Princeton Research Program in Development Economics
@princetondevo.bsky.social
Economics research on the causes and consequences of global poverty.
Check out our conversation with Nina Buchmann, visiting RPDE this year before she joins the economics faculty at UC Berkeley.
We discuss her work at the intersection of gender and labor markets — and her reflections on where the field is heading.
Link in the replies 👇👇
We discuss her work at the intersection of gender and labor markets — and her reflections on where the field is heading.
Link in the replies 👇👇
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Check out our conversation with Nina Buchmann, visiting RPDE this year before she joins the economics faculty at UC Berkeley.
We discuss her work at the intersection of gender and labor markets — and her reflections on where the field is heading.
Link in the replies 👇👇
We discuss her work at the intersection of gender and labor markets — and her reflections on where the field is heading.
Link in the replies 👇👇
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We’re HIRING!
Great environment for early-career researchers in development economics. Read more by clicking on the post!
Great environment for early-career researchers in development economics. Read more by clicking on the post!
October 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We’re HIRING!
Great environment for early-career researchers in development economics. Read more by clicking on the post!
Great environment for early-career researchers in development economics. Read more by clicking on the post!
📢 RPDE at Princeton is hiring two Postdoctoral Research Associates for 2026–27. Details below:
👉 One-year term, no teaching load, active research + seminar community.
👉 PhD completion: Sept 2024–Aug 2026.
🔗 Apply via AEA JOE: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#Postdoc #EconJobMarket #DevEcon
👉 One-year term, no teaching load, active research + seminar community.
👉 PhD completion: Sept 2024–Aug 2026.
🔗 Apply via AEA JOE: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#Postdoc #EconJobMarket #DevEcon
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
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October 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📢 RPDE at Princeton is hiring two Postdoctoral Research Associates for 2026–27. Details below:
👉 One-year term, no teaching load, active research + seminar community.
👉 PhD completion: Sept 2024–Aug 2026.
🔗 Apply via AEA JOE: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#Postdoc #EconJobMarket #DevEcon
👉 One-year term, no teaching load, active research + seminar community.
👉 PhD completion: Sept 2024–Aug 2026.
🔗 Apply via AEA JOE: www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#Postdoc #EconJobMarket #DevEcon
New research by @princetondevo.bsky.social visitor, Abdou Cisse
🆕 Why irrigation infrastructure projects are key to food security and climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
Abdoulaye Cisse, Alain de Janvry @natureatcal.bsky.social, @joelferguson.bsky.social, @marcogn.bsky.social, Samba Mbaye, Elisabeth Sadoulet & Mame Mor: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Abdoulaye Cisse, Alain de Janvry @natureatcal.bsky.social, @joelferguson.bsky.social, @marcogn.bsky.social, Samba Mbaye, Elisabeth Sadoulet & Mame Mor: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Why irrigation infrastructure projects are key to food security and climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa
Expanding irrigation infrastructure in Senegal led to significant and sustained increases in cultivation rates and reduced sensitivity to temperature shocks.
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October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New research by @princetondevo.bsky.social visitor, Abdou Cisse
Check out this summary of research by Princeton faculty Pascaline Dupas and @seema.bsky.social and coauthors on encouraging verbal engagement with infants in Ghana. Showing new moms a 3-minute video was a cost-effective approach to boost engagement.
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Check out this summary of research by Princeton faculty Pascaline Dupas and @seema.bsky.social and coauthors on encouraging verbal engagement with infants in Ghana. Showing new moms a 3-minute video was a cost-effective approach to boost engagement.
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For econ JM candidates:
@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.
Apply by Nov 24.
@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.
Apply by Nov 24.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
For econ JM candidates:
@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.
Apply by Nov 24.
@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.
Apply by Nov 24.
🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
We sat down with Jessica Goldberg (RPDE Spring '25 visiting faculty from UMD) this summer to pick her brain.
Learn about the surprising journey that brought her back to Princeton 20 years after finishing her MPA.
👇 Link below in comments 👇
Learn about the surprising journey that brought her back to Princeton 20 years after finishing her MPA.
👇 Link below in comments 👇
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We sat down with Jessica Goldberg (RPDE Spring '25 visiting faculty from UMD) this summer to pick her brain.
Learn about the surprising journey that brought her back to Princeton 20 years after finishing her MPA.
👇 Link below in comments 👇
Learn about the surprising journey that brought her back to Princeton 20 years after finishing her MPA.
👇 Link below in comments 👇
Check out our conversation with Miguel Ortiz, who visited us this year as a Postdoc after his PhD at UC Berkeley, starting at @ubcvse.bsky.social this fall.
Learn about the economics of conflict & how an dissertation involved producing a 24 episode radio drama. Link in comments
Learn about the economics of conflict & how an dissertation involved producing a 24 episode radio drama. Link in comments
August 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Check out our conversation with Miguel Ortiz, who visited us this year as a Postdoc after his PhD at UC Berkeley, starting at @ubcvse.bsky.social this fall.
Learn about the economics of conflict & how an dissertation involved producing a 24 episode radio drama. Link in comments
Learn about the economics of conflict & how an dissertation involved producing a 24 episode radio drama. Link in comments
🚨 FIELD JOB OPENING ALERT 🚨: @JohriTejal61310 is hiring a Senior Field Research Associate for a 3-month contract based in Uganda.
See LinkedIn post linked below for more details and to apply!
See LinkedIn post linked below for more details and to apply!
July 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨 FIELD JOB OPENING ALERT 🚨: @JohriTejal61310 is hiring a Senior Field Research Associate for a 3-month contract based in Uganda.
See LinkedIn post linked below for more details and to apply!
See LinkedIn post linked below for more details and to apply!
Check out our conversation with Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social, who visited us this past year. Hear about his path from union organizer to development economist, how to optimally tile pentagons when making soccer balls, and more
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A conversation with RPDE Visiting Professor Eric Verhoogen: from teacher and union organizer to studying soccer ball manufacturing
Summer has meant a lot of changes here at RPDE. As with everyone at Princeton, it has meant bracing for summer heat and saying goodbye to graduating students and those leaving for summer. At RPDE in p...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Check out our conversation with Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social, who visited us this past year. Hear about his path from union organizer to development economist, how to optimally tile pentagons when making soccer balls, and more
rpde.princeton.edu/news/2025/co...
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I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
June 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!
seemajayachandran.com/womens_power...
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Work with me and my star coauthors (Patrick Agte & Pascaline Dupas) on AI & health! We're recruiting a full-time, Hindi-speaking field research associate to work on our project in Rajasthan. Please share and apply.
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#econtwitter #econsky #econra
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June 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Work with me and my star coauthors (Patrick Agte & Pascaline Dupas) on AI & health! We're recruiting a full-time, Hindi-speaking field research associate to work on our project in Rajasthan. Please share and apply.
jpalsouth.asia/jobsPage?ID=...
#econtwitter #econsky #econra
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#econtwitter #econsky #econra
If interested, details are below on how to participate in tomorrow's World Bank webinar on "Women's Voices and Choices" with RPDE faculty member @seema.bsky.social and others.
Honored to moderate this discussion on women’s agency and the power of group models. Join us tomorrow to learn more about what shapes women’s decision-making, how groups improve outcomes for women and girls, and why these insights should influence measurement, programming, and future research.
May 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If interested, details are below on how to participate in tomorrow's World Bank webinar on "Women's Voices and Choices" with RPDE faculty member @seema.bsky.social and others.
And a large thank you to Prof. Karthik Muralidharan for giving an insightful talk on his new book, "Accelerating India's Development" last week leading into the BREAD Conference, @karthik-econ.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
And a large thank you to Prof. Karthik Muralidharan for giving an insightful talk on his new book, "Accelerating India's Development" last week leading into the BREAD Conference, @karthik-econ.bsky.social
Thanks for all those who attended and presented at the BREAD Conference hosted by RPDE here in Princeton last week! It was a joy to welcome over 100 development economists to discuss their emerging work over the weekend.
May 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Thanks for all those who attended and presented at the BREAD Conference hosted by RPDE here in Princeton last week! It was a joy to welcome over 100 development economists to discuss their emerging work over the weekend.
BREAD Development Conference LIVE STREAM starting in 10 minutes! Hosted here in Princeton by RPDE. Tune-in today and tomorrow to hear author present some of the most exciting recent DevEcon paper #Economics #Development #Princeton
LINK: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221
LINK: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221
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May 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAD Development Conference LIVE STREAM starting in 10 minutes! Hosted here in Princeton by RPDE. Tune-in today and tomorrow to hear author present some of the most exciting recent DevEcon paper #Economics #Development #Princeton
LINK: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221
LINK: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221
Check out our new Q&A with RPDE Professor Mica Sviatschi on her groundbreaking research on the economics of gangs! Part 1 of 2
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April 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Check out our new Q&A with RPDE Professor Mica Sviatschi on her groundbreaking research on the economics of gangs! Part 1 of 2
<Link to full article below>
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Citing Professor Seema Jayachandran's (@seema.bsky.social) research, @nytimes.com analyzes the potential impact of firing the staff at the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...
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Entire Staff Is Fired at Office That Helps Poorer Americans Pay for Heating
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Citing Professor Seema Jayachandran's (@seema.bsky.social) research, @nytimes.com analyzes the potential impact of firing the staff at the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...
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Congratulations to Maria Micaela Sviatschi, recently named a 2025 Sloan Fellow! Sviatschi is a microeconomist who studies how the presence of non-state violence shapes individuals’ lives and well-being.
Learn more about Sviatschi and her work: bit.ly/4bvU7nA
Learn more about Sviatschi and her work: bit.ly/4bvU7nA
March 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Congratulations to Maria Micaela Sviatschi, recently named a 2025 Sloan Fellow! Sviatschi is a microeconomist who studies how the presence of non-state violence shapes individuals’ lives and well-being.
Learn more about Sviatschi and her work: bit.ly/4bvU7nA
Learn more about Sviatschi and her work: bit.ly/4bvU7nA
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"Strong, independent academic institutions produce new technologies and insights that catalyze economic growth, save lives, improve well-being, and overcome injustices."
— Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber writes in @theatlantic.com
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— Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber writes in @theatlantic.com
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The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia
American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Strong, independent academic institutions produce new technologies and insights that catalyze economic growth, save lives, improve well-being, and overcome injustices."
— Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber writes in @theatlantic.com
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— Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber writes in @theatlantic.com
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2/6 Breakthrough partnered with J-PAL affiliates @seema.bsky.social and @hyderabadi-chai.bsky.social and coauthor Diva Dhar, who found that the curriculum changed gender attitudes and behaviors for 7th and 8th graders. Boys did more household chores and encouraged their sisters to pursue college.
March 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
2/6 Breakthrough partnered with J-PAL affiliates @seema.bsky.social and @hyderabadi-chai.bsky.social and coauthor Diva Dhar, who found that the curriculum changed gender attitudes and behaviors for 7th and 8th graders. Boys did more household chores and encouraged their sisters to pursue college.
Our affiliate Pacaline Dupas' research in Ghana finds huge returns to secondary school for girls. You just need to look in the right place: The returns are in the form of better health outcomes (e.g., higher survival rate) for their children.
🆕 Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits
Today on VoxDev, Esther Duflo (MIT), Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University), Michael Kremer (University of Chicago), Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard University) & Mark Walsh (GiveWell) outline their research on Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Today on VoxDev, Esther Duflo (MIT), Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University), Michael Kremer (University of Chicago), Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard University) & Mark Walsh (GiveWell) outline their research on Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits, for this generation and the next
As countries in Sub-Saharan Africa debate the costs and benefits of subsidising secondary education, a 15-year RCT in Ghana finds large multi-generation impacts.
voxdev.org
February 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Our affiliate Pacaline Dupas' research in Ghana finds huge returns to secondary school for girls. You just need to look in the right place: The returns are in the form of better health outcomes (e.g., higher survival rate) for their children.
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Subsidising secondary school had transformative impacts.
Female recipients had ~15% fewer unplanned pregnancies, 15% fewer children + significantly delayed age at first childbirth & marriage.
Over time, their offspring’s outcomes improved dramatically ⤵️
Female recipients had ~15% fewer unplanned pregnancies, 15% fewer children + significantly delayed age at first childbirth & marriage.
Over time, their offspring’s outcomes improved dramatically ⤵️
February 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Subsidising secondary school had transformative impacts.
Female recipients had ~15% fewer unplanned pregnancies, 15% fewer children + significantly delayed age at first childbirth & marriage.
Over time, their offspring’s outcomes improved dramatically ⤵️
Female recipients had ~15% fewer unplanned pregnancies, 15% fewer children + significantly delayed age at first childbirth & marriage.
Over time, their offspring’s outcomes improved dramatically ⤵️
Now posted on VoxDev: RPDE's @seema.bsky.social and coauthors summarize their research on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Mexico.
Redesigning the PES contract increased cost-effectiveness 5-fold.
Redesigning the PES contract increased cost-effectiveness 5-fold.
🆕 Closing loopholes can dramatically improve financial incentives for conservation
Today on VoxDev, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort, @seema.bsky.social & Santiago Saavedra explore how smarter contract design prevented deforestation in Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDev, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort, @seema.bsky.social & Santiago Saavedra explore how smarter contract design prevented deforestation in Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Closing loopholes can dramatically improve financial incentives for conservation
Paying landowners to conserve their forested land is a leading approach to prevent deforestation. Evidence from Mexico shows that smarter contract design can more than quadruple cost-effectiveness.
voxdev.org
January 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Now posted on VoxDev: RPDE's @seema.bsky.social and coauthors summarize their research on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Mexico.
Redesigning the PES contract increased cost-effectiveness 5-fold.
Redesigning the PES contract increased cost-effectiveness 5-fold.