Mariapia Mendola
@marimendola.bsky.social
Professor of economics at University of Milano Bicocca. Development economics and Migration, Passionate explorer, Proud mom 🦉
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A national extension programme in Uganda raised farmers’ expectations and adoption of oilseed crops – revealing how beliefs, not just knowledge, drive agricultural transformation.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A national extension programme in Uganda raised farmers’ expectations and adoption of oilseed crops – revealing how beliefs, not just knowledge, drive agricultural transformation.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
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🆕 How information shapes farmers’ expectations and adoption in Uganda
Today on VoxDev, Jacopo Bonan (Milan), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State) & Mariapia Mendola (Milano-Bicocca) discuss a national extension programme in Uganda: https://ow.ly/9ZwG50XlBQg
Today on VoxDev, Jacopo Bonan (Milan), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State) & Mariapia Mendola (Milano-Bicocca) discuss a national extension programme in Uganda: https://ow.ly/9ZwG50XlBQg
How information shapes farmers’ expectations and adoption in Uganda
A national extension programme in Uganda raised farmers’ expectations and adoption of oilseed crops – revealing how beliefs, not just knowledge, drive agricultural transformation.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🆕 How information shapes farmers’ expectations and adoption in Uganda
Today on VoxDev, Jacopo Bonan (Milan), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State) & Mariapia Mendola (Milano-Bicocca) discuss a national extension programme in Uganda: https://ow.ly/9ZwG50XlBQg
Today on VoxDev, Jacopo Bonan (Milan), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State) & Mariapia Mendola (Milano-Bicocca) discuss a national extension programme in Uganda: https://ow.ly/9ZwG50XlBQg
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Innovation is at the center of economic growth. Congratulations to three who’ve taught us so much.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
October 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Innovation is at the center of economic growth. Congratulations to three who’ve taught us so much.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...
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This is a crucial point. Still relatively few economists are explicitly trained on this point, and too many econ papers show it.
Say you’ve got very good causal IDENTIFICATION. Can you say you have causality, can make a causal general claim, and can say what “THE causal effect” is?
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
The necessity of construct and external validity for deductive causal inference
The Credibility Revolution advances internally valid research designs intended to identify causal effects from quantitative data. The ensuing emphasis on internal validity, however, has enabled a negl...
www.degruyter.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is a crucial point. Still relatively few economists are explicitly trained on this point, and too many econ papers show it.
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Heading home after a great conference in Luxembourg! Many thanks to the organizers and the inspiring keynote speakers @marimendola.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social
Don't miss it next year!
Don't miss it next year!
May 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Heading home after a great conference in Luxembourg! Many thanks to the organizers and the inspiring keynote speakers @marimendola.bsky.social @essobecker.bsky.social
Don't miss it next year!
Don't miss it next year!
What a lovely event with so many outstanding scholars!! There is beauty everywhere..if you only look (cit.)❣️🌷💛
#centrodagliano #unimb
#centrodagliano #unimb
April 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What a lovely event with so many outstanding scholars!! There is beauty everywhere..if you only look (cit.)❣️🌷💛
#centrodagliano #unimb
#centrodagliano #unimb
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Well there it is. I received this yesterday.
Data paid for and owned by the US public, now impounded and inaccessible—illegally, arbitrarily, indefinitely.
Anyone seeking ‘efficiency’ would at most seek an alternative data host.
Anyone seeking to suppress academic speech would… do this.
Data paid for and owned by the US public, now impounded and inaccessible—illegally, arbitrarily, indefinitely.
Anyone seeking ‘efficiency’ would at most seek an alternative data host.
Anyone seeking to suppress academic speech would… do this.
April 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Well there it is. I received this yesterday.
Data paid for and owned by the US public, now impounded and inaccessible—illegally, arbitrarily, indefinitely.
Anyone seeking ‘efficiency’ would at most seek an alternative data host.
Anyone seeking to suppress academic speech would… do this.
Data paid for and owned by the US public, now impounded and inaccessible—illegally, arbitrarily, indefinitely.
Anyone seeking ‘efficiency’ would at most seek an alternative data host.
Anyone seeking to suppress academic speech would… do this.
📌Call for applications out! 👀👀
Summer School on "Geo-economics, Natural Resources and Development" on Sept 2-5 in Tuscany, with the great Mathias Thoenig & Mathieu Couttenier!!
Deadline: May 9
cepr.org/events/twent...
#EconConf #cepr #centrodagliano
Summer School on "Geo-economics, Natural Resources and Development" on Sept 2-5 in Tuscany, with the great Mathias Thoenig & Mathieu Couttenier!!
Deadline: May 9
cepr.org/events/twent...
#EconConf #cepr #centrodagliano
April 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
📌Call for applications out! 👀👀
Summer School on "Geo-economics, Natural Resources and Development" on Sept 2-5 in Tuscany, with the great Mathias Thoenig & Mathieu Couttenier!!
Deadline: May 9
cepr.org/events/twent...
#EconConf #cepr #centrodagliano
Summer School on "Geo-economics, Natural Resources and Development" on Sept 2-5 in Tuscany, with the great Mathias Thoenig & Mathieu Couttenier!!
Deadline: May 9
cepr.org/events/twent...
#EconConf #cepr #centrodagliano
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Many of the world's best and brightest young people once came to study in the United States, fueling our global innovation powerhouse.
They now know that if they come, they can be seized by secret police off the street, at any moment—without charges, trial, or appeal, with absolute discretion.
They now know that if they come, they can be seized by secret police off the street, at any moment—without charges, trial, or appeal, with absolute discretion.
Marco Rubio on Rumeysa Ozturk: "We revoked her visa ... once you've lost your visa, you're no longer legally in the United States ... if you come into the US as a visitor and create a ruckus for us, we don't want it. We don't want it in our country. Go back and do it in your country."
March 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Many of the world's best and brightest young people once came to study in the United States, fueling our global innovation powerhouse.
They now know that if they come, they can be seized by secret police off the street, at any moment—without charges, trial, or appeal, with absolute discretion.
They now know that if they come, they can be seized by secret police off the street, at any moment—without charges, trial, or appeal, with absolute discretion.
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What the fuck
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the government revoked the visa of Rumeysa Ozturk, an international student at Tufts University who was detained by U.S. immigration agents on Tuesday. Ozturk, a Turkish citizen and a Muslim, has written essays in support of Palestinian rights. nyti.ms/4janPRO
March 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What the fuck
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"Tariffs alone will not reduce the trade deficit or restore manufacturing jobs."
"Even worse, tariff threats distract us from the true sources of America's social problems and the policies that could help."
My @piie.com colleague, and top authority, Maury Obstfeld in @financialtimes.com —>
"Even worse, tariff threats distract us from the true sources of America's social problems and the policies that could help."
My @piie.com colleague, and top authority, Maury Obstfeld in @financialtimes.com —>
Tariffs are not going to solve America’s ills
Punitive import duties will neither reduce the US trade deficit nor boost employment in manufacturing
www.ft.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Tariffs alone will not reduce the trade deficit or restore manufacturing jobs."
"Even worse, tariff threats distract us from the true sources of America's social problems and the policies that could help."
My @piie.com colleague, and top authority, Maury Obstfeld in @financialtimes.com —>
"Even worse, tariff threats distract us from the true sources of America's social problems and the policies that could help."
My @piie.com colleague, and top authority, Maury Obstfeld in @financialtimes.com —>
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Hi #econbluesky community!
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
March 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Hi #econbluesky community!
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
Hi #econbluesky community!
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
March 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Hi #econbluesky community!
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
Excited to announce our Workshop on "Discrimination, Social Inclusion, and Development" at #MilanoBicocca on April 3-4, 2025!
Check out our amazing lineup of speakers and join us if you're in or around Milan—the workshop is free!
More info here: tinyurl.com/yeydfrbu
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📣Last call for BÆM 2025!
💥Development Economics (May 6-7),
Keynote: @saralowes.bsky.social (UCSD)
💥Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital (May 8-9)
Keynote: Michèle Tertilt (Mannheim).
Submissions close tomorrow, 28th Feb!
More info 👇
bsky.app/profile/paul...
💥Development Economics (May 6-7),
Keynote: @saralowes.bsky.social (UCSD)
💥Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital (May 8-9)
Keynote: Michèle Tertilt (Mannheim).
Submissions close tomorrow, 28th Feb!
More info 👇
bsky.app/profile/paul...
BÆM is back! Come and join us in beautiful Bristol for the 2nd edition of the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings:
Development Economics: May 6-7
Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital: May 8-9
Submit your paper by Feb 28. Travel support is available. baem.info. 1/4
Development Economics: May 6-7
Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital: May 8-9
Submit your paper by Feb 28. Travel support is available. baem.info. 1/4
February 27, 2025 at 6:38 AM
📣Last call for BÆM 2025!
💥Development Economics (May 6-7),
Keynote: @saralowes.bsky.social (UCSD)
💥Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital (May 8-9)
Keynote: Michèle Tertilt (Mannheim).
Submissions close tomorrow, 28th Feb!
More info 👇
bsky.app/profile/paul...
💥Development Economics (May 6-7),
Keynote: @saralowes.bsky.social (UCSD)
💥Gender, Diversity, and Human Capital (May 8-9)
Keynote: Michèle Tertilt (Mannheim).
Submissions close tomorrow, 28th Feb!
More info 👇
bsky.app/profile/paul...
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10 days left to apply to the next edition of the "Firms, Labor Markets, and Development" Workshop to be held in Bari, Italy, on 20-21 June.
Keynote speaker: Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale)
Info: steg.cepr.org/events/firms...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social
@marimendola.bsky.social
@fscoamodio.bsky.social
Keynote speaker: Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale)
Info: steg.cepr.org/events/firms...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social
@marimendola.bsky.social
@fscoamodio.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
10 days left to apply to the next edition of the "Firms, Labor Markets, and Development" Workshop to be held in Bari, Italy, on 20-21 June.
Keynote speaker: Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale)
Info: steg.cepr.org/events/firms...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social
@marimendola.bsky.social
@fscoamodio.bsky.social
Keynote speaker: Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale)
Info: steg.cepr.org/events/firms...
@micheledimaio.bsky.social
@marimendola.bsky.social
@fscoamodio.bsky.social
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This is an illegal action by the US Administration. USAID is Congressionally mandated as an independent agency. It is not a small office of the State Department.
Those now choosing to ignore their duty to our laws, whether Conservative or Liberal, will miss them when they have lost meaning.
Those now choosing to ignore their duty to our laws, whether Conservative or Liberal, will miss them when they have lost meaning.
Currently: Letter by letter, crews remove the "U.S. Agency for International Development" signage from its HQ — a striking visual of the abrupt dismantling of USAID, which was est. by JFK in 1961 & delivered humanitarian aid around the world for decades (a small fraction will be folded into State)
February 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is an illegal action by the US Administration. USAID is Congressionally mandated as an independent agency. It is not a small office of the State Department.
Those now choosing to ignore their duty to our laws, whether Conservative or Liberal, will miss them when they have lost meaning.
Those now choosing to ignore their duty to our laws, whether Conservative or Liberal, will miss them when they have lost meaning.
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Keep your papers coming and join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on Development Economics, May 6-7!
📢 Invited talks by the brilliant @saralowes.bsky.social, Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang.bsky.social
📅 Submission deadline: Feb 28.
Details here👉http://baem.info
📢 Invited talks by the brilliant @saralowes.bsky.social, Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang.bsky.social
📅 Submission deadline: Feb 28.
Details here👉http://baem.info
January 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Keep your papers coming and join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on Development Economics, May 6-7!
📢 Invited talks by the brilliant @saralowes.bsky.social, Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang.bsky.social
📅 Submission deadline: Feb 28.
Details here👉http://baem.info
📢 Invited talks by the brilliant @saralowes.bsky.social, Devesh Rustagi & @deanyang.bsky.social
📅 Submission deadline: Feb 28.
Details here👉http://baem.info
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📢 4th Workshop on #Gender & #Economics
🗓️ May 22-23, 2025 at @uni.lu in #Luxembourg
🗣️ With keynotes from @marimendola.bsky.social & @essobecker.bsky.social
💪 Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Demographic Economics.
⏳ Submit via 📩 to dem@uni.lu before 15/03/25
🗓️ May 22-23, 2025 at @uni.lu in #Luxembourg
🗣️ With keynotes from @marimendola.bsky.social & @essobecker.bsky.social
💪 Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Demographic Economics.
⏳ Submit via 📩 to dem@uni.lu before 15/03/25
January 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📢 4th Workshop on #Gender & #Economics
🗓️ May 22-23, 2025 at @uni.lu in #Luxembourg
🗣️ With keynotes from @marimendola.bsky.social & @essobecker.bsky.social
💪 Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Demographic Economics.
⏳ Submit via 📩 to dem@uni.lu before 15/03/25
🗓️ May 22-23, 2025 at @uni.lu in #Luxembourg
🗣️ With keynotes from @marimendola.bsky.social & @essobecker.bsky.social
💪 Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Demographic Economics.
⏳ Submit via 📩 to dem@uni.lu before 15/03/25
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I'm honored to be elected to the editorial board of my favorite academic journal, the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
And excited to work with so many people I deeply admire at @aeajournals.bsky.social —>
www.aeaweb.org/journals/jep... #EconSky cc @piie.com
And excited to work with so many people I deeply admire at @aeajournals.bsky.social —>
www.aeaweb.org/journals/jep... #EconSky cc @piie.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm honored to be elected to the editorial board of my favorite academic journal, the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
And excited to work with so many people I deeply admire at @aeajournals.bsky.social —>
www.aeaweb.org/journals/jep... #EconSky cc @piie.com
And excited to work with so many people I deeply admire at @aeajournals.bsky.social —>
www.aeaweb.org/journals/jep... #EconSky cc @piie.com
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9/ 🚀 The takeaway?
This “light-touch” program proves that it is possible to address stereotypes and group differences head-on while fostering both understanding and cohesion.
It’s a model that could scale to other groups or countries facing similar challenges. 🌍
This “light-touch” program proves that it is possible to address stereotypes and group differences head-on while fostering both understanding and cohesion.
It’s a model that could scale to other groups or countries facing similar challenges. 🌍
January 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
9/ 🚀 The takeaway?
This “light-touch” program proves that it is possible to address stereotypes and group differences head-on while fostering both understanding and cohesion.
It’s a model that could scale to other groups or countries facing similar challenges. 🌍
This “light-touch” program proves that it is possible to address stereotypes and group differences head-on while fostering both understanding and cohesion.
It’s a model that could scale to other groups or countries facing similar challenges. 🌍
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With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the
3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org
3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org
January 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
With @jeromevalette.bsky.social & Simone Bertoli, we are thrilled to announce the Call for Papers for the
3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org
3rd edition of the Junior Workshop on the Economics of Migration
on 23-24 June 2025 @CERDI, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Submit until 23 February 2025 on economig2025.sciencesconf.org
💡NEW Working Paper OUT!📌 w/ S.Giunti, A.Guariso & I.Solmone
🔥How can we counter anti-immigrant attitudes?🔥
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A short educational program in Italy offers a promising answer. Here’s what we learned from a randomized intervention with teenagers
1/ 🧵
🔥How can we counter anti-immigrant attitudes?🔥
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A short educational program in Italy offers a promising answer. Here’s what we learned from a randomized intervention with teenagers
1/ 🧵
Hacking Anti-Immigration Attitudes and Stereotypes: A Field Experiment in Italian High Schools
Global demographic shifts have increased population diversity in advanced economies, often leading to anti-immigrant attitudes and discrimination fueled by prej
papers.ssrn.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
💡NEW Working Paper OUT!📌 w/ S.Giunti, A.Guariso & I.Solmone
🔥How can we counter anti-immigrant attitudes?🔥
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A short educational program in Italy offers a promising answer. Here’s what we learned from a randomized intervention with teenagers
1/ 🧵
🔥How can we counter anti-immigrant attitudes?🔥
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A short educational program in Italy offers a promising answer. Here’s what we learned from a randomized intervention with teenagers
1/ 🧵
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2. Supporting economic growth abroad won’t reduce immigration, it will probably increase it.
Conventional wisdom in policy circles is that investing in and promoting development will reduce migration. @mclem.org & @marimendola.bsky.social show that this is wrong: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Conventional wisdom in policy circles is that investing in and promoting development will reduce migration. @mclem.org & @marimendola.bsky.social show that this is wrong: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Who migrates from developing countries?
New data from 99 developing countries challenges conventional wisdom in development policy. People whose labour has higher returns at home are more likely to migrate.
voxdev.org
December 9, 2024 at 2:27 PM
2. Supporting economic growth abroad won’t reduce immigration, it will probably increase it.
Conventional wisdom in policy circles is that investing in and promoting development will reduce migration. @mclem.org & @marimendola.bsky.social show that this is wrong: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Conventional wisdom in policy circles is that investing in and promoting development will reduce migration. @mclem.org & @marimendola.bsky.social show that this is wrong: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
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I put together a quick starter pack of people working on migration economics! Check it out: go.bsky.app/39gHy57
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!
November 13, 2024 at 9:33 AM
I put together a quick starter pack of people working on migration economics! Check it out: go.bsky.app/39gHy57
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!
Feel free to nominate yourself or others to add to the list!