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Mushfiq Mobarak

@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social

Professor of Economics, Yale University | Development Economics | Bangladesh | Y-RISE

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Dean Yang@deanyang.bsky.social · last mo.

Join us for the first @ideadevecon.bsky.social events in our Career Development series! These two panels will demystify the econ PhD admissions process... Featuring Jess Goldberg, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, Alex Armand, Sanjay Jain, Tarun Jain, @jordanloper.bsky.social, and me.

International Development Economics Association@ideadevecon.bsky.social · last mo.

Thinking about a PhD in economics? Hear directly from faculty how admissions committees read and weigh applications. Bring your questions for the open Q&A, and share with students who are considering applying! Register at idea.devecon.org/career-skill... 🔗 🌐

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 3mo ago

How did the Bengali language movement of 1952 shape Bangladesh's path to independence? In this episode of Economics Unpacked, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social explains how Bangladesh's independence movement began twenty years before the country became independence.

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🆕 The birth of Bangladesh: How the Bhola cyclone fostered revolution 📢 Today on Economics Unpacked, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (@yalesom.bsky.social @yaleeconomics.bsky.social) explores the role of the 1970 Bhola cyclone in shaping Bangladesh's independence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r03M...

Mushfiq Mobarak@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Call for papers for our December conference. We are especially interested in research on "implementation challenges" of development interventions.

Y-RISE@yalerise.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢 Call for Papers: Y-RISE 2026 Annual Conference 📢 Dec 17–19, Grand Cayman. Focus: scaling effective policy interventions in global development, with an emphasis on implementation & pilot-to-scale challenges. 📅 Deadline: Sept 15 📄 Full CFP: bit.ly/4wvuUSZ 👉 Submit here: forms.gle/3BihwyP72Ag9...

Y-RISE@yalerise.bsky.social · 9mo ago

How do we connect millions of young people ready to work in Asia with countries like Japan that need workers? Meet Princess. Her story shows what's possible when we get skilled migration right. Read more from @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social. www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/b...

Princess’s journey and the promise of skilled migration

When I first met Princess, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny concrete room in Davao City on Mindanao island in southern Philippines, her notebook open to a page covered in neat rows ...

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Yale Economic Growth Center@yaleegc.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Affiliate @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social on how one of the deadliest disasters in history led to independence for Bangladesh, and what leaders can learn about responding to climate-caused crises. (Paper link in replies)

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🆕 The birth of Bangladesh: How the Bhola cyclone fostered revolution 📢 Today on Economics Unpacked, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (@yalesom.bsky.social @yaleeconomics.bsky.social) explores the role of the 1970 Bhola cyclone in shaping Bangladesh's independence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=r03M...

Mushfiq Mobarak@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I met Princess and her family in Davao city in southern Philippines, and wrote about them for a newspaper in Bangladesh, with implications for migration support policies in Bangladesh www.thedailystar.net/news/princes...

Princess’s journey and the promise of skilled migration

When I first met Princess, she was sitting cross-legged on the floor of a tiny concrete room in Davao City on Mindanao island in southern Philippines, her notebook open to a page covered in neat rows ...

thedailystar.net

Dean Yang@deanyang.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Check out our new VoxDevLit on International Migration! Thanks to co-editors @catiabatista.bsky.social, @econgaurav.bsky.social, @dmckenzie.bsky.social, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, & Caroline Theoharides! We look to working together on this "living literature review" in the years to come...

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on International Migration is out now! Senior Editor Dean Yang & Co-Editors Catia Batista, Gaurav Khanna, David McKenzie, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak & Caroline Theoharides review research on international migration. Read & download here: https://ow.ly/qXx950XWAar

Dean Yang@deanyang.bsky.social · 10mo ago

All are welcome to the launch talk for the new VoxDevLit on International Migration! Co-authored with @catiabatista.bsky.social, @econgaurav.bsky.social, @dmckenzie.bsky.social, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social , Caroline Theoharides. Wed 14 Jan, 9 am US eastern.

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development. At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration. Register➡️ https://ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9

Mushfiq Mobarak@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social · last yr.

Large sample data on patterns of violence by the Myanmar military (alongside civilians, including Buddhist monks) against their Rohingya minority suggest that there are systematic economic and expropriation motives for the forced displacement of the Rohingya. insights.som.yale.edu/insights/eco...

Economic Data Helps Explain a Pattern of Violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Minority‌

New research from Yale SOM’s Mushfiq Mobarak shows that the violence and looting in rice-growing areas is tied to rice prices, suggesting an economic motivation for the attacks, and finds that the gov...

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Mushfiq Mobarak@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social · last yr.

An unusual academic conversation with @sebastiantt.bsky.social and @ajhollingsworth.bsky.social about the mechanics of conducting research with implementing organizations. (Recorded in 2022, so it's a bit dated. Referee 2 wanted a lot of changes before the podcast got published)

Sebastian Tello Trillo@sebastiantt.bsky.social · last yr.

Really excited for this week’s episode! We (@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social ) talk with ‪@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social‬ on how to work with large organizations and governments to implement research and policy.

Yale Economic Growth Center@yaleegc.bsky.social · last yr.

🗣️ @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/...

Mobarak in Financial Times: "Living in remote areas shouldn’t be a death sentence"

EGC affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak authored a commentary in Financial Times on how mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places.

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VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕 How internal migration is reshaping rural India Today on VoxDev, @raamadhok.bsky.social (University of Minnesota), Frederik Noack (UBC), @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (Yale) & Olivier Deschenes (UCSB) discuss the internal migration of agricultural workers in India: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

How internal migration is reshaping rural India

Internal migration of agricultural workers in India leads to a downsizing of farms near cities and an expansion in remote areas, prompting a spatial reorganisation of agriculture whereby remote, non-m...

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Yale Economic Growth Center@yaleegc.bsky.social · last yr.

🌏 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:

Internal migration and spatial reorganisation of agriculture

While migrants and their urban destinations are extensively studied, less is known about how their departure transforms the rural economies they leave behind. Analysing Indian data, this article shows...

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