Johannes Haushofer
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Economist @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Founder @malengo.org and @busaracenter.bsky.social. Also @stockholm-uni.bsky.social & @eegmpi.bsky.social. johanneshaushofer.com
Johannes Haushofer is an economist and professor of economics at the Department of Economics, Cornell University. He was previously an assistant professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University. .. more
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Did this say “have to keep moving forward or die” and then a copyeditor got to it?
being around other people is less likely to be responsible than the substantially higher incomes?
GRABBING a sandwich or coffee makes me equally murderous and perhaps falls in the same category? It’s the blasé stance of someone who uses the phrase “not my first rodeo”
Malengo Impact Model Update, Fall 2025 — EA Forum
Johannes Haushofer and Richard Nerland •
Summary
Malengo is a charity that facilitates international educational migration in the pursuit of poverty…
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Many thanks to the research team: @tomanbarsbai.com, @marcelloperez.bsky.social, @demirelmerve.bsky.social, @philippmoskopp.bsky.social, and Matthias Sutter; to the @malengo.org team; and to our many friends and supporters!
Many thanks to the research team: @tomanbarsbai.com, @marcelloperez.bsky.social, @demirelmerve.bsky.social, @philippmoskopp.bsky.social, and Matthias Sutter; to the @malengo.org team; and to our many friends and supporters!
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With our updated figures, we get 28x cash in the baseline scenario.
Because our students enter into Income Share Agreements (ISAs), in which successful graduates "pay it forward" to the next generation, the impact is in potentially unbounded. An optimistic scenario puts the impact at 3,732x cash.
Because our students enter into Income Share Agreements (ISAs), in which successful graduates "pay it forward" to the next generation, the impact is in potentially unbounded. An optimistic scenario puts the impact at 3,732x cash.
Based on these numbers, we have updated our impact model. We depart from GiveWell's 2024 assessment, in which Malengo is about 2.5x more cost-effective than cash transfers.
Amongst the ~250 students in Germany, all but 2 are still in the program and making progress. They are somewhat slower than expected (anticipated graduation timeline is 5–6 years), grades are average (2.7 on a scale from 1=best to 5=worst), and 93% want to remain in Germany after graduation.
Subjective well-being (e.g. happiness, depression) also increases, by 0.36 standard deviations (SD). (By comparison, cash transfers give about 0.1 SD.) The parents back home are doing better too (0.25 SD), and siblings and friends are no worse off.
Students were surveyed after about one year in Germany, so they are still in school. But because they have part-time jobs, their incomes have already increased by $843 relative to those who didn't travel. This figure is adjusted for purchasing power and doesn't include Malengo's stipends.
Our flagship program supports Ugandan students in completing a Bachelors degree in Germany. The program has a built-in randomized controlled trial (RCT) by conducting a lottery amongst qualified applicants. The full sample will contain around 850 students; these early results are for the first 240.
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Exciting news on @malengo.org, the NGO that helps East African students move to Europe for education: Our research team has given us a glimpse of their early findings!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
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Thread follows!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
Reposted by Nancy Birdsall, Johannes Haushofer
The Next Generation of Global Skill Partnerships: How the Model’s Evolved to Meet Current Challenges
Building on previous pilots—including the Australia Pacific Training Coalition (APTC), Youth, Employment, and Skills in Kosovo(YES), and Pilot Project Addressing Labour Shortages Through Innovative La...
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A new wave of Global Skill Partnerships is emerging to respond to rising labor migration needs.🗺️
@helen-dempster.bsky.social & Ahmed Iqbal explore how these programs are being designed—and what that reveals about the evolution of the GSP model:
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@helen-dempster.bsky.social & Ahmed Iqbal explore how these programs are being designed—and what that reveals about the evolution of the GSP model:
https://go.cgdev.org/4oyT9fA
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
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Siddharth Eapen George et al. study a 2006 Indian reform to show expanded credit access fosters #innovation for firms that face few non-financial barriers. But for the average firm, other barriers hinder their ability to translate credit into innovation.
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Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
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The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
It's my dear sister Lisa's (lisahaushofer.com) birthday on Wednesday, and she is raising money for the folks in Italy who helped us rescue a very cute puppy recently! More here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-anna-...
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Once students graduate and earn a sufficiently high income, they repay a percentage of it into your DAF under an Income Share Agreement. You can then re-invest this money into future Malengo students, or in other charitable goals. (You cannot earn a private return; the money remains charitable.) 3/4
Neta sets up a donor-advised fund (DAF) for you. Money you put into it (minimum: $25k) directly supports our students from East Africa on their path to a university or vocational degree in Europe. Contributions into your DAF are eligible for tax deduction. Setting it up takes a few minutes. 2/4
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I'm excited to share a new way to support Malengo students!
Through a new partnership with Neta (netafoundation.org), you can now invest in the success of @malengo.org students, and earn a return on your investment. 1/4
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- So many job market candidates! We should come up with a system to choose between them that takes into account their full spectrum of qualities. As a discipline that prides itself on nuance and sophisticated measurement, along how many dimensions do you think we should rank them?
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Its life is flashing before its eyes 🥺