🆕 How does interacting with other ethnicities shape political attitudes? Today on VoxDev, @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social and @gedeonlim89.bsky.social explore the impacts of living closer to resettlement sites of ethnic minorities in Malaysia: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

A recent paper by Eoin McGuirk and @nathannunn.bsky.social highlights how agricultural development projects can backfire in traditionally pastoral areas of Africa, fueling conflict instead of fostering development. #EconSky www.nber.org/papers/w33191

#econ_ra #econsky A couple of years ago a couple of friends and I made a "partial equilibrium" public good guide for new econ students who might want to become a Research Assistant. We no longer have the ability to maintain and update it to account for new information, so ... [1/n] raguide.github.io

🗣️ Call for papers: 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, May 22–23 in Madrid Keynotes by the brilliant Leah Boustan & @deanyang.bsky.social Submissions due January 26th —> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #econconf #econsky

Man I cannot endorse this abstract more

Since I've been here for a while… here are some useful features on Bluesky that you might not have discovered yet! 🧵

Introducing the #econ_ra feed. Shows posts containing #econ_ra To share info about economics research assistant, pre-doc, post-doc, & similar positions. Either side of the market is welcome to post opportunities, intros, or questions. Pin the feed & monitor. 📉📈 bsky.app/profile/did:...

Fascinating and important study of long-run displacement effects!

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Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content. But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand. sites.google.com/view/maritaf...

Pacific Conference for Development Economics (PacDev) Saturday, March 9, 2024 Stanford King Center on Global Development Submit Your Paper Paper submissions are due by 11:59 PM PST on Sunday, December 10, 2023 #Econsky cega.submittable.com/submit/27734...

Wow just read the best freaking post by @economeager.bsky.social This is literally the most important advice. This should be framed and posted in every department. The hammer hits people into the anvil too often. rachaelmeager.substack.com/p/finish-you...