Alma Bezares Calderón
@mmeapple.bsky.social
Political economist studying issues linked to identity, land, environmental degradation and conflict.
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🆕 Demand for ‘safe space’: How women-only transit cars reduced harassment while reinforcing harmful gender norms in Brazil
@fkondylis.bsky.social (World Bank), Arianna Legovini, @katevyborny.bsky.social, Astrid Zwager & Luiza Andrade (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/infras...
@fkondylis.bsky.social (World Bank), Arianna Legovini, @katevyborny.bsky.social, Astrid Zwager & Luiza Andrade (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/infras...
Demand for ‘safe space’: How women-only transit cars reduced harassment while reinforcing harmful gender norms in Brazil
Women-only spaces offer a quick fix for those facing higher risk of harassment but reflect and may reinforce the idea that women are responsible for preventing their own victimisation.
voxdev.org
July 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🆕 Demand for ‘safe space’: How women-only transit cars reduced harassment while reinforcing harmful gender norms in Brazil
@fkondylis.bsky.social (World Bank), Arianna Legovini, @katevyborny.bsky.social, Astrid Zwager & Luiza Andrade (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/infras...
@fkondylis.bsky.social (World Bank), Arianna Legovini, @katevyborny.bsky.social, Astrid Zwager & Luiza Andrade (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/infras...
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Climate is changing much more quickly than forest ecosystems are able to respond and adapt.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
July 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Climate is changing much more quickly than forest ecosystems are able to respond and adapt.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🆕 How do firms adjust prices in response to tariffs? Evidence from Mexico
Today on VoxDev, Felipe Brugués (ITAM), Ken Kikkawa (UBC), Yuan Mei (SMU) & Pablo Robles (Brattle) outline evidence on the impact of NAFTA in Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
Today on VoxDev, Felipe Brugués (ITAM), Ken Kikkawa (UBC), Yuan Mei (SMU) & Pablo Robles (Brattle) outline evidence on the impact of NAFTA in Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
How do firms adjust prices in response to tariffs? Evidence from Mexico
Evidence on the impact of NAFTA in Mexico shows that Mexican consumers benefited through lower prices, while Mexican producers benefited from larger profit margins due to lower input prices and higher...
voxdev.org
June 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🆕 How do firms adjust prices in response to tariffs? Evidence from Mexico
Today on VoxDev, Felipe Brugués (ITAM), Ken Kikkawa (UBC), Yuan Mei (SMU) & Pablo Robles (Brattle) outline evidence on the impact of NAFTA in Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
Today on VoxDev, Felipe Brugués (ITAM), Ken Kikkawa (UBC), Yuan Mei (SMU) & Pablo Robles (Brattle) outline evidence on the impact of NAFTA in Mexico: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
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Want to track #grocery price trends?
Did you know you can find average price data in FRED—from the cost of chicken breasts and ground beef, to bread and soft drinks? Check those prices and more: ow.ly/VSoM50W7TTx
Did you know you can find average price data in FRED—from the cost of chicken breasts and ground beef, to bread and soft drinks? Check those prices and more: ow.ly/VSoM50W7TTx
June 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Want to track #grocery price trends?
Did you know you can find average price data in FRED—from the cost of chicken breasts and ground beef, to bread and soft drinks? Check those prices and more: ow.ly/VSoM50W7TTx
Did you know you can find average price data in FRED—from the cost of chicken breasts and ground beef, to bread and soft drinks? Check those prices and more: ow.ly/VSoM50W7TTx
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🆕 How will climate change shape land markets and farm sizes in the developing world?
Today on VoxDev w/ Julian Arteaga (IDB), Nicolás de Roux (Universidad de los Andes), Margarita Gáfaro (Banco de la República) & Heitor S. Pellegrina (University of Notre Dame): voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDev w/ Julian Arteaga (IDB), Nicolás de Roux (Universidad de los Andes), Margarita Gáfaro (Banco de la República) & Heitor S. Pellegrina (University of Notre Dame): voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
How will climate change shape land markets and farm sizes in the developing world?
Evidence from Colombia shows that weather shocks induce a fragmentation of the farm-size distribution and exacerbate the prevalence of small farms in an economy, shedding light on how climate change m...
voxdev.org
June 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🆕 How will climate change shape land markets and farm sizes in the developing world?
Today on VoxDev w/ Julian Arteaga (IDB), Nicolás de Roux (Universidad de los Andes), Margarita Gáfaro (Banco de la República) & Heitor S. Pellegrina (University of Notre Dame): voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDev w/ Julian Arteaga (IDB), Nicolás de Roux (Universidad de los Andes), Margarita Gáfaro (Banco de la República) & Heitor S. Pellegrina (University of Notre Dame): voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
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🆕 Critical Minerals & Economic Development in Africa: Webinar w/ @theigc.bsky.social
Colin Buckley @britishintinv.bsky.social, Paul Collier @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, Kusobile Kamwambi, Marit Kitaw & Zainab Usman @carnegieendowment.org join Shah Wani.
Register ➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Colin Buckley @britishintinv.bsky.social, Paul Collier @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, Kusobile Kamwambi, Marit Kitaw & Zainab Usman @carnegieendowment.org join Shah Wani.
Register ➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🆕 Critical Minerals & Economic Development in Africa: Webinar w/ @theigc.bsky.social
Colin Buckley @britishintinv.bsky.social, Paul Collier @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, Kusobile Kamwambi, Marit Kitaw & Zainab Usman @carnegieendowment.org join Shah Wani.
Register ➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Colin Buckley @britishintinv.bsky.social, Paul Collier @blavatnikschool.bsky.social, Kusobile Kamwambi, Marit Kitaw & Zainab Usman @carnegieendowment.org join Shah Wani.
Register ➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🆕 From heroin to avocados: How fentanyl reshaped cartel violence in Mexico
Today on VoxDev, Itzel De Haro outlines how drug cartels have pivoted given the growing dominance of synthetic opioids in the US: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, Itzel De Haro outlines how drug cartels have pivoted given the growing dominance of synthetic opioids in the US: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
From heroin to avocados: How fentanyl reshaped cartel violence in Mexico
As demand for heroin decreases in the US—driven by the growing dominance of synthetic opioids—drug cartels have pivoted to an unexpected but profitable venture: avocados. This has increased violence d...
voxdev.org
June 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🆕 From heroin to avocados: How fentanyl reshaped cartel violence in Mexico
Today on VoxDev, Itzel De Haro outlines how drug cartels have pivoted given the growing dominance of synthetic opioids in the US: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, Itzel De Haro outlines how drug cartels have pivoted given the growing dominance of synthetic opioids in the US: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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Woke up to find an email informing me that our paper (me and @timurnatkhov.bsky.social ) on Russian Serfdom was accepted by the Review of Economic Studies! Link to paper: www.andreamatranga.net/uploads/1/5/...
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June 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Woke up to find an email informing me that our paper (me and @timurnatkhov.bsky.social ) on Russian Serfdom was accepted by the Review of Economic Studies! Link to paper: www.andreamatranga.net/uploads/1/5/...
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Right on time for #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍:
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
From parenthood to planet care? The evolution of environmental and climate concerns during family formation - Population and Environment
We examine the effect of childbirth on parents’ environmental and climate concerns, focusing on potentially dynamic changes in concerns within a time span of 2 years before and up to 10 years after bi...
doi.org
June 5, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Right on time for #WorldEnvironmentDay🌍:
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
Does having a child make parents care more about the planet?
Together with @guzoch.bsky.social, I found: not always—and not in the same way for everyone.
📄 New study in Population and Environment:
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
#ClimateChange #Parenting #Sociology
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I read *a lot* of scientific abstracts that are missing key elements.
Here are the 5 things an abstract needs:
1. Introduce the topic,
2. State the unknown,
3. Outline the method used to answer the question,
4. Preview the findings, and
5. Tell us what your work teaches us.
Here are the 5 things an abstract needs:
1. Introduce the topic,
2. State the unknown,
3. Outline the method used to answer the question,
4. Preview the findings, and
5. Tell us what your work teaches us.
June 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I read *a lot* of scientific abstracts that are missing key elements.
Here are the 5 things an abstract needs:
1. Introduce the topic,
2. State the unknown,
3. Outline the method used to answer the question,
4. Preview the findings, and
5. Tell us what your work teaches us.
Here are the 5 things an abstract needs:
1. Introduce the topic,
2. State the unknown,
3. Outline the method used to answer the question,
4. Preview the findings, and
5. Tell us what your work teaches us.
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The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season. By @shannonbond.bsky.social
Hurricane season has started. Here's what to know
The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season.
www.npr.org
June 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The 2025 hurricane season officially began on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting an active season. By @shannonbond.bsky.social
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How are conflict events (left) associated with the presence of multinational enterprises (right) in Africa?
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
May 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How are conflict events (left) associated with the presence of multinational enterprises (right) in Africa?
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
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New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960.
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
May 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960.
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out.
🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
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Reposted by Alma Bezares Calderón
Reposted by Alma Bezares Calderón
NEW PAPER: Joint species distribution modelling of multiple taxonomic groups shows that water quality explains most of the variation in aquatic community composition along a lake trophic gradient doi.org/10.1007/s104....
#AcademicSci 🧪
#AcademicSci 🧪
Joint species distribution modelling of multiple taxonomic groups shows that water quality explains most of the variation in aquatic community composition along a lake trophic gradient - Aquatic Ecolo...
A key component of conservation biology is understanding how community composition responds to environmental conditions, including stressors (e.g., eutrophication). However, this is complicated by the...
doi.org
May 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NEW PAPER: Joint species distribution modelling of multiple taxonomic groups shows that water quality explains most of the variation in aquatic community composition along a lake trophic gradient doi.org/10.1007/s104....
#AcademicSci 🧪
#AcademicSci 🧪
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Next month: the 7th Migration & Organizations Research Conference, by @columbiabusiness.bsky.social and @upenn.edu Wharton
It is *the* consistently excellent forum for research at the intersection of international mobility & organizations
—> business.columbia.edu/socialenterp... #EconConf #EconSky
It is *the* consistently excellent forum for research at the intersection of international mobility & organizations
—> business.columbia.edu/socialenterp... #EconConf #EconSky
2025 Migration and Organizations Conference | Columbia Business School
business.columbia.edu
April 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Next month: the 7th Migration & Organizations Research Conference, by @columbiabusiness.bsky.social and @upenn.edu Wharton
It is *the* consistently excellent forum for research at the intersection of international mobility & organizations
—> business.columbia.edu/socialenterp... #EconConf #EconSky
It is *the* consistently excellent forum for research at the intersection of international mobility & organizations
—> business.columbia.edu/socialenterp... #EconConf #EconSky
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🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics!
🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school
📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley
w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...
🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school
📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley
w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...
summer school — Maximilian Auffhammer
www.auffhammer.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics!
🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school
📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley
w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...
🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school
📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley
w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...
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"Approximately 1 in every 50 adult men reported committing intimate partner violence in the past year.
Among men who reported intimate partner violence, more than 60% agreed with gender-inequitable statements."
www.psypost.org/men-who-reje...
Among men who reported intimate partner violence, more than 60% agreed with gender-inequitable statements."
www.psypost.org/men-who-reje...
Men who reject gender equality are more likely to commit intimate partner violence
Men with more traditional, gender-inequitable beliefs were over twice as likely to report committing intimate partner violence, according to a new study.
www.psypost.org
April 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Approximately 1 in every 50 adult men reported committing intimate partner violence in the past year.
Among men who reported intimate partner violence, more than 60% agreed with gender-inequitable statements."
www.psypost.org/men-who-reje...
Among men who reported intimate partner violence, more than 60% agreed with gender-inequitable statements."
www.psypost.org/men-who-reje...
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Why do policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence?
How can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes?
Stefan Dercon explores these thorny questions faced by education researchers & stakeholders worldwide ⤵️
How can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes?
Stefan Dercon explores these thorny questions faced by education researchers & stakeholders worldwide ⤵️
🆕 Best buys meet political realities: The political economy of education research
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social) explores why policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Best buys meet political realities: The political economy of education research
Why do policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence? And how can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes? These are thorny questions often...
voxdev.org
April 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Why do policymakers choose education reforms that aren’t supported by evidence?
How can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes?
Stefan Dercon explores these thorny questions faced by education researchers & stakeholders worldwide ⤵️
How can researchers work with them to implement interventions with better outcomes?
Stefan Dercon explores these thorny questions faced by education researchers & stakeholders worldwide ⤵️
Reposted by Alma Bezares Calderón
🆕 Climate adaptation in Bangladesh
Today on VoxDev, Nusrat Jahan (BIGD, BRAC) looks at how the evidence from our VoxDevLit on Climate Adaptation applies to Bangladesh, highlighting policy priorities for a country facing some of the worst impacts of climate change: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDev, Nusrat Jahan (BIGD, BRAC) looks at how the evidence from our VoxDevLit on Climate Adaptation applies to Bangladesh, highlighting policy priorities for a country facing some of the worst impacts of climate change: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Climate adaptation in Bangladesh
How will climate change impact Bangladesh? How should policymakers respond to the growing threats of climate change? What are key priorities for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh?
voxdev.org
April 22, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🆕 Climate adaptation in Bangladesh
Today on VoxDev, Nusrat Jahan (BIGD, BRAC) looks at how the evidence from our VoxDevLit on Climate Adaptation applies to Bangladesh, highlighting policy priorities for a country facing some of the worst impacts of climate change: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
Today on VoxDev, Nusrat Jahan (BIGD, BRAC) looks at how the evidence from our VoxDevLit on Climate Adaptation applies to Bangladesh, highlighting policy priorities for a country facing some of the worst impacts of climate change: voxdev.org/topic/energy...
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This week we featured research on global poverty, carbon offsets, corruption, patents and more...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
This week in development economics at VoxDev: 17/04/2025
This week we featured research on global poverty, carbon offsets, corruption, patents and more...
voxdev.org
April 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This week we featured research on global poverty, carbon offsets, corruption, patents and more...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
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Important null results in development economics
Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.
I've highlighted some key examples we have featured on @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/import...
Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.
I've highlighted some key examples we have featured on @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/import...
Important null results in development economics
Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.
voxdev.org
April 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Important null results in development economics
Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.
I've highlighted some key examples we have featured on @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/import...
Despite the bias against publishing null results, they are important for policy, helping to kill bad ideas.
I've highlighted some key examples we have featured on @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/import...
Reposted by Alma Bezares Calderón
This week we featured research on tariffs, cash, impact, nulls, refugees and more...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
This week in development economics at VoxDev: 11/04/2025
This week we featured research on tariffs, cash, impact, nulls, refugees and more...
voxdev.org
April 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This week we featured research on tariffs, cash, impact, nulls, refugees and more...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...
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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵