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If you'll be at the AEA meetings, Leah Boustan, Director of our Program on Economic History, will be giving the AEA Distinguished Lecture on Sat., Jan 3:

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝? 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞

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It will also be live streamed online
Professor Leah Boustan
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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We're hiring! We're looking for someone amazing to join our team as a senior administrative assistant and Registrar for our Master's in International and Development Economics (IDE) program. Please share with colleagues who might be interested.

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Senior Administrative Assistant EGC and IDE Program Registrar
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December 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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The relationships between rich and poor countries were reshaped this year. Here is how the Economic Growth Center has contributed to knowledge and action in areas like trade, immigration, and climate in 2025, and a preview of what we have planned for 2026:

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The relationships between rich and poor countries were reshaped this year. Here is how the Economic Growth Center has contributed to knowledge and action in areas like trade, immigration, and climate…...
The relationships between rich and poor countries were reshaped this year. Here is how the Economic Growth Center has contributed to knowledge and action in areas like trade, immigration, and climate ...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Recently back from the COP30 conference, EGC director Rohini Pande explains how a new plan for carbon emissions she presented there could offer a path to global net zero.

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December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🆕 The global cost of gender inequality in labour market opportunities

Today on VoxDev w/ Pinelopi Goldberg (Yale University), Charles Gottlieb (Aix Marseille Université), Somik Lall, Meet Mehta, Michael Peters & Aishwarya Lakshmi Ratan (Yale Economic Growth Center): https://ow.ly/mwvG50XKM1g
The global cost of gender inequality in labour market opportunities
The new Global Gender Distortions Index (GGDI) quantifies the impact of gender gaps in the labour market, shedding light on how much higher economic activity would be if women had the same opportunities as men.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Continuing our series in EGC history:
In 1965, when the University of Bombay asked American economists to help build a program in monetary & international economics, their collaboration brought new research methods and perspectives on economic growth.

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P. R. Brahmananda, who co-developed the Wage-Goods Model, would go on to lead the University of Bombay Economics Department for many years.
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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👠 Fast fashion is part of one of the world’s most carbon-intensive industries, and secondhand shopping is often seen as a way to limit its negative impact. But new data suggests that the resale market could actually expand the sector’s carbon footprint.
December 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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🆕 When should big data and algorithms be used to determine programme eligibility?
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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🆕 How can experimental economics complement traditional tools in the field and guide more informed policy debates?
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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👋 Join us in welcoming Assistant Professor of Finance Cameron LaPoint as an EGC faculty affiliate!
Cameron LaPoint
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November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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🌳 What matters for Meghalaya’s forest conservation?

🍃 Yale #InclusionEconomics intern Austin Bodetti accompanied researchers investigating Meghalaya's payment for ecosystem services (PES) program aimed at preventing deforestation.

📚 Read the newest Perspectives article: ie.yale.edu/news/251117/...
Rooted in Community: Understanding Meghalaya’s Green Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) Program
Yale Inclusion Economics intern Austin Bodetti accompanies researchers investigating Meghalaya's payment for ecosystem services (PES) program aimed at preventing deforestation.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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🆕 Rethinking trade and development 📢

Today on VoxDevTalks, Pinelopi Goldberg (@yaleegc.bsky.social) & Michele Ruta (International Monetary Fund) discuss international trade and development: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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We’re excited to introduce the Yale Department of Economics 2025-26 Job Market Candidates!

Look out for individual posts about their research interests and job market papers this week, and learn more about the candidates here: economics.yale.edu/phd-program/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Hello world!

CALL FOR PAPERS - Annual Y-RISE Conference, Feb 2026.
Deadline: Nov 14, 2025.
We welcome papers related to complexities of scaling policy interventions.
See our website here for more details yrise.yale.edu
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Call for Papers: Y-RISE Annual Conference 2026. NEW deadline Nov 14, 2025....
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October 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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🏆 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg has been awarded the 2025 Jean-Jacques Laffont Award by the Toulouse School of Economics

📚 Learn more: egc.yale.edu/news/251030/...
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg Awarded 2025 Jean-Jacques Laffont Prize
The EGC affiliate was awarded the prize for her work on policy-relevant questions in trade and development.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🏭 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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We're pleased to host co-authors & discussants presenting their chapters in progress for the upcoming edition of the Handbook of Development Economics. A special thanks to editors Pascaline Dupas, Penny Goldberg & Rohini Pande!

More information on the event & Handbook: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/...
Handbook editor Rohini Pande introducing the event James Robinson presenting Handbook editors Pascaline Dupas, Penny Goldberg, and Rohini Pande All the contributors, discussants, and editors
September 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Join us for the 6th Women in International Economics Conference, October 16-17, 2025 at Yale!

See the agenda below. More information here: cowles.yale.edu/events/2025/...
September 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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As we kick off the fall semester, join us in welcoming our new faculty members to Yale!

Learn more about their backgrounds and research: economics.yale.edu/news/250828/...
The Department of Economics Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2025
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August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social: "𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞"

📶 The EGC affiliate wrote in @financialtimes.com on how mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places.

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Mobarak in Financial Times: "Living in remote areas shouldn’t be a death sentence"
EGC affiliate Mushfiq Mobarak authored a commentary in Financial Times on how mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places.
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August 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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🧑‍🎓 Learn more about the IDE Masters Program 🧑‍🎓

Join program leadership for an informational session about the International and Development Economics Master's program hosted by EGC & Yale Department of Economics.
August 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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👥 A recent experiment by Maria Kogelnik, a newly appointed Lecturer and Associate Research Scientist affiliated with EGC, suggests that differences in how men and women respond to feedback on past performance may partly explain longstanding gender gaps in many professions.
August 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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🌎 Immigration indisputably shapes economic growth and development in the United States. But today, immigration’s effects on the US economy is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics.
August 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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🆕 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg elected as International Fellow to @britishacademy.bsky.social.

🌟 The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

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Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg elected as International Fellow to the British Academy
The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. This year, 30 International Fellows have been elected from universities in the United States, Ireland, South Africa,...
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August 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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📝 Registration is open for the Firms, Trade, and Development Conference 2025!

EGC and @theigc.bsky.social are delighted to host the 2025 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference on October 24-25.
August 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM