📚 New study on #Kenya by @pbiscaye.bsky.social @eggerdennis.bsky.social & Utz Pape When schools reopened after #COVID closures, parents worked more, because kids had less time for farm work. Adults filled the gap, while richer households hired labor. 🔎 Read more: t.ly/wzH7g 📄 #econdev #school

⭐NEW paper by the CSAE's @eggerdennis.bsky.social w/ @pbiscaye.bsky.social & Utz Pape on 'Adolescent Schooling & Adult Labor Supply: Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures & Reopenings in Kenya' published in The World Bank Economic Review August 2025 issue. #openaccess doi.org/10.1093/wber...

#NewResearch in The World Bank Economic Review by @pbiscaye.bsky.social‬, @ucauvergne.bsky.social‬ and Cerdi. With his coauthors, Dennis Egger and Utz Pape, he investigates adolescent youth in rural #Kenya. academic.oup.com/wber/advance...

Adolescent Schooling and Adult Labor Supply: Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures and Reopenings in Kenya

Abstract. This study identifies the impact of a shock to adolescent school availability—potentially affecting both household childcare burdens and child la

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In a break from our blog break, @berkozler12.bsky.social does a deep-dive into a recent working paper that found large impacts of cash transfers on infant mortality - discussing the set of conditions needed for the effect, and some puzzles blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?

Not used to meetings in such fancy places!

#COYG let’s goooo 🔥🏆😍 such a wild journey to the final and now @arsenalfc.bsky.social Women are champions!! Setting the standard for the men to follow ❤️

Arseblog News@arseblog.news · last yr.

ARSENAL ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

Please RT: I am hiring RAs, for 12-month contracts, starting in June/July or early September 2025. Apply if you’re interested in working on some fun and useful econometrics projects! #EconSky euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/331499

Research Assistant ERC REALLYCREDIBLE

Clément de Chaisemartin is looking for research assistants, for 12 months contracts, starting in June/July or early September 2025.

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Bonus of working late is I am much less annoyed about being called by my almost three year to put her blanket back on her because she is cold than if I had already been asleep. I get to enjoy a sweet parental moment instead of mentally grumbling that she can put her own damn blanket back on 😆

@leightjessica.bsky.social regularly posts threads highlighting the work of young economists and today I am fortunate that she has chosen to highlight some of my research! I encourage anyone not already doing so to follow her - she has introduced me to many cool researchers 🤩 Thanks again Jessica!

Jessica Leight@leightjessica.bsky.social · last yr.

Trying again since the thread didn't appear correctly: today's cool young researcher #econsky is @pbiscaye.bsky.social at CERDI who works on topics related to development, labor + agriculture

Trying again since the thread didn't appear correctly: today's cool young researcher #econsky is @pbiscaye.bsky.social at CERDI who works on topics related to development, labor + agriculture

Prospective PhD students in development economics, consider applying to @cerdi.bsky.social! 🎓 We have funding for 6 PhD fellowships including one that would work with me 😊 on questions around environment/energy/agriculture/labor primarily in SSA context. Please share with your networks! #EconSky

CERDI@cerdi.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 𝟔 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 The CERDI offers 6 fellowships for a #PhD thesis in #economics 📈 Application deadline: 29 April, 2024. Find all information here 👉 t.ly/6jAuH #research #developmenteconomics #environment #taxation 🏷️ @cnrs-rhoneauvergne.bsky.social @ucauvergne.bsky.social

Strong @cerdi.bsky.social / FERDI showing in Oxford at #OxCSAE2025 💪 Excited to present my research, see lots of cool and important studies, and catch up with other colleagues from all over! #EconSky #EconConf

The deadline is **today** 🚨PhD students with a paper on Development Economics, apply and come to the beautiful campus of PIK in Potsdam in June! Nice environment for feedback and a great keynote. No fee of participation #EconConf #EconSky #PhD #Econ #DevEcon 🔄please share widely🔄

@denebberlin.bsky.social · last yr.

Deadline approaching ⏰️ send your papers by March 10th!

Submission deadline for 2025 #EUDN PhD Workshop is Friday March 14 - doctoral students in development economics please apply! Hosted by @cerdi.bsky.social in Clermont-Ferrand from May 15-16, it will be a great opportunity to network and get feedback. #EconSky #EconConf eudn25phd.sciencesconf.org

Why not a 211 team tournament??They could even have the preliminary rounds organized by continental league, to reduce travel - and allow more host nations to get in on it! Maybe then the top few teams from those tournaments could meet in some sort of final tournament in a rotating host country… 🤔🤦‍♂️

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Fifa will consider expanding World Cup to 64 teams for 2030 tournament

Centre for the Study of African Economies at University of Oxford will automatically consider all applicants from Africa for full funding for the MPhil in Economics - we have new scholarships for eligible students. How? Just apply asap: deadline 4th March (extended deadline): see below

Stefan Dercon@gamblingondev.bsky.social · last yr.

Aspiring economists from Africa: Extended deadline 4 March Oxford's CSAE offers full scholarships >3 year for African students How? Apply for grad studies in Econ = 2 yr Master's course w/ progress to PhD We automatically consider all applicants www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

Berkeley and east bay folks - we will have a UC Berkeley campus event on Friday as part of this broader day of action — please join us and make your voice heard! www.standup4scienceberkeley.com

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · last yr.

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Better late than never. . .this week's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @ellenmcc.bsky.social @ellen_mcc who works on topics related to agriculture, labor + nutrition

Used to go to bed much later Fridays and Saturdays, staying up with friends and loved ones. Now I prize weekend nights as ones where I can permit myself to go to bed early rather than staying up to work. Love the work but it never ends! Guess that’s why I get the small 💰💰 #Academia #EconSky

Highly recommend listening to the Scam Inc podcast series by @economist.com. Eye opening and a bit scary. Never realized how huge and advanced the whole global scamming industry has become. First half of the series is available free and well worth a listen.

@cerdi.bsky.social will host the 2025 EUDN PhD workshop in Clermont-Ferrand, France on May 15-16 with Roberta Ziparo (@amseaixmars.bsky.social) as keynote speaker. aA great opportunity for PhD students to network and get feedback. Please share the below call for papers! eudn25phd.sciencesconf.org

Two wins over City in one day! A barn-buster and a beat down. So sweet. #COYG @arsenalfc.bsky.social

PhD students consider submitting to our annual conference run by and focused on doctoral students in economics. April is a nice time to visit Paris docs.google.com/forms/d/1u7v...

Gave my first economics (micro development) lecture in French today! It went pretty well but translating terminology off the cuff will be tough. Terms I learned during my lecture: -standard error = écart type -shadow wage = salaire au noir -derivative = dérivé #EconSky 🇫🇷

With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the 3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France. Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org

Enjoyed a great short trip to Copenhagen for the STEG ag and structural transformation workshop. Super cool group of researchers and a great time of feedback and discussion. Thanks @casperworm.bsky.social and Asger Wingender for hosting 🙏 I still can’t get over all the unlocked bikes! #EconSky

Observations from first visit to Copenhagen: There are bikes everywhere! 😍😍😍 Most bikes are unlocked!! 🤯🤯🤯 Most bikers aren’t wearing helmets! 🤕🤕 Interested if anyone has insights about the lock and helmet habits. Otherwise seems like a quite nice city, wish I had more time to explore.

Do other parents with 2(+) kids find it less hard when they get sick both at once or back to back? Both at once is super hard on everyone but over quicker. Back to back is easier to manage in some ways but draining and disruptive and I always end up sick too. Of course, we don't get to choose. Wooh!

The climate–conflict nexus is an active area of research. I examine how El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) shocks affect political violence in Africa. Headline result: Exposure to a positive ENSO shock (an El Niño event) reduces postharvest conflict. [1/13] doi.org/10.1111/ajae...

Climate, crops, and postharvest conflict

I present new evidence of the effects of climate shocks on conflict. Focusing on political violence in Africa, I find that El Niño Southern Oscillation shocks during the crop-growing season affect ha...

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I've posted several times about the working paper, but the publication on "AER: Insights" is a good occasion to do it again: immigrants to the US have been less likely to be incarcerated for over 50 years **even without controlling for demographic characteristics.** www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...