The JDE has a new call for papers for a special issue on “Mental Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes”. More details here:
sciencedirect.com/journal/journa…

‘Towards Equality: Report of the Committee on the Status of Women in India.’ Nothing else ever written on gender in India has had the kind of impact that this remarkable report written 50 years ago did. Several significant changes in the law, policy interventions, and policy…

Family - S Anukriti blogs about how complicated family can be, and the importance of considering this in evaluating programs and designing surveys blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

'Neglecting to incorporate the family into our analytical frameworks & data collection can result in, at best, an incomplete understanding of economic behaviors & outcomes, and at worst, erroneous conclusions.'
See my new blog on Dev Impact. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

Small delights…spotting implementation partners in the wild (i.e., London) 😀

Jean Lee Maurizio Bussolo

Two positions to start soon!! Come join us. See below for more details.

Charaiveti is a lovely book. Please do read! And meanwhile you can listen to some excerpts in the recording linked below.

First time a Latin American economist, first time a female economist. On July 1, 2025, Marina Halac will become the Editor of Econometrica Econometrica

Don't Forget! CSWEP invites abstract submissions for paper presentations at seven CSWEP-sponsored sessions at the 2025 AEA/ASSA Meeting in San Francisco. Deadline is March 15, 2024. For details and to submit, go to aeaweb.org/about-aea/comm…

Oh well, the world does not equal Europe + Japan (and a token place from the US). I'm quite certain that there are plenty of beautiful villages in Africa, Asia, and South America :-).

Women on teams and in leadership matters for other women, men, and organizations: Kathleen Beegle Emanuela Galasso & Mahvish Shaukat summarize 2 recent papers from the U.S. & Turkey blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

Maya Rossin-Slater, 2023 Elaine Bennett Research Prize winner’s presentation with an introduction by nominators and supporters is now posted at aeaweb.org/about-aea/comm…
Maya Rossin-Slater , StanfordHealthPolicy

A wonderful team of Co-editors and I worked on this VoxDevLit on the determinants of Women's Labor Force Participation. Information on the launch event is below.

New WP: we study the production of race-related research in economics since 1960. What have economists studied, and how does such research fare in the publications process?
Joint with the amazing team of Elliott Ash Arun Advani Anton Boltachka & David Cai

bit.ly/Race_Publicati…

Super excited to co-organize a conference on Trade and Development at World Bank Research. Paper submissions are due April 15th and accepted papers will be considered for a special issue of Journal of International Economics. More information at worldbank.org/en/events/2024…

Policy Research Talks are how we at the WB Research Group (DECRG) showcase cutting-edge research from the World Bank & its implications for dev policy. Join us today for this talk by Damien de Walque on what we have learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic. Damien de Walque World Bank Research

During my undergrad, a friend and I randomly showed up at Prof's office. We weren't even in his uni. We told him we want to work on game theory/ mech design/ social choice. Instead of kicking us out of his office (which he should have), he gave us stuff to work on and mentored us…

Next BREAD Conference on Development Economics will be hosted by UCSDEcon
May 10-11, 2024 (including pre-conference junior session)
All areas of development economics considered.

Deadline: Friday, March 1st

Submit here: editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/confer…

Grateful for this moment and all that it represents.