The Program of Prize Fellowships in Economics, History and Politics is pleased to announce the 2025 Prize Fellows, @hdernity.bsky.social, @deivyhoueix.bsky.social and Lina Skoglund. For more information about the Program see histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehppf/index.....

After a quick introduction by Esther Duflo, @deivyhoueix.bsky.social received the Daniel Cohen Prize Award for his paper "Asymmetric Information and Digital Technology Adoption: Evidence from Senegal"

Congratulations to Deivy!

More about the prize: www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/news/deiv...

🏆 @deivyhoueix.bsky.social (PhD student, @mit.edu) is the winner of the Daniel Cohen Award 2025
The ENS - PSL and PSE are delighted to welcome Deivy for the award ceremony and warmly congratulate him on his work and on winning this prize.
www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/news/deiv...

Given the current political news, this may not be top of mind, but my co-authors and I are looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in the DRC that study the role of state capacity in economic development.

1-year predoc: povertyactionlab.org/careers/pred...

Thank you Guillermo!

Thank you Joshua! Excited to meet you at some point soon!

Thank you Zhexun!

Thank you so much Robert! I'm very excited.

thank you so much David!!

thank you Ted! Excited to see you in person soon!

thank you @johannesmboehm.bsky.social ! :)

I've been incredibly fortunate this year. My goal remains to collaborate with those driving change in lower-income countries, contribute where I can, and deepen our understanding of key challenges, one stone at a time, in this uncertain world. Grateful for what's ahead!

One of the best parts of the job market was meeting faculty whose work I’ve looked up to for years. I learned so much from the conversations and connecting with many inspiring peers—I’m happy to be part of this community!

To @WaveSenegal, who made my JMP project possible: I am so excited to continue working, learning, and brainstorming with you, exploring new innovations to make the digital landscape in West Africa more insightful, transformative, and inclusive.

To the 130+ research team members on the ground in Senegal whose insights have deeply shaped my work: I hope my papers help reflect your narratives, still too often underrepresented.

To the many friends and coauthors who read, debated, challenged, supported, and celebrated with me: you made this happen. I am so lucky to have you.

None of this would have been possible without my incredible advisors and mentors, Ben Olken, Esther Duflo, David Atkin, Tavneet Suri, and Abhijit Banerjee. I couldn't have hoped for a better @MITEconomics team.

This is the end of my job market journey. Beyond excited to share that I will join Columbia Business School @columbiauniversity.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor of Economics in 2027—in my dream city, New York—after the Prize Fellowship at Harvard! @historyecon.bsky.social @harvard.edu

"The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are."
-- Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo in today's FT.

I am on the job market, which seems like a great opportunity for my first post on here! My job market paper is about failures of contingent thinking -- the act of reasoning about hypothetical events. 1/

My amazing coauthor @edwardwiles.bsky.social is also on the job market! Check him out :)

This is a wonderful paper, using a neatly designed field experiment about innovative digital payment technologies to test important ideas. Check it out! Togethet with Deivy's other pathbreaking work (incl my personal favorite, on social spillovers and technology adoption, with incredible data).

🚀 I'm on the job market! Curious how digital tech boosts productivity but still faces adoption barriers? Digital payments are powerful tools, yet data observability can be a double-edged sword—enhancing efficiency but deterring workers fearing tracking. My takeaways on @WorldBank blog! 🙂👇 #EconJMP