27h0Kw?...

Our junior faculty are working on amazing new projects! Yesterday's presentations: Professor @falbav.bsky.social on femicides & human capital in Latin America and Professor Jinyoung Seo on fiscal policy in high-debt economies. So exciting to see this research develop!

Happening now here at @barnardcollege.bsky.social: the second incarnation of the Gender in the Global Economy Conference. Program attached - more updates to come!

Wake Forest University announced today that undergraduates from North Carolina with annual family incomes less than $200,000 per year will attend tuition-free, beginning for students admitted for the 2026 fall semester. Read more: wakefo.rest/3KeRLzT

so proud of my school @wakeforest.bsky.social 🖤💛 for making this big step!

Great seminar today with Robert Garlick from Duke, presenting "Flexibility versus Performance: The Determinants of Labor Contracts in Nairobi, Kenya" Thank you for visiting us, Rob!

This week, our faculty members @eriknesson.bsky.social, @falbav.bsky.social and our newest hire Prof. Joaquin Urrego participated in the @nber.org Summer Institute in Cambridge, MA. Thanks to our friend Matthew Johnson from Duke for capturing the moment!

🚍 Our very own Dr. Alba-Vivar is shedding light on how limited access to public transportation affects commuter students in Peru. Important insights on mobility and educational equity! @wakeforest.bsky.social

How does unreliable urban transport disproportionately limit women’s access to higher education—and can infrastructure fixes close the gap? @falbav.bsky.social , @wakeforest.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/transport-ba... #economics

How does unreliable urban transport disproportionately limit women’s access to higher education—and can infrastructure fixes close the gap? @falbav.bsky.social , @wakeforest.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/transport-ba... #economics

Seminario MAP July 2025: "Dear Brothers and Sisters: Pope's Speeches and the Dynamics of Conflict in Africa". M Couttenier (Université de Lyon) presents evidence on papal peace speeches reducing conflict, with variation across Popes. Monday July 21, 12PM (Lima time). Moderates: A Ferreira (SMU) 1/2

If you are a Peruvian researcher, work on Peru or Latam - please consider presenting with these amazing group of Peruvian economists. Strongly recommended for job market candidates or junior faculty! Send us your papers 📝

Hey grad students - don’t miss this!!

I am going to be giving a keynote lecture (online) on April 28 at 12:30 (EDT--New York) with my advice for young economists. Register here for the keynote and get more information about the conference, which looks like a great lineup! sites.google.com/view/amie-4t... @econmentoring.bsky.social

Thank you to Francesco Bianchi (Johns Hopkins) for visiting Wake Forest and presenting “Smooth Diagnostic Expectations” (with Cosmin Ilut & Hikaru Saijo) this past Tuesday! We appreciate all your advice and the engaging discussions with our faculty!

Huge thanks to Mike Dinerstein @mikedinerstein.bsky.social (Duke) for visiting Wake Forest last Friday and presenting his paper "Student Loan Forgiveness" (with Earnest, Koustas & Yannelis). A super insightful talk — it was great to have you with us!

El aumento de las temperaturas globales influye en el momento en que ocurren ciertos eventos naturales, como la siembra y cosecha de cultivos, o la floración de árboles y plantas.

📜improving property titling in Africa’s cities with community information and better targeted fees new @voxdev.bsky.social article with Martina voxdev.org/topic/public...

Hi everybody! Our paper *Schooling Mobility Across Three Generations in Six Latin American countries*, published at the Journal of Population Economics, is available *open access* here link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Amazing news!! Can’t wait to have Joaquin with us this Fall 🤩

I just had the most wonderful days visiting Montana State - a top applied micro group and wow, such a beautiful place on earth! Thank you @carlyurban.bsky.social and everyone there! Also happily reunited with my WEAI mentor Mark Anderson 🤠

Just learned that my RA got admitted to his dream program. I am not crying, you are crying 🥺

Sharing the latest article on @voxdev.bsky.social by my brilliant colleague and mentor at @wfueconomics.bsky.social & @wakeforest.bsky.social Leah Lakdwala. Check it out! 📚🔥

🆕 Reducing child labour: Lessons from Bolivia’s legalisation experiment Today on VoxDev, Leah Lakdawala and Diana Martinez Heredia explore the impacts of a Bolivian law that legalised and regulated the work of young children: voxdev.org/topic/labour...

By far the high point of my career—thank you to everyone who made this happen!❤️

The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences. Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.

Grades submitted - it’s over. Must sleep several weeks to recover.

Attending #ASSA2025? Want to know how to navigate your options with respect to hotels, food, & sessions given SF hotel workers' strike? @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & I have you covered. Blog w/sign up for email updates. #EconSky aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...

The AEA/ASSA meetings are in SF in January. Workers at several conference hotels, including 2 headquarters hotels, are on strike. @aaronsojourner.org put together a very useful explainer. aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...

1/ Excited to share my JMP! I study how the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)—which taxed nonprofit salaries over $1M—reshaped college leadership. Using a natural experiment, I explore how financial incentives impact presidents’ pay, exits, and priorities. 🧵 sites.google.com/view/nicolas...

Re-upping this: if you are interested in GIS, computer vision, housing, and research please apply!

First time ever on radio! 📡

An amazing paper and wow that data 😳 I keep thinking of how much the middle class has lost in this country… quite relevant these days!

30 min layover in Lima = mandatory Pisco drinks, empanadas and tamales 🫔 ( I will dare to say 🇵🇪 makes the best ones)

Cant wait to see Santiago presenting this paper this week (at WFU)!

A night full of economists dancing cumbia 💃🏽🕺🏻 Thank you #LACEALAMES2024 !

Why are blue-collar voters drifting from the Democratic Party? Is it due to shifts in voter preferences or shifts in party positions? What role do cultural versus economic policies play? My Job Market Paper presents an empirical model that unpacks these dynamics. 1/N

To everyone joining this platform who is on the market - come work with me and the amazing people at @wfueconomics.bsky.social - we are a young and exciting group of applied microeconomists and we can't wait to add a new member.

A recent article by our faculty member @falbav.bsky.social How can improvements in public transport in Peru boost access to education? www.theigc.org/blogs/how-ca...

I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ

Yay!! Congrats Sandy - you truly deserve this and more 🎊🎉

Happy to share this blog article based on my JMP about the effects of reducing commuting time on college access and choice in Lima - Peru t.co/zxs0ayE4Oy

Last Friday, our applied micro faculty visited UNC Charlotte for the Carolina Region Empirical Economics Day (CREED). Alex Yu, Brian Marein, Fabi Alba-Vivar, Tommy Leung, Tabitha Knott and Leah Lakdawala presented their work in progress.

Exciting new research from our own Erik Nesson (@eriknesson.bsky.social ) and co-authors, just published in the Journal of Health Economics! 📄 They explore the impact of Tobacco 21 laws on smoking and vaping. Check it out! 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...