Virna Vidal Menezes
@vvidalmenezes.bsky.social
Economics PhD student at Notre Dame ☘️ | Development and Education | 🇧🇷
www.virnavidalmenezes.com
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My Job Market Paper was quoted here! How cool?!
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My Job Market Paper was quoted here! How cool?!
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Three of our current students and one of our alums today at the APPAM 2025 conference (from left to right, Chris Monjaras, Virna Vidal Menezes, alum Brianna Felegi, and Emily Davis).
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Three of our current students and one of our alums today at the APPAM 2025 conference (from left to right, Chris Monjaras, Virna Vidal Menezes, alum Brianna Felegi, and Emily Davis).
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Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and graduate student Haley Wilbert (@hwilbert.bsky.social on the mkt) have a new publication in Explorations in Economic History, "Breakthroughs in Historical Record Linking Using Genealogy Data: The Census Tree Project." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Breakthroughs in Historical Record Linking Using Genealogy Data: The Census Tree Project
The Census Tree is the largest-ever database of record links among the historical U.S. censuses, with over 700 million links for people living in the …
www.sciencedirect.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Kasey Buckles @kaseybuckles.bsky.social and graduate student Haley Wilbert (@hwilbert.bsky.social on the mkt) have a new publication in Explorations in Economic History, "Breakthroughs in Historical Record Linking Using Genealogy Data: The Census Tree Project." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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📢 Now hiring predoc Research Associates for the BIG Lab!
🔬Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25
✍ Learn more and apply: buff.ly/BjAcByg
#econ #predoc
🔬Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25
✍ Learn more and apply: buff.ly/BjAcByg
#econ #predoc
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📢 Now hiring predoc Research Associates for the BIG Lab!
🔬Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25
✍ Learn more and apply: buff.ly/BjAcByg
#econ #predoc
🔬Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25
✍ Learn more and apply: buff.ly/BjAcByg
#econ #predoc
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We are delighted to introduce our job market candidates for the 2025–26 academic year. You can learn more about them on our website:
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
Students on the Job Market
A list of economics students on the job market
economics.nd.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We are delighted to introduce our job market candidates for the 2025–26 academic year. You can learn more about them on our website:
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
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We invite you to join us for the BIG Lab's first academic conference, the BIG Forum at Notre Dame on September 25-26. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers focused on addressing structural barriers to inclusive economic growth in LMICs. Program & registration: buff.ly/LENJYqB
August 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We invite you to join us for the BIG Lab's first academic conference, the BIG Forum at Notre Dame on September 25-26. We have a fantastic line-up of speakers focused on addressing structural barriers to inclusive economic growth in LMICs. Program & registration: buff.ly/LENJYqB
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Some pictures from our graduate students' welcome back party this weekend.
August 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Some pictures from our graduate students' welcome back party this weekend.
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New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Jane Ryngaert and graduate student Pascal Frank (joint with Carola Binder), “The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations.” Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34088
The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
August 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Jane Ryngaert and graduate student Pascal Frank (joint with Carola Binder), “The Causal Effect of News on Inflation Expectations.” Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w34088
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The Building Inclusive Growth Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social will be hosting its BIG Forum this September 25-26. We have a great list of confirmed speakers. Check out the itinerary: biglab.nd.edu/news-events/...
BIG Forum
The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab seeks to address structural & barriers to equitable economic growth in different parts of the world.
biglab.nd.edu
July 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Building Inclusive Growth Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social will be hosting its BIG Forum this September 25-26. We have a great list of confirmed speakers. Check out the itinerary: biglab.nd.edu/news-events/...
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BIG Lab affiliate @taryndinkelman.bsky.social asks how long it takes households to fully take advantage of electric connections. @ndecon.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social @kellogginstitute.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social
Understanding the adoption of electricity in rural South Africa
Research reveals it takes 4-14 years for rural households to adopt appliances like stoves & fridges.
🔌Why does it take so long to see the impacts of electrification?
theigc.org/blogs/electr...
Research reveals it takes 4-14 years for rural households to adopt appliances like stoves & fridges.
🔌Why does it take so long to see the impacts of electrification?
theigc.org/blogs/electr...
Understanding the gradual adoption of electricity in rural South Africa
Electrification of households in rural South Africa has been slow but free credit or subsidies can help speed up adoption of electrical appliances.
theigc.org
April 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
BIG Lab affiliate @taryndinkelman.bsky.social asks how long it takes households to fully take advantage of electric connections. @ndecon.bsky.social @notredame.bsky.social @kellogginstitute.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social
So happy to return to my undergraduate institution, Federal University of Ceará, to talk research and doing a PhD abroad! Loved seeing old friends (especially my forever-advisor Guilherme Irffi) and meeting new ones :)
December 14, 2024 at 1:34 PM
So happy to return to my undergraduate institution, Federal University of Ceará, to talk research and doing a PhD abroad! Loved seeing old friends (especially my forever-advisor Guilherme Irffi) and meeting new ones :)
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People across developing regions are spending far more time in school than 20 years ago
December 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
People across developing regions are spending far more time in school than 20 years ago
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It’s beginning to look like Christmas in the department
December 10, 2024 at 3:52 PM
It’s beginning to look like Christmas in the department
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This has been a major puzzle for energy/dev: Electrification is essential for a modern economy, but WTP in developing contexts (and impacts) seem quite low.
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:35 PM
This has been a major puzzle for energy/dev: Electrification is essential for a modern economy, but WTP in developing contexts (and impacts) seem quite low.
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
There's a JMP this year from Abdou Cisse @ Berkeley ARE that helps explain why: ⬇️ reliability, ⬇️ WTP. Impressive paper.
www.acisse.com
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A group of our current and former graduate students this weekend at the Southern Economic Association meetings in DC this past weekend.
November 25, 2024 at 12:25 AM
A group of our current and former graduate students this weekend at the Southern Economic Association meetings in DC this past weekend.
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The BIG Lab at @notredame.bsky.social is hiring 2 PreDocs to start in the summer of 2025. You'll focus on #Development #Economics with professors like Taryn Dinkelman, Lakshmi Iyer, Satosh Kumar, and Joseph Kaboski. #predoc @ndecon.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social jobs.nd.edu/postings/36391
Predoctoral Research Associate
The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab at Notre Dame is hiring a full-time predoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. The RA will join a cohort of ...
jobs.nd.edu
November 11, 2024 at 8:08 PM
The BIG Lab at @notredame.bsky.social is hiring 2 PreDocs to start in the summer of 2025. You'll focus on #Development #Economics with professors like Taryn Dinkelman, Lakshmi Iyer, Satosh Kumar, and Joseph Kaboski. #predoc @ndecon.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social jobs.nd.edu/postings/36391