We're pleased to host co-authors & discussants presenting their chapters in progress for the upcoming edition of the Handbook of Development Economics. A special thanks to editors Pascaline Dupas, Penny Goldberg & Rohini Pande! More information on the event & Handbook: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/...

Join us for the 6th Women in International Economics Conference, October 16-17, 2025 at Yale! See the agenda below. More information here: cowles.yale.edu/events/2025/...

As we kick off the fall semester, join us in welcoming our new faculty members to Yale! Learn more about their backgrounds and research: economics.yale.edu/news/250828/...

🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social: "𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞" 📶 The EGC affiliate wrote in @financialtimes.com on how mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places. 📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250821/...

🧑‍🎓 Learn more about the IDE Masters Program 🧑‍🎓 Join program leadership for an informational session about the International and Development Economics Master's program hosted by EGC & Yale Department of Economics.

👥 A recent experiment by Maria Kogelnik, a newly appointed Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist affiliated with EGC, suggests that differences in how men and women respond to feedback on past performance may partly explain longstanding gender gaps in many professions.

🌎 Immigration indisputably shapes economic growth and development in the United States. But today, immigration’s effects on the US economy is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics.

🆕 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg elected as International Fellow to @britishacademy.bsky.social. 🌟 The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. 📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250806/...

📝 Registration is open for the Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025! EGC and @theigc.bsky.social are delighted to host the 2025 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference on October 24-25.

🗣️ Why Markets May Soon Call America’s Tariff Bluff 🏦 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next. 📚 Read the article: egc.yale.edu/news/250805/...

🗣️ How do language barriers affect international development? 🌏 New research by Amit Khandelwal (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) and coauthors shows how language training can maximize the benefits of foreign direct investment for LMICs. 📑 Read the EGC research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/can...

🏭 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China 🌏 Evidence from China suggests that non-additional offsets can in fact exacerbate environmental damages. 📚 Read more from EGC’s Nicholas Ryan and coauthors: egc.yale.edu/news/250730/...

🌍 Can emissions markets reduce air pollution? 📊 Nicholas Ryan & Rohini Pande (EGC, @yaleeconomics.bsky.social ) & collaborators evaluated the impact of the world’s first emissions market for particulate pollution from industries. 📚 More: egc.yale.edu/news/250723/...

Join us in congratulating Steven Berry (@steveberry.bsky.social), who was recently appointed the Sterling Professor of Economics—the highest academic honor a Yale professor can receive. Berry joined Yale in 1988 and is the inaugural director of the Yale Tobin Center: news.yale.edu/2025/07/22/b...

🗣️ What does the future hold for small farms in Africa? 🌍 In the latest #DevelopmentDialogues with @voxdev.bsky.social, experts dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low productivity of small farms. 🔊 Listen to the full episode now: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/...

Hospitals are gobbling up physician practices—and health care prices are rising as a result. New research in @nber.org shows that vertical mergers between hospitals & physician practices are driving up physician & hospital prices. Read the Tobin Center Policy Brief: tobin.yale.edu/research/hos...

🌏 While migrants and their urban destinations are extensively studied, less is known about how their departure transforms the rural economies they leave behind. 📊 In Ideas for India, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social & coauthors dig deeper. 📚 Read the newest EGC Perspectives article:

🗣️ “We need to move beyond a single indicator like labor force participation if we truly care about better jobs for women." - Rohini Pande

👥 How can India address under-representation of women entrepreneurs? 📰 A new article from The Times Of India highlights research by Pinelopi Goldberg and coauthor Gaurav Chiplunkar on the need for multidimensional, state-specific policy solutions. 📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250629/...

☀️ In May, leading economics researchers came to Yale for the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE) to showcase research projects tackling questions that matter for both academic research and real-world policy challenges in energy and environment.

👥 Event recap: Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era 🤝 Organized by EGC and @cgdev.org, hosted by Gate Foundation on the sidelines of the 2025 World Bank and IMF #SpringMeetings 🌍 Read key takeaways from the event: egc.yale.edu/news/event-r...

🗣️ What does the future hold for small farms in Africa? 🌍 In the latest #DevelopmentDialogues with @voxdev.bsky.social , experts dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low productivity of small farms. 🔊 Listen to the full episode now: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/...

🆕 Podcast: What does the future hold for small farms in Africa? On Development Dialogues w/ @voxdev.bsky.social, guests Gérardine Mukeshimana (@ifad.org) @christopher-udry.bsky.social (Northwestern) & Mark Rosenzweig (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social)‬ discuss. 🎧 Listen: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/...

📃 A new EGC Discussion Paper by @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) & coauthors examines systems for identifying recipients of benefit transfers and studies how their cost-effectiveness varies with the scale and scope of the program. 📚 Read the paper: egc.yale.edu/research/mob...

💡New research: 🇲🇼 In Malawi, women avoid trying unfamiliar products—not due to skepticism, but to protect their household reputation. EGC Postdoc Nina Buchmann, Pascaline Dupas @princetonecon.bsky.social & Roberta Ziparo (AMSE) in @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/techno...

💡Why is it so hard to implement a good idea? @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (EGC, @yaleeconomics.bsky.social @yalesom.bsky.social) on what happens when technically sound solutions meet politics, behavior, unintended consequences. "Lessons from SOM" pod: insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/les... #GlobalDev

Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌍 How can economic tools help address climate change equitably? Read about how researchers at @yale.edu EGC, #InclusionEconomics & @yaleeconomics.bsky.social are piloting pollution markets, rethinking offsets, modeling adaptation & more: egc.yale.edu/news/250416/...

🚼 How can early childhood investments transform lives in lower-income countries? What role can research + policy play? "In Conversation" w/ Costas Meghir (EGC, @yaleeconomics.bsky.social #InclusionEconomics) + 🌍 Amer Hasan #WorldBank on #ECD in 🇨🇴🇮🇳🇮🇩🇰🇪🇵🇰 🔗 egc.yale.edu/news/250602/... #GlobalDev

🌍 Join EGC & #InclusionEconomics and shape the #GlobalDev conversation! We’re #hiring Director of Comms to: ▶️ Build our brand ▶️ Lead outreach ▶️ Engage funders ▶️ Collaborate across @yale.edu @yalemacmillan.bsky.social @yaleeconomics.bsky.social @ispsyale.bsky.social 🔗 egc.yale.edu/opportunitie...

🌍 5 EGC-affiliated teams have received 2025 @Yale Planetary Solutions grants for work on AI & climate, sustainable ag, soil valuation, environmental security & more. Congrats to Fenichel, Pande, Ryan & colleagues! Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250522/...

📣 ONE WEEK to go! ✍️ Call for papers The EGC @theigc.bsky.social Conference on Firms, Trade & Development early deadline closes May 30. Presenters receive funding for travel & accommodation. Submit your papers now: theigc.org/call-papers-... #EconTwitter #CallforPapers #FirmsTradeDev

Join us for the next CSAE Lunchtime Seminar 'Daughters Left Behind: How Trade Liberalization Harms Girls in China when Government Restricts Migration' 🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social @yaleegc.bsky.social 📆Wed 28 May, 12:30, Room G, Manor Road Building, Oxford ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events

🧠“Brain drain” isn’t the whole story. New research in @science.org by @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social & coauthors finds skilled migration can boost #HumanCapital in origin countries – if policymakers invest in education & adapt. Read the EGC research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/bra...

🚼 What drives fertility decline? Not just culture — but economics, inequality, gender norms, and history. 📰The latest #TowardsGenderEquality newsletter from EGC's Gender & Growth Gaps project explores new research on how families make decisions. Read & Subscribe: egc.yale.edu/news/250521/...

🎓 Congrats to the Class of '25! Today EGC & #InclusionEconomics celebrated: 📘 @yaleeconomics.bsky.social PhDs (dev, trade, econ history) 📊 #YaleIDE Master’s grads 📈 Predocs 💼 Undergrad interns & Salus Populi Foundation members So proud of you all! Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250519/...

🏢 How can US companies and universities react to new legislation eliminating DEI activities? 🗣️ In her latest for @science.org, EGC Director Rohini Pande delves into research on meritocratic recruitment and talent allocation. 📚 Read the perspective: egc.yale.edu/news/250515/...

🎉 #IDEat70: co-director Michael Boozer spoke about the history of the International and Development Economics (IDE) Master’s Program at Yale University to gathered students and alumni in celebration of the program’s 70th anniversary. 📚 Learn more: egc.yale.edu/news/250514/...

📃 A new EGC Discussion Paper by Orazio Attanasio, Gabriella Conti, Pamela Jervis, Costas Meghir & Aysu Okbay investigates whether the impacts of a randomized Early Childhood Intervention in Colombia vary depending on the child’s genetic background. 📚 Read the paper: egc.yale.edu/research/att...

📃 A new EGC Discussion Paper by Russell Morton examines creation and distribution of surplus from global value chains (GVCs) in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) domestic supply chains. 📚 Read the paper: elischolar.library.yale.edu/egcenter-dis...

🎉 Last week, students and alumni gathered to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the IDE Master’s Program. 🗣️ Co-directors Michael Boozer and Ana Cecilia Fieler spoke about the program’s history and role in shaping students for global leadership roles in international development.

🗣️ “Childcare changes the rules of the game” 🌍 The Yale Economic Growth Center and Yale #InclusionEconomics, in collaboration with the Yale MacMillan Center and the Gates Foundation, hosted a research-policy dialogue on May 7

🧑‍🎓 “Economics is the ultimate egalitarian science, it views all people in exactly the same way – just facing different constraints” 💡 Costas Meghir (EGC & #InclusionEconomics) discusses how economics can improve outcomes for children in low- and middle-income countries: egc.yale.edu/research/cos...

👥 How do we understand the economics of gender? 🗣️ EGC and #InclusionEconomics hosted #NEUGD, a conference to provide a forum for economists in the northeastern United States to explore the role of gender in the economy. 📚 Read the event recap: egc.yale.edu/news/250506/...

🎓 Applications now open for ACES Political Economy Summer School 2025. Deadline May 9. Spread the word! ▶️ Exposure to frontier research in political economy & development ▶️ Opportunities to present research ideas, receive feedback ▶️ A chance to build network Info: www.acesecon.org/conferences/...

Do carbon offsets sold by firms in China under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) actually decrease emissions? New EGC Discussion Paper by Qiaoyi Chen, Nicholas Ryan, and Yi (Daniel) Xu: elischolar.library.yale.edu/egcenter-dis...

⚙️ EGC affiliate Pascual Restrepo’s structural analysis of global automation trends reveals that the benefits of automation are not equally distributed. #MayDay #Labor #Automation #IncomeInequality 📖 Read the EGC Spotlight on Restrepo and his research: egc.yale.edu/research/pas...

📣 Job Alert 📣 #InclusionEconomics is seeking a full-time Geospatial Data Scientist Consultant to enhance the reach and impact of flood early-warning systems. This opportunity is for a 3-month term, with a target start date of June 1. Learn more and apply: ie.yale.edu/opportunitie...

🌎 When the Ford Foundation turned down an initial proposal for a Yale Center for International Administration in 1954, it set the stage for what would become the International and Development Economics (IDE) master’s program. 📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250430/...

⚖️ When global trade gets disrupted, who wins and who loses? 📊 EGC affiliates Ana Cecília Fieler and Guillermo Noguera conduct detailed data analysis to understand how trade affects firms, labor markets, and global value chains. Read the conversation: egc.yale.edu/news/250428/...

Call for Papers! Join the EGC/ @theigc.bsky.social conference on Firms, Trade & Development, at @yaleeconomics.bsky.social, October 24-25. 🗓️Early deadline: May 30 🗓️Final deadline: July 18 🔗 egc.yale.edu/events/2025/... #EconDev #FirmsTradeDev