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by Danila Serra

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Looking forward to participating in the BIG Forum event at @biglabnd.bsky.social next month!
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BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · Aug 13
The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Forum is September 25-26 at Notre Dame. We'll have talks by @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social @novosad.bsky.social and @taryndinkelman.bsky.social. #econsky
Register now! 👇

biglab.nd.edu/news-events/...
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The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Forum is September 25-26 at Notre Dame. We'll have talks by @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social @tedmiguel.bsky.social @novosad.bsky.social and @taryndinkelman.bsky.social. #econsky
Register now! 👇

biglab.nd.edu/news-events/...
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Seeing co-authors (@amandayagan.bsky.social‬ Bo Cowgill Jonathan Meer) IN PERSON, seeing my @aeacswep.bsky.social Mid-Career mentoring buddy (@danilaserra-eco.bsky.social) and CeMent mentee (Amanda Chuan), and all sorts of other shenanigans that won't be posted here
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Another great @nber.org summer institute has come and gone. Highlights were a great dinner with the crowd from Children/Families
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by Danila Serra

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Thank you to all who replied. I got the data I needed!
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Danila Serra @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social · Jun 24
#EconSky

Does anybody have DHS data for Bangladesh?

Or is there a webpage where somebody managed to save previously available DHS data?

Thank you for your help!
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
#EconSky

Does anybody have DHS data for Bangladesh?

Or is there a webpage where somebody managed to save previously available DHS data?

Thank you for your help!
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by Joshua Goodman — Reposted by Danila Serra, Dan Goldhaber, Caroline Krafft , and 10 more

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Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called:

"How to Write a Title and Abstract"

Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles.

#EconSky #AcademicSky
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by Dean Yang — Reposted by Danila Serra

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Great overview by @um-psc.bsky.social of our new review in @science.org about brain gain!

#EconSky #Migration
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · Jun 6
👀 Smaller, lower-income countries often rue the loss of high-skilled workers who emigrate for greater opportunities, but PSC's @deanyang.bsky.social @umfordschool.bsky.social et al find this out-migration often comes with positive feedback loops for countries of origin. myumi.ch/rAwer #EconSky
As India responded to international demand for IT workers, more people acquired skills than emigrated-- raising the number of people with those skills at home.
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
I gave a keynote address today at the AEA CTREE conference and I used my hands A LOT!

(My husband was in the audience for the first time ever, and took photographic evidence of my insane use of Italian hands!🤷‍♀️)
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
In Palo Alto for a talk and so glad I was able to see Kalena last night (despite flight cancellations and rescheduling)
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?" by Daniel Firoozi and Igor Geyn. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Do Tuition Subsidies Raise Political Participation?
(Forthcoming Article) - Civic externalities motivate education expenditures, but estimates of the civic returns to large-scale education subsidies are scarce. We use 16 million financial aid applicati...
www.aeaweb.org
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Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming book, Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. @flatironbooks.bsky.social, Sept 23! Containing 15 years of research & my personal story. Preorder links, book talks, & newsletter here! corinnelow.com/book
Orange, pink, and yellow book cover with white text, showing various objects representing women's lives, from a house to a kid's bike to an airplane, with some objects representing the stress of it all: dinner on fire, a broken high heel, a crying baby, a spilled coffee cup, and overflowing inbox. Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women's Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours. Corinne Low, PhD. On Sale 9.23.25.
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by Danila Serra

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This is so great to know! Thank you!
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by Danila Serra

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The one good news of the week is that @econcath.bsky.social & I were together in Lancaster as our paper “Gender Differences in the Choice of Major: The Importance of Female Role Models” (AEJ: Applied, 2020) reached 600 citations while we work on the follow-up study🎊

www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
Very happy to be in London for the @GLMLIC research conference at @LSEnews, learning about ongoing projects on gender and labor markets in low income countries.

@g2lmlic.bsky.social @iza.org
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Reposted by Danila Serra, Steven Pressman, Nathan Nunn , and 2 more

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Mississippi State Univ. is hiring a tenure-track Econ Assistant Prof w/ August start!

Open field; pref. for applied micro & teaching PhD Micro I & II (Micro II this fall).

Apply: MSU site & www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2025-01_111475768

Please repost—it's an off-cycle search. Thanks!
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by Cullen S. Hendrix — Reposted by Danila Serra, Kristof Titeca, Anne Deighton , and 1 more

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Trump is eliminating Wilson Center, a stellar US foreign policy study establishment. Along with it goes the Kennan Institute - one of the best Russia study institutions.
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
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A new blog with Justin Sadefur on the USAID cuts. Based on a leaked list of cancelled contracts and data from foreignassistancedotgov we try to calculate how deep the cuts by country and sector.

www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-c...
The USAID Cuts: Little Sign of Mercy for “Life-Saving” Health Programs
The bottom line: we estimate the cancelled awards represent somewhere over 34 percent of USAID programming. And notably, “life-saving” program areas like maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, malaria, ...
www.cgdev.org
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Reposted by Danila Serra, Michael Harris, Jonathan Smith , and 4 more

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AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
I will be in Lancaster visiting my friend and coauthor @econcath.bsky.social on April 1-11, with a short stay in London for the @iza.org @g2lmlic.bsky.social research conference on April 7-8.

I really need a break from this country.
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“The world must now affirm that human lives matter, no matter where they are.” In a new op-ed, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo call for governments, multilaterals, and philanthropists to double down on investing in evidence-backed programs that improve people’s lives. www.ft.com/content/43e9...
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo: Foreign aid can be effective without the US
In the wake of USAID cuts, wealthy nations and individuals must take the reins
www.ft.com
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by Danila Serra

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Looking forward!
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Sydnee Caldwell @sydneecaldwell.bsky.social · Feb 27
The spring NBER Gender meeting (theme: Women in the Digital World) is tomorrow! Program here: www.nber.org/conferences/...

The conference will be live-streamed on YouTube (www.youtube.com/nbervideos)
Gender in the Economy: Women in the Digital World, Spring 2025
www.nber.org
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Reposted by Danila Serra, Climent Quintana‐Domeque

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The spring NBER Gender meeting (theme: Women in the Digital World) is tomorrow! Program here: www.nber.org/conferences/...

The conference will be live-streamed on YouTube (www.youtube.com/nbervideos)
Gender in the Economy: Women in the Digital World, Spring 2025
www.nber.org
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
I really enjoyed listening to @elizabethlinos.bsky.social on Fresh Air. Highly recommended!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
The Ripple Effect Of Musk's Government Purge
Podcast Episode · Fresh Air · 02/26/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
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Reposted by Danila Serra, Alan de Brauw, Steven Glazerman

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Dean Karlan's job at USAID was LITERALLY to improve the efficiency of its programs.

DOGE is clearly not actually after cutting fraud and waste. And its actions will clearly make the US weaker while also making the world a worse place.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Why Dean Karlan, chief economist of USAID, resigned on Tuesday
He was hired in 2022 so the aid agency could get 'more bang for our buck' with its projects. He tried to reach out to help in the rebuilding of the agency. On Tuesday he tendered his resignation.
www.npr.org
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
Today is a special day.

My student Daniel Gomez-Vasquez defended his dissertation, and what a beautiful job he did today & in the past 4 years. He will join Holy Cross as an AP in a few months!

@asheassa.bsky.social @aeacsmgep.bsky.social

We will miss him @TAMUECON

I’m so very proud.
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by Danila Serra

danilaserra-eco.bsky.social
How are the European and UK Econ job markets for a semi-senior economist (plus excellent semi-senior historian of Eastern Europe) these days? Just curious…

Reading the news and witnessing what’s happening here in the US is becoming unbearable….😓
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@harvardkennedy.bsky.social asked a few of us to comment on the first weeks of DOGE. Read the perspectives of a wide range of faculty: www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...
Analyzing DOGE actions one month into Trump’s second administration
Faculty analysts at Harvard Kennedy School reflect on President Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency one month into the new administration.
www.hks.harvard.edu
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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by Michael A. Clemens — Reposted by Danila Serra

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One of the leading scholars of democracy is struggling to process what is happening just like everyone else: "Is democracy dying in the United States?"
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Adam Przeworski @adamprz.bsky.social · Feb 19
I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.
Diary
Week 1
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