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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · 29d

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RPDE – Predoctoral Fellows / Research Specialists (Start Summer 2026)

RPDE – Predoctoral Fellows / Research Specialists2025-2026 Hiring CycleOverviewBased in Princeton’s School of Public & International Affairs, in collaboration with and housed in the Department of Econ...

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · 29d

🚨🚨 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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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Aug 22

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A conversation with RPDE Visiting Professor Jessica Goldberg: Surprised to return to Princeton after a two decade hiatus

Note: This interview is the third in our series interviewing RPDE’s visitors. See the first with visiting faculty Eric Verhoogen here and the second with visiting postdoc Miguel Ortiz here.Before we w...

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Aug 22

We sat down with Jessica Goldberg (RPDE Spring '25 visiting faculty from UMD) this summer to pick her brain.

Learn about the surprising journey that brought her back to Princeton 20 years after finishing her MPA.

👇 Link below in comments 👇

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Aug 5

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A conversation with RPDE Postdoctoral Research Associate Miguel Ortiz: Understanding the economics of conflict, producing a radio drama, and more

Note: This interview is the second in our series interviewing RPDE’s visitors. See the first with Eric Verhoogen here. Check back for our third with Jessica Goldberg soon.Before we welcome in an excit...

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Aug 5

Check out our conversation with Miguel Ortiz, who visited us this year as a Postdoc after his PhD at UC Berkeley, starting at @ubcvse.bsky.social this fall.

Learn about the economics of conflict & how an dissertation involved producing a 24 episode radio drama. Link in comments

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Jul 30

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🚨 We're hiring! | Tejal Johri

🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 📢 Professors Seema Jayachandran, Rebecca Dizon-Ross and Isabelle Cohen, as well as predoc researcher Fiker Girma Negash, are looking for a Senior Field Research Associate to join o...

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Jul 30

🚨 FIELD JOB OPENING ALERT 🚨: @JohriTejal61310 is hiring a Senior Field Research Associate for a 3-month contract based in Uganda.

See LinkedIn post linked below for more details and to apply!

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Jul 24

Check out our conversation with Eric Verhoogen @ericverhoogen.bsky.social, who visited us this past year. Hear about his path from union organizer to development economist, how to optimally tile pentagons when making soccer balls, and more

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A conversation with RPDE Visiting Professor Eric Verhoogen: from teacher and union organizer to studying soccer ball manufacturing

Summer has meant a lot of changes here at RPDE. As with everyone at Princeton, it has meant bracing for summer heat and saying goodbye to graduating students and those leaving for summer. At RPDE in p...

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Jun 30

I have a new review article w/ Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs (just submitted to JEL).

I've written ~6 review articles, and I think this is the best one. We make some useful conceptual points IMO. But you decide! Comments welcome!

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Duncan Webb @duncanwebb.bsky.social · Jun 6

Work with me and my star coauthors (Patrick Agte & Pascaline Dupas) on AI & health! We're recruiting a full-time, Hindi-speaking field research associate to work on our project in Rajasthan. Please share and apply.

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · May 13

If interested, details are below on how to participate in tomorrow's World Bank webinar on "Women's Voices and Choices" with RPDE faculty member @seema.bsky.social and others.

Clara Delavallade @claradelav.bsky.social · May 13

Honored to moderate this discussion on women’s agency and the power of group models. Join us tomorrow to learn more about what shapes women’s decision-making, how groups improve outcomes for women and girls, and why these insights should influence measurement, programming, and future research.

Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · May 7

And a large thank you to Prof. Karthik Muralidharan for giving an insightful talk on his new book, "Accelerating India's Development" last week leading into the BREAD Conference, @karthik-econ.bsky.social

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · May 7

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · May 7

Thanks for all those who attended and presented at the BREAD Conference hosted by RPDE here in Princeton last week! It was a joy to welcome over 100 development economists to discuss their emerging work over the weekend.

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · May 2

BREAD Development Conference LIVE STREAM starting in 10 minutes! Hosted here in Princeton by RPDE. Tune-in today and tomorrow to hear author present some of the most exciting recent DevEcon paper #Economics #Development #Princeton

LINK: princeton.zoom.us/j/93399992221

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Apr 16

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Faculty Focus: The Economics of Gangs with Prof. Mica Sviatschi (Post 1 of 2)

Gang behavior has been a highly salient policy topic in 2025. The economics of gangs, however, is not what first comes to mind for most when they think of economics as a discipline, or gangs as instit...

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Apr 16

Check out our new Q&A with RPDE Professor Mica Sviatschi on her groundbreaking research on the economics of gangs! Part 1 of 2

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Princeton Economics @princetonecon.bsky.social · Apr 16

Citing Professor Seema Jayachandran's (@seema.bsky.social) research, @nytimes.com analyzes the potential impact of firing the staff at the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
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Entire Staff Is Fired at Office That Helps Poorer Americans Pay for Heating

The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.

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Princeton Economics @princetonecon.bsky.social · Mar 7

Congratulations to Maria Micaela Sviatschi, recently named a 2025 Sloan Fellow! Sviatschi is a microeconomist who studies how the presence of non-state violence shapes individuals’ lives and well-being.

Learn more about Sviatschi and her work: bit.ly/4bvU7nA

"2025 Sloan Fellow: Maria Micaela Sviatschi, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs." And image of Sviatschi.

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Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University @princetonchw.bsky.social · Mar 19

"Strong, independent academic institutions produce new technologies and insights that catalyze economic growth, save lives, improve well-being, and overcome injustices."

— Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber writes in @theatlantic.com

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The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia

American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

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J-PAL @j-pal.bsky.social · Mar 4

2/6 Breakthrough partnered with J-PAL affiliates @seema.bsky.social and @hyderabadi-chai.bsky.social and coauthor Diva Dhar, who found that the curriculum changed gender attitudes and behaviors for 7th and 8th graders. Boys did more household chores and encouraged their sisters to pursue college.

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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our affiliate Pacaline Dupas' research in Ghana finds huge returns to secondary school for girls. You just need to look in the right place: The returns are in the form of better health outcomes (e.g., higher survival rate) for their children.

VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Feb 17

🆕 Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits

Today on VoxDev, Esther Duflo (MIT), Pascaline Dupas (Princeton University), Michael Kremer (University of Chicago), Elizabeth Spelke (Harvard University) & Mark Walsh (GiveWell) outline their research on Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/educat...

Subsidising secondary education has huge benefits, for this generation and the next

As countries in Sub-Saharan Africa debate the costs and benefits of subsidising secondary education, a 15-year RCT in Ghana finds large multi-generation impacts.

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Feb 17

Subsidising secondary school had transformative impacts.

Female recipients had ~15% fewer unplanned pregnancies, 15% fewer children + significantly delayed age at first childbirth & marriage.

Over time, their offspring’s outcomes improved dramatically ⤵️

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