We found that a public health program in Mozambique inadvertently reduced HIV testing rates, but simple household informational interventions offset those negative effects, bringing HIV testing back up. Read a nontechnical summary in our new VoxDev piece!

New piece in VoxDev by U-M Economics alums Caroline Theoharides and Paolo Abarcar! They started this cutting-edge research on migration-induced brain gain while doing their Ph.D.s here at U-M... voxdev.org/topic/migratio…

Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is James Allen IV who joins IFPRI today (+ works on health + education, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa); excited to have him as a new colleague!
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I'm proud to be represented in the U.S. Congress by Rep. Debbie Dingell! Was thrilled to run into her at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market, where she shows up often and knows all the vendors...

Congratulations Dr. James Allen IV on your successful U-M Economics Ph.D. dissertation defense today! Committee includes David Lam, Tanya Rosenblat, and Lauren Bergquist. Best of luck as you start your career at IFPRI ! jamesalleniv.com

Apply to two development economics research positions at U-M Economics! Deadlines are in one week, 19 May. Positions are on projects with: 1) Emma Riley, and 2) Tanya Rosenblat, Basit Zafar, and me. Econ RA Listings devecon.umich.edu/jobs/

Where is there scope for migration policy interventions if you can’t change migration policy? I use a framework from a recent chapter with Dean Yang to provide areas for research and policy - & a partial answer to the EA question of where to fund blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

I forgot to attach this photo yesterday... Congrats again James Allen IV on your U-M Economics Ph.D.!

Congratulations Josh Greenberg on your @umichecon Ph.D.! It was an honor to be on your committee, and I look forward to all the great work you'll do! joshgreenberg.online

Congratulations to @umichecon BA grads Yuqing Wang and Wei Xu! Very pleased that they'll be joining our economics Ph.D. program this fall!

Very much looking forward to welcoming our new
U-M Economics Ph.D. class to Ann Arbor this coming fall!

We are thrilled to announce our incoming Fall 2023 economics PhD cohort! Welcome to U-M Economics!
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Come spend an awesome year (or 2 or 3!) in Cairo. Most of your time is free to work on your own stuff, and you get first pick from tons of interesting RCT opportunities with gov't, NGOs and companies. Research funding too. DMs open if you have any questions. Share widely 🙏