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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Recently out in World Development, my paper on where & how the World Bank spends and lends money on international migration (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...). Today's blog summarizes some takeaways, & asks also where you can spend your charity dollars (blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...)

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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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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 06/07/2026

Migration: this tool helps us see where the world’s 280 million international migrants were born, and where they live now. → ourworldindata.org/where-do-mig...

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Dean Yang @deanyang.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon.bsky.social ... Open to every development economist, everywhere. Join the community: idea.devecon.org Please share 🌍

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026

Next up: Ingvild Almas (UZH Department of Economics) on perceived *unfair* inequality in labor markets — with a particular focus on the influence of inequality perceptions and fairness preferences.

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026

When good ends require dodgy means, what do people do? Our second keynote Roland Benabou (Princeton Economics) runs a real-stakes trolley plus 5 other ends-vs-means games. 20–44% pick non-consequentialist — but trolley choices predict *nothing* about the rest. Kantian/utilitarian isn't a trait.

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 08/05/2026

Last day of BÆM 2026. We conclude with a workshop on "Fairness in the Economy." We again have a jam-packed program of great presentations: www.baem.info/Program_FIE_... Stay tuned for live coverage!

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

Welcome to the third edition of the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings! We start with the Meeting on Development Economics. We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, w/ Kate Orkin @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social, Imran Rasul, and Pauline Rossi as invited speakers. Program: www.baem.info/Program_DEV_...

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Paul Hufe @paulhufe.net · 04/05/2026

💥 We’re absolutely thrilled that the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM) kick off tomorrow at the University of Bristol! 💥 We have an amazing program bringing together leading research on development, migration, and fairness in the economy.

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 04/05/2026

1/ Could more empathy improve working conditions? In a study with the Philippine government, we find that a family photo, shared with the employer, can reduce mistreatment of migrant domestic workers. Out now in the JPE Micro.

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 12/03/2026

Last call for applications. Deadline is on March 15.

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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Come join @nathannunn.bsky.social James Fenske, Stephan Heblich and myself in the far north of 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, boasts up to 240 nights of active aurora borealis per year ❤️

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🆕 How skilled migration from Asia reshaped the US economy 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, @econgaurav.bsky.social (@gpsucsd.bsky.social) discusses the rise of high-skilled migration from Asia to the US. 🔗 Link below ⤵️

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Andre Groeger @andregroeger.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Call for papers for the Migration Workshop of the BSE Summer Forum bse.eu/summer-forum... 📅 Dates: 8-9 June 2026 Keynotes: Leah Boustan & Sam Bazzi Organizers: L. Farré, J. Fernández-Huertas Moraga, A. Glitz, A. Groeger, J. Llull, J. Monràs ⏰ Deadline: 28 FEB @bsebarcelona.bsky.social

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Workshop on Migration

Find paper topics, past speakers, and the call for the next edition of the BSE Summer Forum Workshop on Migration

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 09/02/2026

📢 Fully funded PhD position at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics (Bonn) Opportunity to work on the scientific evaluation of @malengo.org, an exciting RCT on international educational migration from Uganda to Germany, and join our great team. www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/phd-...

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PhD-position - Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics - Bonn, Germany | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

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Catia Batista @catiabatista.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Apply to present your work at the @novafrica.bsky.social PhD Workshop on Development Economics. Organized by the fantastic Econ PhD students at Nova SBE!

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

🆕 How international migration shapes fertility and reproductive health back home Susan Godlonton (Williams College Economics Department) & Caroline Theoharides (Amherst) discuss how exposure to less restrictive health policies abroad lowered fertility in the Philippines: ow.ly/7lZw50Y4JiS

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How international migration shapes fertility and reproductive health back home

Exposure to less restrictive reproductive health policies via international migration leads to lower fertility in origin communities through the diffusion of new knowledge, preferences, and behaviour.

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 26/01/2026

BÆM💥5 days left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings! 🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi 👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides ⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås 👉 baem.info

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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person. Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... R.I.P., dear Jon.

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I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away. https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B We must have first met at several conferences…...

I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away. https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B We must have first met at several conferences ...

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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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Abhijeet Singh @singhabhi.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

This is a hard year for the job market. Dev economists: check out this available funding *if you’re open to be based in an LMIC* It could supplement your salary + provide research funds. Lots of research active hubs in Asia, Africa, LAC that would love to affiliate excellent global talent!

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 13/01/2026

📢 Less than 3 weeks left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). Come join us! 🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi 👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides ⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås 👉 baem.info

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Anja Prummer @anjaprummer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Inaugural Workshop of the Standing Committee for Political Economy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.), @vfsecon.bsky.social Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

📢 International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development. At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration. Register➡️ ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 20/12/2025

Great new evidence from the Philippines on the long-run multiplier of labor migration in countries of origin. "Initial migrant income shocks are magnified six-fold over time, increasing domestic income, education levels, migrant skills, and high-skilled migration."

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Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

We got a new paper out on Ukrainian #refugee entrepreneurs in Poland, with Cevat Giray Aksoy and Piotr Lewandowski. Check it out here: cevatgirayaksoy.com/wp-content/u... and see below for a THREAD!!! 👇 #EconTwitter

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 18/12/2025

The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries. In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas. www.iza.org/publications... 🧵 thread—>

1. Less skilled labor is abundant.
2. Skilled emigration is a brain drain.
3. Development substitutes for migration.
4. Migration substitutes for failing development, but doesn't cause development.

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 18/12/2025

📢 Call for papers 📢 Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on the Economics of Migration, May 6-7! Invited talks by Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, and Caroline Theoharides. Submit your paper by Jan 31. Some travel funding is available. baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf

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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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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 20/11/2025

📢 #CallForPapers 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration CEPR @ebrd.bsky.social King's College London & Sapienza University are co-organising a workshop on 28-29 May 2026 in Rome Submit by 23 January cepr.org/events/7th-w... @micheledimaio.bsky.social @plvezina.bsky.social #EconSky

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NBER @nber.org · 12/11/2025

Over the past 3 decades, high-skill migrants from Asia—especially India and China—have transformed the US economy, fueling innovation, tech, higher ed, and healthcare growth, from Gaurav Khanna www.nber.org/papers/w34449

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Pierre-Louis Vézina @plvezina.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome! Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford). Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Deadline 23 Jan. 🤓🔥🍕🍝🍷

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Wesley Stubenbord @wesleystubenbord.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

New from me: An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals. Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5

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Billionaire Migration: An Interactive Map

An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,106 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 05/11/2025

BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers: Development Economics, 5-6 May Economics of Migration, 6-7 May Fairness in the Economy, 8 May Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 24/10/2025

The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars. Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy. My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.

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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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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

In today's blog, I discuss 3 ways for international migration to be part of a structural transformation policy: 1) as an industry itself; 2) training people abroad in the skills to develop a new industry at home; and 3) through immigration (eg Start-up Chile) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

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International Migration as a Structural Transformation Policy

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Yuliya Kosyakova @yuliyakosyakova.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

📢 New publication out! We introduce the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey — a high-quality, longitudinal household panel on refugee integration in Germany. Combining rich survey data with administrative linkages. 📰 doi.org/10.1093/esr/... @iabnews.bsky.social @bamf.de @diw.de

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Free Primary Education is widely seen as a tool to promote long-term growth, but in a new working paper (🚨), @eleonoraguarnieri.bsky.social, Helmut Rainer and I show that the effects are more immediate and wide-reaching, with FPE leading to reduced fertility and greater female empowerment.

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Max Posch @maxposch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

✨Did markets make Americans more cooperative❓🔍 ✅YES‼️ Between 1850 and 1920, the US became the largest and most integrated economy in the world 📶🌎 We show that this shift didn’t just move goods and affect prices—it fundamentally changed culture and behavior 🧵 👇 1/17

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🆕 Why ‘Brain Drain’ is an incomplete story of migration 📢 Today on VoxDevTalks, @catiabatista.bsky.social (@novafrica.bsky.social) & Caroline Theoharides (Amherst College) discuss the channels through which emigration can benefit origin countries: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

"The human niche began to expand substantially ~70ka, driven by increased use of diverse habitats, from forests to deserts. Humans dispersing out of Africa after 50ka had distinct ecological flexibility as they encountered climatically challenging habitats." New from @elliescerri.bsky.social & co.👇🧪

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Major expansion in the human niche preceded out of Africa dispersal - Nature

Analysis of species distribution models in a pan-African database comprising chronometrically dated archaeological sites over the past 120,000 years shows major expansion in the human niche from 70 ka...

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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? I summarize our recent Science paper, &draw out lessons from where we need nuance (not all high-skilled is the same, & most studies lump together), what we don't know (especially how to do better policy) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

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How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? A new review highlights what we’ve learned and what we still don’t know

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Toman Barsbai @tomanbarsbai.com · 25/05/2025

How does high-skilled emigration affect countries of origin? "The weight of the evidence suggests that migration opportunities often increase human capital stock in origin countries and produce downstream beneﬁcial effects." I love Figure 3, which summarizes the mechanisms.

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Alex Mesoudi @alexmesoudi.com · 25/05/2025

Fascinating latest model of Homo sapiens evolution within Africa. Interesting finding that cultural innovation was accelerated by both population size increases, but also recombination across partially isolated regions (e.g. Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa)

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Malengo @malengo.org · 15/05/2025

Our scholars in Kenya are getting ready to start nursing training in Germany, supported by #Malengo. They've learned German & now seek forward-thinking employers. Know a clinic or healthcare provider hiring? Let us know! 📷 www.malengo.org #Nursing #TVET #Migration

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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Cross-species teamwork from @livingingroups.bsky.social reveals unexpected similarities in three social mammals 🤔 By lead author @pminasandra.bsky.social with Emily Grout, Katrina Brock, Meg Crofoot, Vlad Demartsev, Amlan Nayak, Eli Strauss, Ari Strandburg-Peshkin🧵1/2 www.ab.mpg.de/679000/news_...

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Very different mammals follow the same rules of behavior

Research hints at an underlying architecture that orders the movements of animals

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