Coleson Weir
@colesonweir.bsky.social
Economics PhD student @ndecon.bsky.social @biglabnd.bsky.social| Development, Political Economy, Gender | PhD Fellow @kellogginstitute.bsky.social | @udelaware.bsky.social Alum | he/him
www.colesonweir.com
www.colesonweir.com
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📢 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
🔬Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25
✍ Learn more and apply: buff.ly/BjAcByg
#econ #predoc
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📢 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
🔬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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We have completed another semi-regular update of our featured faculty publications wall in the department. This go-round, we are highlighting publications from Taryn Dinkelman @taryndinkelman.bsky.social; Lakshmi Iyer + grad student @colesonweir.bsky.social; @cmatthes.bsky.social; and Davin Raiha.
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We have completed another semi-regular update of our featured faculty publications wall in the department. This go-round, we are highlighting publications from Taryn Dinkelman @taryndinkelman.bsky.social; Lakshmi Iyer + grad student @colesonweir.bsky.social; @cmatthes.bsky.social; and Davin Raiha.
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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...
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 …
www.sciencedirect.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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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Register Now! Registration for the BIG Forum at Notre Dame closes September 12 - this Friday.
We will have keynotes by Dean Karlan, Ted Miguel and Pete Klenow and great sessions looking at development through the lenses of micro, macro and political economy.
buff.ly/XjHrEai
We will have keynotes by Dean Karlan, Ted Miguel and Pete Klenow and great sessions looking at development through the lenses of micro, macro and political economy.
buff.ly/XjHrEai
September 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Register Now! Registration for the BIG Forum at Notre Dame closes September 12 - this Friday.
We will have keynotes by Dean Karlan, Ted Miguel and Pete Klenow and great sessions looking at development through the lenses of micro, macro and political economy.
buff.ly/XjHrEai
We will have keynotes by Dean Karlan, Ted Miguel and Pete Klenow and great sessions looking at development through the lenses of micro, macro and political economy.
buff.ly/XjHrEai
Looking forward to the great line up of speakers next month. Register below!
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
August 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Looking forward to the great line up of speakers next month. Register below!
🚨 New working paper 🚨
With Lakshmi Iyer and Susan Ostermann. We examine whether there was political influence in India's redistricting process, and how this affects the probability politicians recontest their seat 1/4
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1boGg...
With Lakshmi Iyer and Susan Ostermann. We examine whether there was political influence in India's redistricting process, and how this affects the probability politicians recontest their seat 1/4
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1boGg...
August 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨 New working paper 🚨
With Lakshmi Iyer and Susan Ostermann. We examine whether there was political influence in India's redistricting process, and how this affects the probability politicians recontest their seat 1/4
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1boGg...
With Lakshmi Iyer and Susan Ostermann. We examine whether there was political influence in India's redistricting process, and how this affects the probability politicians recontest their seat 1/4
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1boGg...
Thrilled our paper "The Colonial Legacy in India: How Persistent are the Effects of Historical Institutions?" is forthcoming at the JDE. We examine how historical institutions continue to shape development today. Colonial legacies can dissipate through targeted public policy. 1/6
New research by Lakshmi Iyer & Coleson Weir explores the persistence of colonial-era disparities in India, finding that some have faded while others remain, highlighting the impact of targeted policies. Journal of Development Economics: buff.ly/sdfvnh0
June 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Thrilled our paper "The Colonial Legacy in India: How Persistent are the Effects of Historical Institutions?" is forthcoming at the JDE. We examine how historical institutions continue to shape development today. Colonial legacies can dissipate through targeted public policy. 1/6
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February 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The Demographic and Heath Survey program received their USAID termination email last night
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February 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Demographic and Heath Survey program received their USAID termination email last night
www.linkedin.com/posts/caren-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/caren-...
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What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
February 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Excited to see Lakshmi and my work cited in Simon Johnson’s Nobel Lecture this past week! Great way to end the semester.
Link to clip of Johnson's lecture: youtube.com/clip/Ugkxu2-...
@ndecon.bsky.social @biglabnd.bsky.social
Link to clip of Johnson's lecture: youtube.com/clip/Ugkxu2-...
@ndecon.bsky.social @biglabnd.bsky.social
December 15, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Excited to see Lakshmi and my work cited in Simon Johnson’s Nobel Lecture this past week! Great way to end the semester.
Link to clip of Johnson's lecture: youtube.com/clip/Ugkxu2-...
@ndecon.bsky.social @biglabnd.bsky.social
Link to clip of Johnson's lecture: youtube.com/clip/Ugkxu2-...
@ndecon.bsky.social @biglabnd.bsky.social
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One more for the inequality researchers. Writing a book and looking to read research/work from scholars thinking deeply on the topic of socioeconomic inequality. Please reply if you'd like to be added. Viewing this as a really convenient bibliography (thanks @bsky.app): go.bsky.app/L6iReaW
Economic Inequality
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 AM
One more for the inequality researchers. Writing a book and looking to read research/work from scholars thinking deeply on the topic of socioeconomic inequality. Please reply if you'd like to be added. Viewing this as a really convenient bibliography (thanks @bsky.app): go.bsky.app/L6iReaW
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I keep adding development economists to this starter pack. If you haven't looked in a while there should be lots of new people. #econsky #devecon
If this is all new to you, there's also a part 1 on my bio. Let me know if I should add you, a friend, a job market candidate, etc.
go.bsky.app/2RbAeCP
If this is all new to you, there's also a part 1 on my bio. Let me know if I should add you, a friend, a job market candidate, etc.
go.bsky.app/2RbAeCP
November 15, 2024 at 12:53 PM
I keep adding development economists to this starter pack. If you haven't looked in a while there should be lots of new people. #econsky #devecon
If this is all new to you, there's also a part 1 on my bio. Let me know if I should add you, a friend, a job market candidate, etc.
go.bsky.app/2RbAeCP
If this is all new to you, there's also a part 1 on my bio. Let me know if I should add you, a friend, a job market candidate, etc.
go.bsky.app/2RbAeCP
Presented at the Legacies Workshop in Trondheim hosted by @ntnu-iss.bsky.social . Great presentations and work on the long-run effects of historical institutions. Thoroughly enjoyed my time in Norway!
November 21, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Presented at the Legacies Workshop in Trondheim hosted by @ntnu-iss.bsky.social . Great presentations and work on the long-run effects of historical institutions. Thoroughly enjoyed my time in Norway!
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I am putting together a starter pack with researchers working on the Economic History of Africa. Let me know if you’d like to be included!
go.bsky.app/EmGLkbT
go.bsky.app/EmGLkbT
November 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM
I am putting together a starter pack with researchers working on the Economic History of Africa. Let me know if you’d like to be included!
go.bsky.app/EmGLkbT
go.bsky.app/EmGLkbT
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I made a quick starter pack on scholars working/having worked on historical political economy (wide definition). go.bsky.app/Hz9LmgL
(please make [self]suggestions to improve the starter pack)
(please make [self]suggestions to improve the starter pack)
November 12, 2024 at 12:54 PM
I made a quick starter pack on scholars working/having worked on historical political economy (wide definition). go.bsky.app/Hz9LmgL
(please make [self]suggestions to improve the starter pack)
(please make [self]suggestions to improve the starter pack)
Had a great time presenting at #NEUDC2024 last week.
I presented my research showing the negative effects of colonial institutions can be overcome through targeted public policy and government investment
I presented my research showing the negative effects of colonial institutions can be overcome through targeted public policy and government investment
November 12, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Had a great time presenting at #NEUDC2024 last week.
I presented my research showing the negative effects of colonial institutions can be overcome through targeted public policy and government investment
I presented my research showing the negative effects of colonial institutions can be overcome through targeted public policy and government investment
🚨 New working paper 🚨
I study the impact of banning female genital cutting (FGC) on women’s educational attainment in Benin. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/5
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1CYY2...
I study the impact of banning female genital cutting (FGC) on women’s educational attainment in Benin. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/5
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1CYY2...
July 11, 2024 at 5:40 PM
🚨 New working paper 🚨
I study the impact of banning female genital cutting (FGC) on women’s educational attainment in Benin. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/5
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1CYY2...
I study the impact of banning female genital cutting (FGC) on women’s educational attainment in Benin. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/5
Paper Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1CYY2...
🚨 New working paper 🚨
with Lakshmi Iyer (@ndecon.bsky.social). We study the persistence of effects of historical institutions in India. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/3
Paper Link: www.iza.org/publications...
with Lakshmi Iyer (@ndecon.bsky.social). We study the persistence of effects of historical institutions in India. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/3
Paper Link: www.iza.org/publications...
June 28, 2024 at 5:09 PM
🚨 New working paper 🚨
with Lakshmi Iyer (@ndecon.bsky.social). We study the persistence of effects of historical institutions in India. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/3
Paper Link: www.iza.org/publications...
with Lakshmi Iyer (@ndecon.bsky.social). We study the persistence of effects of historical institutions in India. Highlighting the results in this thread: 1/3
Paper Link: www.iza.org/publications...
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I’ve loved being part of the Census Tree project!! New NBER working paper out today demonstrates some of the great findings available in this rich dataset!
This work is made possible by the Census Tree, which Joe Price, Adrian Haws, Haley Wilbert, and I worked to create (with many other contributors at the BYU Record Linking Lab and at Notre Dame). Find out how we did it and access the data for yourself at censustree.org!
Census Tree
censustree.org
December 4, 2023 at 4:24 PM
I’ve loved being part of the Census Tree project!! New NBER working paper out today demonstrates some of the great findings available in this rich dataset!
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Last night, our grad students had an international potluck dinner. Looks like they had a good time.
December 3, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Last night, our grad students had an international potluck dinner. Looks like they had a good time.
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UDelaware Biden School of Public Policy is hiring 2 assistant/associate TT economists:
1) applied micro (public policy/public sector) careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
2) political economy careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Come hang out with me and #DeanAmySchwartz (and other cool folks!) at UD!
1) applied micro (public policy/public sector) careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
2) political economy careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Come hang out with me and #DeanAmySchwartz (and other cool folks!) at UD!
November 2, 2023 at 3:09 PM
UDelaware Biden School of Public Policy is hiring 2 assistant/associate TT economists:
1) applied micro (public policy/public sector) careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
2) political economy careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Come hang out with me and #DeanAmySchwartz (and other cool folks!) at UD!
1) applied micro (public policy/public sector) careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
2) political economy careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Come hang out with me and #DeanAmySchwartz (and other cool folks!) at UD!
First conference in the books. Had a great experience presenting my research on the effects of banning FGC at the IAES conference in Philly this weekend! @ndecon.bsky.social
October 8, 2023 at 2:15 PM
First conference in the books. Had a great experience presenting my research on the effects of banning FGC at the IAES conference in Philly this weekend! @ndecon.bsky.social
Hi #EconSky. Just made the move from Econ Twitter so I wanted to introduce myself.
I’m a 2nd year PhD student at Notre Dame. My research interests are in development economics, political economy, and applied microeconomics broadly.
Looking forward to connecting with everyone on here!
I’m a 2nd year PhD student at Notre Dame. My research interests are in development economics, political economy, and applied microeconomics broadly.
Looking forward to connecting with everyone on here!
September 25, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Hi #EconSky. Just made the move from Econ Twitter so I wanted to introduce myself.
I’m a 2nd year PhD student at Notre Dame. My research interests are in development economics, political economy, and applied microeconomics broadly.
Looking forward to connecting with everyone on here!
I’m a 2nd year PhD student at Notre Dame. My research interests are in development economics, political economy, and applied microeconomics broadly.
Looking forward to connecting with everyone on here!