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Hillary Turinawe @turinawehillarie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Greatful to @johanneshaushofer.com and @malengo.org for the opportunity! @unibonn.bsky.social has been a good place to study medicine.

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 09/09/2026

Hillary Turinawe is a @malengo.org scholar from Uganda. Within a year of arriving in Germany, he taught himself C1 German and was accepted for medical school at @unibonn.bsky.social. This week, he passed his "Physikum", the tough two-year exam on the way to becoming a doctor. Congratulations!!

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 01/09/2026

Ein phänomenaler Erfolg für die Kolleg*innen der @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, @albaerbock.bsky.social als Professor of Professional Practice gewinnen zu können. Für die ausgezeichneten Studierenden der @columbiasipa.bsky.social ist dieser Zugang zu Erfahrung & Expertise ein gigantischer Zugewinn

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 19/08/2026

In October 1786, the German physicist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg wrote to fellow scientist Johann Beckmann that if we want a sheet of paper to retain the same aspect ratio when it is halved or doubled, the aspect ratio must be sqrt(2). 1/n

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 26/06/2026

🗣️ Published today in @aeajournals.bsky.social. Ethan Lewis and I use a visa lottery, as a nationwide randomized experiment, to test the effects of foreign labor on US firms and workers. doi.org/10.1257/app.... A concise summary from @nber.org —> www.nber.org/digest/20221...

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US firms hiring foreign workers in low-skill nonfarm jobs face a binding quota on the "H-2B" visa, allocated in part through a randomized lottery. We evaluate the quota's marginal impact using the lottery, a novel firm survey, and a pre-analysis plan. Firms exogenously employing more H-2B workers in low-skill jobs increase production (elasticity 0.20–0.22), investment (1.5–2.1), and profits (0.15). The elasticity of substitution between H-2B and US workers is very low (0.8–2.2). Thus, the effect on US employment is zero or positive overall, and positive in rural areas. Forensic analysis suggests similarly low substitutability of black-market labor.

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Pia Raffler @piaraffler.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Publishing null results *is* hard. Thrilled to finally see this paper with @danielnposner.bsky.social and @dougparkerson.bsky.social investigating the impact of bottom-up accountability on healthcare outcomes in print in the JOP. Thread 👇 doi.org/10.1086/736577

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deankarlan.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

See www.nber.org/data-appendi... for a reply from BBBGH that we hope others find as useful as we did, thank you BBBGH team for laying out the heterogeneity issue so eloquently and clearly. We agree!

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deankarlan.bsky.social @deankarlan.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

New working paper with Amol Singh Raswan and Chris Udry: "The Sisyphean Pursuit of Evidence for Poverty Traps." A central idea in development economics is that poverty can trap people. We went looking for the cleanest evidence. Here's what we found – and didn't.

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Lexi Schubert @schubertlexi.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

⏳DUE TOMORROW!⏳ Calling all liberal arts college development economists: Submit your best work to LACDev at Wesleyan by May 18! 🔥 #EconSky #EconConf #LACDev #Wesleyan

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 09/05/2026

For your weekend entertainment, here are some impressions from a trip in a small airplane from Germany to the US last summer! I first did this in the other direction five years ago. My friend John came along again this time — he's a very experienced pilot, and of late also a world record holder!

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 06/05/2026

The second 2026 Bristol Applied Economics Meeting is on the Economics of Migration. We have an amazing program ahead of us. Stay tuned for one key takeaway per talk. Program: www.baem.info/Program_MIG_...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 17/04/2026

Congratulations to my awesome friend and former colleague @martinmattsson.bsky.social on winning the David Dollar Memorial Prize for this great paper! www.enterprisesurveys.org/en/david-dol...

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Stanislav Avdeev @stnavdeev.com · 19/03/2026

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics “University as a Melting Pot: Long-term Effects of Internationalization” Debates on international students often focus on capacity, funding, or competition. My paper shows the main effects on natives are not academic or economic, but social.

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Lee Crawfurd @leecrawfurd.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The Nazis stopped Jewish doctors from practising, so thousands of them left the country (my great grandfather was one of them). So many left that this was a good natural experiment for estimating the causal effect of losing doctors on infant mortality (& thousands died)

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Michel Maréchal @michelmarechal.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

New RCT: What happens when citizens experience incarceration firsthand? With Arto Arman, @andreasbeerli.bsky.social, and @aljoshahenkel.bsky.social Working paper: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 18/02/2026

Team "Elsevier Highlights Subversion" strikes again! Best one yet! @deankarlan.bsky.social, Monica Lambon-Quayefio, Utsav Manjeer, @christopher-udry.bsky.social

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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📢 Predoc Opportunity I'm hiring a full-time predoc to work with me at UC Berkeley, supporting my research on labor economics, the economics of education, and public policy. jesse-rothstein.com/rothstein_pr... Please pass on to anyone who might be interested. #econsky #econ_ra

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 13/02/2026

Jasmin Tendo Mpoza is a very special Malengo student: it turned out her high school degree was ineligible for university admission in Germany, and so she got a new one, remotely and studying by herself in Uganda. She is now getting a BA in International Business at Hochschule Anhalt, Germany.

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 30/01/2026

Social science folks: Have AI-powered phone surveys reached the useful stage yet? I found this paper arxiv.org/abs/2502.20140 from this company 60decibels.com, but it's still missing a rigorous test. This is potentially useful too: www.usesimple.ai Who has looked into this? Thanks for any hints!

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Sara Lowes @saralowes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Please apply to this pre-doc position to work on projects related to culture, political economy, and development in DRC and Mozambique. Strong data analysis skills required. First round of applications reviewed Feb. 2. employment.ucsd.edu/research-ass...

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Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We're hiring a research associate and a research intern for a field project on taxation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in gaining hands-on research and work experience in a low-income country in partnership with the local government.

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 17/01/2026

Gläder mig åt att regeringen med migrationsminister Forssell i spetsen prioriterar talangattraktion inom universitetsvärlden. Frågan är helt avgörande för kompetensförsörjningen inom universitet och högskola – och i förlängningen för Sveriges ställning som innovationsledare och kunskapsnation. 🧵/1

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NEW YORK. Trump-administrationens press på amerikanska lärosäten har fått många forskare att överväga en flytt och en rad tunga namn har redan lämnat.

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Can You Erase the Mark of a Criminal Record? Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation" by Amanda Agan, Andrew Garin, Dmitri Koustas, Alexandre Mas, and Crystal S. Yang. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Can You Erase the Mark of a Criminal Record? Labor Market Impacts of Criminal Record Remediation

(Forthcoming Article) - We investigate whether removing a previously-obtained criminal record improves employment outcomes. We estimate the causal impact of criminal record remediation laws that have ...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 16/01/2026

I continue to be inspired by our amazing Malengo students — here is another conversation, this time with Kiltan Karbous, a Sudanese refugee from Uganda, who is studying Physics in Leipzig.

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Anna Goeddeke @annagoeddeke.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Falls jemand einen Job sucht, wir suchen eine Leitung des International Office, 100%, 14er Stelle. Bitte auch gerne teilen.

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Blavatnik School of Government @blavatnikschool.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

💡Combining an aspirations workshop with a cash transfer helped Kenyan women gain greater control over household resources and reduced intimate partner violence, new research by Associate Professor Kate Orkin shows. Find out more👇

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Alexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I wanted to give an end-of-year shout out to @ourworldindata.org, who we recently gave a three-year, $3m general support grant (short 🧵)

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Forthcoming in the AER: "Abundance from Abroad: Migrant Income and Long-Run Economic Development" by Gaurav Khanna, Emir Murathanoglu, Caroline Theoharides, and Dean Yang. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Abundance from Abroad: Migrant Income and Long-Run Economic Development

(Forthcoming Article) - We study how international migrant income prospects affect long-run development in origin areas. We leverage the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis exchange rate shocks in a shift-sha...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 18/12/2025

Introducing the world to our amazing Malengo students, vol. 3: Please meet Ratif Ssemujju, who is a Malengo Uganda–University Scholar studying Management and Data Science at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. youtu.be/dbpN5gwdj9s

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Malengo Scholar Profiles: Ratif Ssemujju, Uganda–Germany University Scholar

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 09/12/2025

Big new blogpost! My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more. --> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful. www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 27/11/2025

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!

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Richard Nerland @richardnerland.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

I'm excited, the RCT suggests Malengo increases psychological well‑being by about 0.36 standard deviations. As a reference point, this is similar in magnitude to the improvements after vision-restoring cataract surgery. This is not obvious a priori!

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 22/11/2025

An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜 🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 17/11/2025

Siddharth Eapen George et al. study a 2006 Indian reform to show expanded credit access fosters #innovation for firms that face few non-financial barriers. But for the average firm, other barriers hinder their ability to translate credit into innovation. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

The 2006 reform significantly improved newly eligible firms’ ability to access credit. Long-term loan balances increased by 12% for newly eligible firms relative to firms with no shift in eligibility. Short-term and total borrowing also expanded by more than 20%. Yet the increased access to bank credit had little impact on product innovation.

Access to finance is an important driver of innovation in developed countries. This studies a 2006 reform in India that expanded credit access for many small Indian manufacturing firms, and finds a nuanced relationship between credit and innovation. Among firms that face few non-financial barriers, credit access fosters innovation, as in advanced economies. But for the average firm, additional barriers hinder their ability to translate credit into new and better products, diluting the effect of credit on innovation. Instead, these firms use credit to scale their existing operations and fully utilise current capacity.

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

A senior academic using mentoring as leverage to obtain sex is a contemptible abuser of power.

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 16/11/2025

It's my dear sister Lisa's (lisahaushofer.com) birthday on Wednesday, and she is raising money for the folks in Italy who helped us rescue a very cute puppy recently! More here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-anna-...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 13/11/2025

I'm excited to share a new way to support Malengo students! Through a new partnership with Neta (netafoundation.org), you can now invest in the success of @malengo.org students, and earn a return on your investment. 1/4

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Neta offers the first Donor Advised Fund that allows you to discover and invest in impactful technologies and research.

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 12/11/2025

- So many job market candidates! We should come up with a system to choose between them that takes into account their full spectrum of qualities. As a discipline that prides itself on nuance and sophisticated measurement, along how many dimensions do you think we should rank them? - Economists:

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ALT: a man with a beard is making a face and the word one is on his face

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Victoria Baranov @vicbar.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🚨 We are hiring! ‼️‼️ tenured track assistant or associate prof in economics at university of Melbourne @unimelb.bsky.social welcome applications from all fields (but especially from econometrics) econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 05/11/2025

Introducing the world to our amazing Malengo students, vol. 2: Please meet Violet Nampala from Uganda, who is studying Energy Systems Engineering at Deggendorf Institute of Technology, Germany! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru9R...

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Malengo Scholar Profiles: Violet Nampala, Uganda–Germany University Scholar

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 05/11/2025

The Shapiro Foundation's new investment in Malengo is a great milestone for us! Here are some more details: malengo.org/malengo-secu...

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 01/11/2025

In some places, 18+m refers to the age in months at which the book is appropriate. In Germany it refers to the maximum number of letters per word

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 26/10/2025

One of the great joys of working on @malengo.org is interacting with our amazing students. Here is a conversation I had with Hillary Turinawe, who is studying Medicine in Bonn, Germany.

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Johannes Haushofer @johanneshaushofer.com · 23/10/2025

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...

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