So sad to be missing the CSAE 2025 event! Best of luck to all the amazing researchers presenting their work!

Registration open for a new course for those who think poverty measurement should go beyond income/consumption analysis! @ophioxford.bsky.social

Nominations are being accepted until February 15 for the AEJ Best Paper Awards. Articles published since 2022 in each of the AEJ journals are eligible. Visit: aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho.... #econsky

Dr Semarya presenting on #cervical #cancer in #Ethiopian @PSIEthiopia 8th Academic Breakfast Network. less than 14% of women are screened.
@FCDOResearch @alulapankhurst.bsky.social

Most international migrants don’t move very far from their home countries Long-distance moves are becoming more common, but they remain the exception. For most, international migration still means crossing a nearby border, not an ocean.

Read our full article on how far migrants travel from their home countries: https://ourworldindata.org/international-migrants-dont-move-far

Research Professional – Christopher Blattman (Full-Time, Benefits Eligible) Chicago, IL

Come work for me at UChicago @beckerfriedman.bsky.social ! I'm hiring a full-time pre-doc to start this April/May/June for data analysis on crime, education, mental health, and organized crime, mostly on projects in Latin America. Details & apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/universityof...

Migrants send or bring back over three times the amount of money provided by global foreign aid.

Cutting transaction fees could make this support even more effective in reducing poverty.

Congratulations! Very well deserved!

Comparing children eligible for Federal Early Intervention (EI) with those evaluated but found to be ineligible finds that EI receipt early in life reduces future child maltreatment, from Anna Aizer and Emilia Brito Rebolledo https://www.nber.org/papers/w33341

Training teachers on gender-based violence helps keep girls safe in school Can targeted interventions reduce school-based gender-based violence? Teacher and student training on gender-based violence in Mozambique leads to a reduction in teacher-led violence and greater schoo...

Interesting low cost experiment by the Africa Gender Innovation Lab and UNICEF to reduce endemic violence in schools in Mozambique voxdev.org/topic/health...