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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · 7d

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · 7d

📈 #EconSky

🔎 Focus on #research by S. Bertoli, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & E. Murard

#Migration and #marriage are deeply interconnected. Uncertainty about who migrants marry can affect their decision to move—and moving can change who they marry.

Learn more: t.ly/iRRcf%F0%9F%...

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Jordan Loper 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @jordanloper.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 New version of our WP 🚨 (w/ Michela Limardi & @avolle.bsky.social).

🔎 Climate regulation doesn’t crowd out NGOs—it mobilizes them. Activism rises & persists, esp. in weaker enforcement contexts.

Grateful to @cerdi.bsky.social colleagues for seminar feedback 🙏

🔗 hal.science/hal-05047276v4

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 9d

🆕 Does index insurance work? Insights from eight experiments in agriculture

Today on VoxDev, Pauline Castaing (World Bank) & @gazeaud.bsky.social (@cerdi.bsky.social) discuss the impact of index insurance on smallholder productivity in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...

Does index insurance work? Insights from eight experiments in agriculture

Index insurance can help smallholder farmers take on more productive risks, but its impacts remain modest, uncertain, and highly context dependent.

voxdev.org

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · 27d

🇫🇷 Lire l'article de blog en français : t.ly/BRS0J ✨

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · 27d

📚 New study on #Kenya by @pbiscaye.bsky.social @eggerdennis.bsky.social & Utz Pape

When schools reopened after #COVID closures, parents worked more, because kids had less time for farm work. Adults filled the gap, while richer households hired labor.

🔎 Read more: t.ly/wzH7g 📄

#econdev #school

Ecole en extérieur à Namarei, Kenya © IRD - Paul-André Calatayud

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Sep 8

R Arezki, H Nguyen, & F Van Der Ploeg identify a novel channel of the resource curse in which countries with higher inequality, weaker control of corruption, or less democracy have significantly higher luxury import responses following a commodity export windfall.
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Graph of responses of luxury shares in imports to a terms-of-trade shock

When wealth or income suddenly increases (‘easy money’), this may be directed towards unproductive ‘easy spending’. This column explores the relationship between conspicuous consumption and revenue windfalls using country-specific variations in commodity export prices, and finds that the responses are bigger for luxury than for non-luxury imports. Countries that have higher inequality, weaker control of corruption, or less democracy have significantly higher luxury import responses following a commodity export windfall. These results suggest a novel (conspicuous consumption) channel of the resource curse in the context of weak mechanisms for resource allocation.

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Jordan Loper 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @jordanloper.bsky.social · Sep 5

🚨 New version of our WP! 🚨
@sophiehatte.bsky.social (@cergic.bsky.social), @ttaylor-econ.bsky.social (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and I (@cerdi.bsky.social) highlight the powerful role of digital access in shaping democratic outcomes and promoting gender equality.
📄 Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎯The study highlights the painful choice modest agricultural households frequently face between sending a child to school or having them work. Eventually, school calendars that better account for peak agricultural activity periods could reduce school absenteeism.

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Sep 3

#NewResearch in The World Bank Economic Review by @pbiscaye.bsky.social‬, @ucauvergne.bsky.social‬ and Cerdi. With his coauthors, Dennis Egger and Utz Pape, he investigates adolescent youth in rural #Kenya.

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Adolescent Schooling and Adult Labor Supply: Evidence from COVID-19 School Closures and Reopenings in Kenya

Abstract. This study identifies the impact of a shock to adolescent school availability—potentially affecting both household childcare burdens and child la

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Aug 28

🆕 Bridging the digital divide in global trade

Today on VoxDev, @joelcariolle.bsky.social (FERDI), Jaime de Melo (University of Geneva) & Michele Imbruno (Sapienza University of Rome) discuss the impact of digital connectivity on export participation: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...

Bridging the digital divide in global trade

Digital connectivity boosts export participation in developed countries by lowering trade costs for a wide range of firms, but in developing regions it disproportionately benefits only the most produc...

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Sep 2

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Sep 2

📊 New paper by F. Bresson on #inequality & #poverty

A new method to evaluate the efficiency of inequality reduction. Using Brazil data (1981–2022), results show it’s an increasingly powerful lever for poverty alleviation. 🔥

Read the study 👉 t.ly/5K77F

#research #EconDev
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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Aug 27

🌾 The #ECOTERM collaborative research project (PRC) is funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR). This international program mobilizes multidisciplinary teams to work on termites and termite mounds in #Cambodia from an economic, ecological, health and anthropological perspective.

CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Aug 27

🚀 The CERDI is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow in development economics to work with Sébastien Marchand and his team on the #ECOTERM research project 🌿

cerdi.uca.fr/english-vers...

One Postdoctoral Fellowship - Cerdi

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CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales @cnrsshs.bsky.social · Jul 18

Chercheuses, chercheurs, êtes-vous épanouis au travail ? 🔎

La MITI du #CNRS lance une enquête nationale sur l’épanouissement au travail des chercheuses et chercheurs en France selon leur engagement (inter)disciplinaire !

miti.cnrs.fr/actualite/en...

Enquête nationale sur l’épanouissement au travail selon l’engagement en recherche (inter)disciplinaire – MITI

Dans la cadre de son Groupe de Travail « Interdisciplinarité et Méthodologies », la Mission pour les Initiatives Transverses et Interdisciplinaires du CNRS lance une enquête nationale sur l’épanouisse...

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FERDI @fondationferdi.bsky.social · Jul 17

📕 RED | Nouveau numéro en ligne !

Consultez dès à présent le dernier numéro de la 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘶𝘦 𝘥'𝘦́𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘶 𝘥𝘦́𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 sur le site de Cairn.info — 📣 De Boeck Supérieur

🔜🇬🇧 La 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 paraîtra très prochainement !

👉 shs.cairn.info/revue-d-econ...

➕ 𝗱'𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝘀 : ferdi.fr/publications...

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Jul 16

🇨🇳 La #dette des ménages chinois s’envole par Damien Cubizol, @ucauvergne.bsky.social .

Une analyse à lire sur ‪‪@france.theconversation.com

theconversation.com/la-dette-des...

La dette des ménages chinois s’envole

L’explosion de l’endettement des ménages chinois est-elle une source de vulnérabilité majeure ou une évolution comparable à d’autres pays ?

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · Jul 15

L'année 2024 a été riche en découvertes scientifiques, innovations à impact, actualités institutionnelles et grands événements de médiation scientifique. Plongez dans le nouveau rapport d'activité pour découvrir ces moments marquants.

👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...

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Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you @talknormal.co.uk for a great conversation on the @voxdev.bsky.social podcast together with #CarolineTheoharides on our recent @science.org article.

The "brain drain" is only part of the story—skilled migration can benefit origin countries too.

🎧 voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

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CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Jul 9

Le #rapport d'activités du CERDI pour l'année 2024 est disponible.

Découvrez les faits marquants du laboratoire : lancement du #PCDI, visite de l'@ird-fr.bsky.social ✨

👉 t.ly/Q4_2f 📄

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · Jun 30

In countries heavily dependent on exports of natural resources, the introduction of #VAT has led on average to lower #tax revenues and did not stimulate #industrialisation.
Rabah Arezki, Frederick Van Der Ploeg, Grégoire Rota-Graziosi, Dao Le-Van
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Map of the years of worldwide VAT introduction.

The introduction of value added taxes has been widely perceived as successful, boosting government revenue and stimulating industrialisation. This contrasts with the empirical finding that, in countries that are heavily dependent on exports of natural resources, the introduction of VAT has led on average to lower tax revenues and did not stimulate industrialisation. The findings suggest a novel channel for the resource curse hinging on the interaction between economic structure and the design of tax systems.

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CEVIPOF - Sciences Po @cevipof.bsky.social · Jun 26

NEXT WEEK
3rd IAST-OXPO CONFERENCE in Political Economy
📍Nuffield College
📅 3-4, July 2025
@damienbol.bsky.social, @phbono.bsky.social, Floriane Labarussiat, Can Zengin from @cevipof.bsky.social will have the opportunity to present/discuss their work.
@ox.ac.uk @iast.fr @sciencespo.bsky.social
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Jordan Loper 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @jordanloper.bsky.social · Jun 25

Another successful scientific event at @cerdi.bsky.social. A place to be for economists 🙌🏼📈🔥

CERDI @cerdi.bsky.social · Jun 25

🌍 2025 #MigrationEconomics Junior Workshop just concluded.

🎯 Goal: give PhD & young researchers an opportunity to share their work in an inspiring space.

Thanks to the participants & keynotes for sharing thoughtful discussions ✨

🏷️ #DevEcon
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Jordan Loper 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @jordanloper.bsky.social · Jun 19

#Econsky Citing someone guilty of sexual misconduct? Here is "creeps", an Overleaf package developed by my colleague Alistair Cameron at @cerdi.bsky.social. It detects authors in your bibtex registered in the Academic Sexual Misconduct Database.
Link here: alistaircameron.github.io/packages/

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