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Virna Vidal-Menezes

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Economics PhD candidate at Notre Dame ☘️ Development and Education | 🇧🇷 www.virnavidalmenezes.com

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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Congratulations to our graduate students who completed their PhDs and participated in @notredame.bsky.social commencement festivities this weekend.
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Virna Vidal-Menezes @vvidalmenezes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Very excited about this incredible opportunity! @naeducation.bsky.social
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Congratulations to our colleague Heitor Pellegrina, who has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. Heitor is an outstanding scholar and a dedicated teacher. We are so happy to have him as a permanent member of our faculty! sites.google.com/site/heitorp...
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Heitor Pellegrina
Heitor Pellegrina Patrick J. O'Malley III and Christine A. O'Malley Assistant Professor Department of Economics University of Notre Dame Research Interests: Trade, Development, and the Environment...
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations to our colleague Kasey Buckles, @kaseybuckles.bsky.social, the winner of this year's Graduate Student Mentorship Award in the College of Arts and Letters. Kasey will be honored and give a short speech at the May 7 College meeting. @notredame.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social
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Coleson Weir @colesonweir.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This podcast covers Lakshmi and my recent article in the Journal of Development Economics. This paper examines the long-run economic effects of colonial rule in India. We conclude that targeted public policy can counteract the negative effects of colonialism.
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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 30/03/2026
🚨New working paper alert! 🚨 The US spends huge $ on special education services for students with disabilities. Is that spending effective? Today we released a working paper suggesting it is. "Special Education Substantially Improves Learning: Evidence from Three States" Let me explain...
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Our graduate students celebrating some placement success!
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BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
📢 🌍 Don’t miss the BIG Lab's Colloquium on Debt Relief in the Global South this May! Be part of two days of forward-thinking discussion and real-world problem-solving with experts in the field. Register here:
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Colloquium on Debt Relief in the Global South
Academic policy conference sovereign debt relief forgiveness global south LMIC Notre Dame
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Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
My Job Market Paper was quoted here! How cool?!
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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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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 …
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BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
📢 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
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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 (mkotowsk@nd.edu).
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Students on the Job Market
A list of economics students on the job market
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BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Some pictures from our graduate students' welcome back party this weekend.
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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 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...
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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 Forum
The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab seeks to address structural & barriers to equitable economic growth in different parts of the world.
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BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
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
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Virna Vidal-Menezes @vvidalmenezes.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
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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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 11/12/2024
People across developing regions are spending far more time in school than 20 years ago
A line graph titled "Regional trends in average years of schooling, 2000 to 2022" shows the average number of years that adults over 25 participated in formal education across different regions. The vertical axis represents years of schooling, ranging from 0 to 8 years, with marked lines at 2, 4, 6, and 8 years. The horizontal axis indicates the years from 2000 to 2022.

Four distinct data series are represented by colored lines: 

- **Latin America and the Caribbean** 
- **East Asia and the Pacific**  
- **South Asia** 
- **Sub-Saharan Africa** 

A note on the graph emphasizes that both Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have seen significant improvements in average years of schooling. The data source is indicated as the UNDP, Human Development Report (2024).
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It’s beginning to look like Christmas in the department
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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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
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Notre Dame Economics @ndecon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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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BIG Lab @biglabnd.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
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
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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 ...
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