Thanks to the University of Lagos Economics department and the excellent scholars at the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa for hosting me recently. Really fantastic scholars and much appreciation for the helpful questions and comments on our (new, thread forthcoming) Firm Culture paper

When 3 of my BFFs (aka co-authors 😀) are on a panel together, I know it's going to be 🔥🔥🔥 Join @victorpouliquen.bsky.social Gabe Tourek, Fabrizio Santoro (+Joseph Eloi-whom I hope to meet soon) to learn about the use of AI in tax systems Tomorrow Weds June 25 10am EST Register: ow.ly/ruoG50WcmjL

International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)@ictdtax.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Join us on Wednesday! In the 3rd session of our webinar series on tax and digitalisation, co-hosted with the World Bank, we look at the risks and opportunities #AI presents in building more efficient tax systems. Register here 👉 ow.ly/ruoG50WcmjL #TaxPolicy #Tax #Digitalisation

Thanks for having me! This was a fun conversation to have. Hope folks find it helpful. Now I have something to send to anyone who asks me what it's like doing research at the WB!

Econ That Matters@econthatmatters.bsky.social · last yr.

Check out our newest interview! @oyebolaoo.bsky.social talks about taxation policy in developing countries, working at the World Bank and advice for PhD students www.econthatmatters.com/2025/05/etrm... #ETRM #EconSky

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @mattsson_martin @NUSingapore who works on formal + informal institutions

Do you have a recent working paper that uses the World Bank enterprise survey as its main data source? Consider submitting to the David Dollar memorial prize. Winner gets USD 3000! www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/david-dol...

David Dollar Memorial Prize

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I feel like I'm crushing it with this work-life integration business (at least today). I'm making a presentation for Heritage Day at my child's school and I just pulled some maps from my AEJ Applied paper on national integration in Nigeria www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... Please clap. 👏

I imagine this applies to grad school applications as well. I always advise African students: Practice like crazy and do your very best on those tests and definitely submit the scores. That will make Admissions take a closer look at your file since your other credentials will be unfamiliar to them

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Important new research by my @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social colleagues: test-optional admission *hurts* the chances of less advantaged applicants, who don't submit scores that would dramatically increase their chance of admission. www.nber.org/papers/w3338...

One last conference announcement for today... Submit your papers to the BREAD Development Economics conference at Princeton, May 2-3! Submission deadline Feb 25. ibread.org/conference/b... #EconSky

Tomorrow 6.30 AM (!) I will join a panel hosted by the by the Kenya Revenue Authority on taxing high-net-worth individuals. I figured this is an important enough topic to join at that time 🙂 It's simply very hard for governments to raise revenue if they do not pay attention to those with the most $$

For a second, I got excited to see a map where African countries are doing well--little to no child penalty in employment for women! Until I opened the article and saw the other half of the story... 1/2

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today's article presents the child penalty in employment – i.e. how much the birth of a first child impacts the employment of mothers relative to fathers - for 134 countries around the world ⤵️

This used to be me years ago 🤦‍♀️(funny the things they don't actually teach in grad school but expect you to know somehow). I tried using online resources etc but would get overwhelmed (like some folks reading this AER data editor post may feel). Here's what finally helped:

AEA Data Editor@aeadata.bsky.social · 2y ago

I sometimes see researchers doing copy-pasting between output from Stata/R/MATLAB ➡️Excel, to create tables. This is a lot of work, source of many copy-paste errors & a bad 👿idea. I describe 1 way to avoid this, even when you don't want to invest in a new and better tool. Think "halfway house"...

Listen, listen: "Refereeing is not about how many papers you can knock down but how many you can lift up" - John List (JPE) I think it's very helpful when journal editors share that they are not impressed by how critical a referee is. 1/

John A. List@johnlist.bsky.social · 2y ago

As a journal editor for a few decades I find it pleasing to watch scholars mature. They eventually realize that journal refeering is not about how many papers they can knock down but how many they can lift up.

Check this Nigeria evaluation from WB colleagues, demonstrating the transformative potential of generative AI in classrooms, especially in developing contexts: blogs.worldbank.org/en/education...

From chalkboards to chatbots: Transforming learning in Nigeria, one prompt at a time

"AI helps us to learn, it can serve as a tutor, it can be anything you want it to be, depending on the prompt you write," says Omorogbe Uyiosa, known as "Uyi" by his friends, a student from the Edo Bo...

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In case you missed it on the other site: fascinating new [preliminary] RCT evidence that use of chatgpt as an after-school tutoring method in Nigeria *dramatically* shifted learning outcomes #econsky blogs.worldbank.org/en/education...

GAIN is an amazing resource for African students interested in graduate school (masters and phd): information, advice, mentoring, funding for test and applications fees etc. Please share this opportunity with your network.

CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 2y ago

Graduate Applications International Network (GAIN) co-founder Frank Odhiambo explains: 🔸What is GAIN? 🔸How does it support student applications? 🔸Who can apply? 📺Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb_C... ⏰This video includes 2024 dates, the 2025 deadline is 16 February 2025.

Please send your papers to Shafik and me (and a fantastic team of expert scientific committee members) and join us for this first edition of the IIPF Congress in East Africa!

IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance@iipf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Welcome to the many new followers! Look at our new profile picture ☝️ and congress announcement 👇 and expect more info on #IIPF2025 incl. Call for Papers to come very soon. Meanwhile prepare for submission ✍️. Let's gather in Nairobi!

Nairobi, here we come! Honored and excited to participate in IIPF 2025. And, yes, hello Bluesky :)

IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance@iipf.bsky.social · 2y ago

Keynotes: Rema Hanna, Niels Johannesen, Ravi Kanbur, Oyebola Okunogbe; Scientific Chairs: Shafik Hebous and @fgerard.bsky.social with 35 committee members; Local Organizers: Amos Njuguna (USIU), @dinapomeranz.bsky.social and team members. We are all looking forward to meeting you in Nairobi!

Here we go #EconSky #EconConf 📢 Proud to announce our #IIPF2025 congress Call for Papers. Let's meet at USIU Nairobi in August 2025! Submit your paper by Feb 15, 2025. A bunch of links with more info available at iipf.org/cng.htm