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Seema Jayachandran

@seema.bsky.social

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Economics professor at Princeton. I study environmental conservation, gender equality, and (too many) other topics in developing countries. seemajayachandran.com

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Seema Jayachandran is an economist who currently works as Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Her research interests include development economics, health economics, and labor economics. .. more

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not on "For you". Do you use the one by spacecowboy17?

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 2d

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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Reposted by Diane Coyle, Brad R. Humphreys, Scott A. Imberman , and 2 more Diane Coyle, Brad R. Humphreys, Scott A. Imberman, Todd Pugatch, Thomas Fujiwara

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 6d

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.

puwebp.princeton.edu

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Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Richard Price, Seema Jayachandran , and 3 more Jan W. Mueller, Richard Price, Seema Jayachandran, Jon Green, David R. Miller, Patrick Stokes

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 7d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 13d

I've been more frustrated as a poster than as a consumer of posts. When I posted a summary of a new paper on LinkedIn(!) and here, on LinkdIn got in front of scholars on that topic I'm not connected to (inferred from their likes). On here, it didn't/wouldn't. Same for posting about job openings.

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 13d

Per the previous thing I posted, its less rewarding to post inside-baseball posts and we see less of that content without a better feed algorithm....

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 13d

This is niche content for those who know that everything at the World Bank now has the word "jobs" sprinkled on top of it.

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 13d

Got an announcement about an IPA/Northwestern workshop on, “Better Data for Better Jobs and Lives: Innovations in Survey Measurement in the Age of AI" and thought "confusing, why is jobs in the title. Ah, must be funded by the World Bank." Sure enough...

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 13d

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 14d

Agree. What I'm wishing for is probably infeasible, or benefits me but is bad for the world overall. Just wistful for twitter before it was destroyed: the algorithm served me well. It had the nerdy feed I was seeking. Not b/c of benevolence but b/c that was profit-maximizing. I sorely miss that.

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 14d

An algorithm. Benevolent algorithms are underrated.

My experience on Twitter pre-2022 was fantastic because the algorithm enabled me to see useful content and placed my posts in the feeds of people I hoped would see it.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15d

If you could change one thing about Bluesky, what would it be?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14d

"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 14d

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/09/24/m...

"Levitt was a University of Chicago professor, he has (by academic standards) nearly infinite resources, he could study whatever he wants, and he’s going for . . . clicks?"

More on the decline and fall of Steven Levitt | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science

statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu

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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Richard Waite, Mirya R. Holman

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15d

If you could change one thing about Bluesky, what would it be?

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 15d

Are OPT visas the next target? Ugh.

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 15d

The US Administration is moving to severely restrict lawful, high-skill immigration.

First H-1B visas.

Next comes barring int'l students from staying to offer their talents to the US after graduation.

I wrote earlier on the economic harms Americans can expect—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Sona Golder, Stephen D. Murphy , and 2 more Seema Jayachandran, Sona Golder, Stephen D. Murphy, Samantha Brennan, Clark Gray

Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 15d

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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Gernot Wagner, Michael Kevane , and 1 more Seema Jayachandran, Gernot Wagner, Michael Kevane, Georg Weizsäcker

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 16d

"Every serious foreign policy discussion today misses the fundamental reality—Trump's strategic corruption has become America's primary vulnerability. China doesn't need to steal our technology when they can simply buy Trump."

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 18d

I really hope someone has been building a fundraising platform that will be ready to sub in for ActBlue when needed.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 24d

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

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Reposted by Steve Peers, Seema Jayachandran, Michael H. Whitworth , and 1 more Steve Peers, Seema Jayachandran, Michael H. Whitworth, Olivier Mannoni

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24d

I plan to post this ABC News supercut video of Trump calling Harris and Democrats "fascists" (and "communists"!) everytime I see a Republican on TV whining about Trump being called a "fascist" by the left.

Oh, the hypocrisy! Oh, the gaslighting!

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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Martin Tomko, Jussi T. Eronen , and 3 more Seema Jayachandran, Martin Tomko, Jussi T. Eronen, Brian Keegan, Michael Larkin, Kate Bradley

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 27d

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

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Jeff Mosenkis @mosenkis.bsky.social · 27d

The US taxpayers paid $167,000 to destroy contraceptives rather than sell them to a funder or NGO

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

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Reposted by Scott A. Imberman, Thomas Fujiwara

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 29d

#econra #econsky

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 29d

We (development econ faculty at Princeton) are hiring predocs, to start in summer 2026. Please share the application with folks who might be interested: rpde.princeton.edu/rpde-%E2%80%93-predoctoral-fellows-research-specialists-start-summer-2026
We'll review apps starting on 9/15. Thanks!

Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨🚨 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 👇

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Valerie Mueller, Peter Bergman

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 29d

Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Aaron Sojourner, Thomas Fujiwara

Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Sep 7

Me to my bank: Can I pls just get a plastic credit card?

Bank: No. But just add it to your mobile wallet and don't carry it around!

Me: Why did you switch to metal cards?

Bank: They handle wear and tear better.

Me: While kept in a drawer?

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Sep 7

A metal credit card doesn't make me feel special. It annoys me because it makes my wallet heavier.

Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Sep 7

A metal credit card doesn't make me feel special. It annoys me because it makes my wallet heavier.

Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Mark D. White, Laia Balcells , and 1 more Seema Jayachandran, Mark D. White, Laia Balcells, Simon Lester

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · Sep 6

JD Vance said he doesn’t care if the US commits war crimes. Did it make the news?

Donald Trump said he’s declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news?

Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?

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Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Shannon Vallor, Martin McKee , and 28 more Dani Rodrik, Shannon Vallor, Martin McKee, Dorothy Bishop, Carl T. Bergstrom, Gavin L. Foster, Seema Jayachandran, Elizabeth Stokoe, Ramón López Facal, Mary Corcoran, Michael Kevane, Frédéric Mérand, Jonathan Hopkin, Alan Richardson, Aaron Sojourner, Ben Tonra, Guillaume Gaulier, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Beatriz Gallardo Paúls, Bessma Momani, Stephen Ryan, Brian Keegan, Josef Früchtl, Tama Leaver, José Antonio Noguera, David Murakami Wood, Mark Rice, Claire L. Adida, Christina Pagel, Gabriel Galvez-Behar, Prakash Kashwan

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 6

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

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sarah @thegreatsarini.bsky.social · Sep 6

We have a lot of bases in this exact layout too.

A screenshot from the so-called US Department of War website. It shows a map of world countries in light grey with blue dots supposedly indicating the location of sites (of what??) around the globe. It states there are over 4800 “sites” in over 160 countries. A collection of dots appears to have been duplicated (copy-pasted) at least 12 times, which are outlines by red boxes.

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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Seema Jayachandran, Jason Lyall , and 5 more Richard S.J. Tol, Seema Jayachandran, Jason Lyall, Kate Starbird, Mark Rice, Henry Jones, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Dunlap

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Sep 5

DHS unveils a Trumpian ICE recruitment poster.

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