Exciting news on @malengo.org, the NGO that helps East African students move to Europe for education: Our research team has given us a glimpse of their early findings!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
Great news on @malengo.org: With a new large investment from The Shapiro Foundation (theshapirofoundation.org), we'll be able to bring several hundred vocational training and university students from Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda to Europe over the coming years!
More here: malengo.org/malengo-secu...
1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
Please share: I am hiring 2 #Pre-doc RA's to work with me on topics in #Structural #Transformation funded by the #ERC-project #RUSTDEC. 1. Data Collection Specialist (euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/307727), 2. Analysis Specialist (euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/307733). #econ_ra #geospatial #EconSky
For those who want to jump to the frontier in select areas of economics, the AEA has posted the webcasts of this year’s continuing lectures. Thanks much to @lawrencekatz.bsky.social for his leadership and vision in assembling these lectures.
www.aeaweb.org/conference/w...
I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place.
psantanna.com/did-resources
There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends
Enjoy!
It's time for an end-of-year update on @malengo.org! Our goal is to alleviate extreme poverty by facilitating international educational migration. Our flagship program supports Ugandan high school graduates in applying for and obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Germany. Here is what we're been up to!
I'm teaching an online two-day workshop on advanced IV topics this February 10th and 12th, through @causalinf.bsky.social's Mixtape platform. All are welcome. Sign up here!
www.mixtapesessions.io/session/iv_f...
I'm very excited to join the Brooks School of Public Policy and the Department of Economics at @cornelluniversity.bsky.social in January. And we're hiring pre-doc fellows in development economics! Great 1–2 year PhD preparation. Please share widely! cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...
Economists love using linear regression to estimate treatment effects — it turns out that there are perils to this method, but also amazing perks
Come with me in this 🧵 if you want to learn about our now-published paper "Contamination Bias in Linear Regressions!"
1/ (Twitter rerun!)
My new, very brief article is about economic growth — highlighting nine countries in Africa where incomes have more than doubled since 1990.
Come work with us on international educational migration! 🌍 We’re hiring a #PreDoc at @eegmpi.bsky.social in Bonn.
Join a team of fantastic researchers to work on an ambitious RCT with real-world impact.
📢 We are excited to hear from you! career.coll.mpg.de/jobposting/c...
#econ_ra #EconSky
Apply and join our team to conduct pioneering research on international educational migration!
