Increases in exporting led Mexican firms to pay higher wage premia -- above what workers would get elsewhere. In the March 2024 issue of REStat by Judith A. Frias, David S. Kaplan, David Kaplan, Eric Verhoogen, Eric Verhoogen, David Alfaro-Serrano zurl.co/Scp0

Lectures & discussions from the 2024 Nobel Symposium in Economic Sciences (STIAS) available here: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Topics include trade, firms, finance, climate, gender & health. Lecturers include Eric Verhoogen, Emily Breza, Pascaline Dupas, Eliana La Ferrara & more!

Even after 3 days of Nobel symposium lectures, this was my favorite event. Engaging with the South Africa National Treasury and Office of the Presidency to co-create new policy relevant projects. Thank you, STIAS, Haroon Bhorat

Thanks National Treasury DPRU_UCT and STIAS for a very spirited discussion of the development challenges facing South Africa!

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Columbia University University is hiring a Professor of Brazilian Studies! We seek a scholar to join us as the Lemann Professor of Brazilian Studies. See job description and apply at apply.interfolio.com/140623 #Brazil #AcademicJobs #AcademicTwitter

Appalling lack of gender diversity in panels at the Nobel symposium on development economics 😂

Este miércoles 13 de marzo (9am🇨🇱, 7am🇨🇴) tendremos una conversación de lujo sobre las Políticas de Desarrollo Productivo en ALC, en el marco de un seminario que organizamos UNU-WIDER y CEPAL. Los esperamos tanto presencial como virtualmente. cepal.org/es/eventos/con…

Focused on industrial policy this year.

The call for papers for the 14th #TIGN Annual Conference is still open. The event will take place in Washington D.C., on May 22-23, 2024. You can submit your paper here: bit.ly/3UrJWKg. The deadline for submissions is March 5, 2024. 

#trade #integration #FDI #growth

Highly recommend this film, about two Senegalese teenagers’ harrowing trip across the desert and Mediterranean. A moving, very human story.

.Columbia University has an open chair in Brazilian studies. It's a broad search with Columbia Economics, Columbia UniversitySIPA, Columbia University_PolSci, Columbia UniversitySoc & CU History Department. Posting is here: apply.interfolio.com/140623. Feel free to DM with questions. ILAS | Columbia University

Delighted to share this policy brief based on my job market paper, generously funded by G2LM|LIC !

Since the Trump family and CNN commentators seem to have difficulty the nature of his fine in his fraud case, let me lay out the issues as simply as possible.

Please submit your paper for the 2024 NBER Development Economics Summer Institute!

The deadline for all NBER Summer Institute submissions is March 21, 2024, and the call for papers is here:
nber.org/calls-papers-a…

New paper out today with Seema Jayachandran in Foreign Affairs on why faster progress towards meeting our climate goals requires investing more in LMICs and reducing the 'home bias' in climate investment
foreignaffairs.com/world/how-get-…

Columbia's Columbia's Initiative for Policy Dialogue is hiring a full-time RA (pre-doc) to work with Joseph E. Stiglitz and me and others on issues related to the design and evaluation of industrial policies. Job announcement is here: apply.interfolio.com/139981. Please pass on word. Econ RA Listings

RIP Jonathan Eaton, a great economist that transformed the field of international trade. He should have received a Nobel prize for his many invaluable contributions to economics.

If you're in the area and would like to attend please register using the QR code on the flyer (but message me first if unaffiliated with Barnard College or Columbia University)

It was a lot of fun to discuss our new randomized evaluation of a Tunisian export-promotion program CGC | Tunis in Tunis last week. Thanks to You C for organizing and Max Cali (WB Tunis office) for the discussion!

🚨 2nd Workshop on Economics of Education, Valle Nevado ⛷️, Chile (August 20-23)

Come and join us in this unique workshop in the middle of Los Andes! Keynote speech by Miguel Urquiola

Submit your papers by March 1st 👇: uandes.cl/workshop-on-ec…

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