Mushfiq Mobarak
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Yale University | Development Economics | Bangladesh | Y-RISE
This talk (Wed, Oct 29, 10am US ET) will be livestreamed by the World Bank. Link below.
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www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
ECA Talk: Should We Encourage Migration Through Policy Interventions?
Join this talk to discover innovative approaches and policies aimed at overcoming the challenges of living in remote rural areas.
www.worldbank.org
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This talk (Wed, Oct 29, 10am US ET) will be livestreamed by the World Bank. Link below.
www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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The Economics Department and Tobin Center for Economic Policy are hiring several Pre-Doctoral Fellows starting in Summer 2026.
Come join our vibrant program! Learn more and apply here: tobin.yale.edu/programs/pre...
Come join our vibrant program! Learn more and apply here: tobin.yale.edu/programs/pre...
October 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Economics Department and Tobin Center for Economic Policy are hiring several Pre-Doctoral Fellows starting in Summer 2026.
Come join our vibrant program! Learn more and apply here: tobin.yale.edu/programs/pre...
Come join our vibrant program! Learn more and apply here: tobin.yale.edu/programs/pre...
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📣 UPDATE: Discover the 🆕 Conference Program of the 18th @afd-france.bsky.social World Bank International Conference on #Migration & #Development
📅 Event held Sept. 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 W/ keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
#EconSky #Inequality
📅 Event held Sept. 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 W/ keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
#EconSky #Inequality
September 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📣 UPDATE: Discover the 🆕 Conference Program of the 18th @afd-france.bsky.social World Bank International Conference on #Migration & #Development
📅 Event held Sept. 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 W/ keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
#EconSky #Inequality
📅 Event held Sept. 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 W/ keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
#EconSky #Inequality
Large sample data on patterns of violence by the Myanmar military (alongside civilians, including Buddhist monks) against their Rohingya minority suggest that there are systematic economic and expropriation motives for the forced displacement of the Rohingya.
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insights.som.yale.edu/insights/eco...
Economic Data Helps Explain a Pattern of Violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Minority
New research from Yale SOM’s Mushfiq Mobarak shows that the violence and looting in rice-growing areas is tied to rice prices, suggesting an economic motivation for the attacks, and finds that the gov...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Large sample data on patterns of violence by the Myanmar military (alongside civilians, including Buddhist monks) against their Rohingya minority suggest that there are systematic economic and expropriation motives for the forced displacement of the Rohingya.
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/eco...
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/eco...
An unusual academic conversation with @sebastiantt.bsky.social and @ajhollingsworth.bsky.social about the mechanics of conducting research with implementing organizations.
(Recorded in 2022, so it's a bit dated. Referee 2 wanted a lot of changes before the podcast got published)
(Recorded in 2022, so it's a bit dated. Referee 2 wanted a lot of changes before the podcast got published)
Really excited for this week’s episode! We (@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social ) talk with @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social on how to work with large organizations and governments to implement research and policy.
September 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
An unusual academic conversation with @sebastiantt.bsky.social and @ajhollingsworth.bsky.social about the mechanics of conducting research with implementing organizations.
(Recorded in 2022, so it's a bit dated. Referee 2 wanted a lot of changes before the podcast got published)
(Recorded in 2022, so it's a bit dated. Referee 2 wanted a lot of changes before the podcast got published)
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Really excited for this week’s episode! We (@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social ) talk with @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social on how to work with large organizations and governments to implement research and policy.
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Really excited for this week’s episode! We (@ajhollingsworth.bsky.social ) talk with @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social on how to work with large organizations and governments to implement research and policy.
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New from David Lagakos, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social and Michael Waugh:
'Welfare Effects of Subsidizing Seasonal Migration'
Migration experiments in rural Bangladesh offer a unique perspective on the potential benefits and costs of out-migration for rural individuals.
'Welfare Effects of Subsidizing Seasonal Migration'
Migration experiments in rural Bangladesh offer a unique perspective on the potential benefits and costs of out-migration for rural individuals.
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New from David Lagakos, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social and Michael Waugh:
'Welfare Effects of Subsidizing Seasonal Migration'
Migration experiments in rural Bangladesh offer a unique perspective on the potential benefits and costs of out-migration for rural individuals.
'Welfare Effects of Subsidizing Seasonal Migration'
Migration experiments in rural Bangladesh offer a unique perspective on the potential benefits and costs of out-migration for rural individuals.
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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.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250821/...
📶 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.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250821/...
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.
egc.yale.edu
August 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🗣️ @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.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250821/...
📶 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.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250821/...
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🆕 How internal migration is reshaping rural India
Today on VoxDev, @raamadhok.bsky.social (University of Minnesota), Frederik Noack (UBC), @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (Yale) & Olivier Deschenes (UCSB) discuss the internal migration of agricultural workers in India: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Today on VoxDev, @raamadhok.bsky.social (University of Minnesota), Frederik Noack (UBC), @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (Yale) & Olivier Deschenes (UCSB) discuss the internal migration of agricultural workers in India: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
How internal migration is reshaping rural India
Internal migration of agricultural workers in India leads to a downsizing of farms near cities and an expansion in remote areas, prompting a spatial reorganisation of agriculture whereby remote, non-m...
voxdev.org
August 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🆕 How internal migration is reshaping rural India
Today on VoxDev, @raamadhok.bsky.social (University of Minnesota), Frederik Noack (UBC), @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (Yale) & Olivier Deschenes (UCSB) discuss the internal migration of agricultural workers in India: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Today on VoxDev, @raamadhok.bsky.social (University of Minnesota), Frederik Noack (UBC), @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (Yale) & Olivier Deschenes (UCSB) discuss the internal migration of agricultural workers in India: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
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Op-ed by my co-author and friend @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social in the FT today. Gift link:
www.ft.com/content/61d0...
www.ft.com/content/61d0...
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Op-ed by my co-author and friend @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social in the FT today. Gift link:
www.ft.com/content/61d0...
www.ft.com/content/61d0...
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🌏 While migrants and their urban destinations are extensively studied, less is known about how their departure transforms the rural economies they leave behind.
📊 In Ideas for India, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social & coauthors dig deeper.
📚 Read the newest EGC Perspectives article:
📊 In Ideas for India, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social & coauthors dig deeper.
📚 Read the newest EGC Perspectives article:
Internal migration and spatial reorganisation of agriculture
While migrants and their urban destinations are extensively studied, less is known about how their departure transforms the rural economies they leave behind. Analysing Indian data, this article shows...
egc.yale.edu
July 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🌏 While migrants and their urban destinations are extensively studied, less is known about how their departure transforms the rural economies they leave behind.
📊 In Ideas for India, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social & coauthors dig deeper.
📚 Read the newest EGC Perspectives article:
📊 In Ideas for India, @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social & coauthors dig deeper.
📚 Read the newest EGC Perspectives article:
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For large-scale social benefit programs, algorithms utilizing mobile phone metadata can be a cost-effective method for identifying the poor, from Emily Aiken, Anik Ashraf, Joshua Blumenstock, @guiterasecon.bsky.social, and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak https://www.nber.org/papers/w33919
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
For large-scale social benefit programs, algorithms utilizing mobile phone metadata can be a cost-effective method for identifying the poor, from Emily Aiken, Anik Ashraf, Joshua Blumenstock, @guiterasecon.bsky.social, and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak https://www.nber.org/papers/w33919
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A must-read open letter from Fields Medalists working in Switzerland.
Cutting annual budgets for education and research is always a short-sighted mistake. Even a bigger mistake now when there is a unique opportunity to attract top global talent from the US.
science-under-threat.com
Cutting annual budgets for education and research is always a short-sighted mistake. Even a bigger mistake now when there is a unique opportunity to attract top global talent from the US.
science-under-threat.com
Swiss Science Under Threat
science-under-threat.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A must-read open letter from Fields Medalists working in Switzerland.
Cutting annual budgets for education and research is always a short-sighted mistake. Even a bigger mistake now when there is a unique opportunity to attract top global talent from the US.
science-under-threat.com
Cutting annual budgets for education and research is always a short-sighted mistake. Even a bigger mistake now when there is a unique opportunity to attract top global talent from the US.
science-under-threat.com
This is a right-wing government with a policy on immigration that is responsive to domestic labor needs.
While other countries think about how much we can pay citizens to have babies domestically.
www.reuters.com/world/italy-...
While other countries think about how much we can pay citizens to have babies domestically.
www.reuters.com/world/italy-...
Italy to issue half million non-EU work visas over next three years
The move is part of a strategy to expand legal immigration channels in response to labor shortages.
www.reuters.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is a right-wing government with a policy on immigration that is responsive to domestic labor needs.
While other countries think about how much we can pay citizens to have babies domestically.
www.reuters.com/world/italy-...
While other countries think about how much we can pay citizens to have babies domestically.
www.reuters.com/world/italy-...
it's great to see @carnegiecorp.bsky.social celebrating naturalized citizens' contributions to the United States. Andrew Carnegie was himself an immigrant.
www.carnegie.org/news/article...
www.carnegie.org/news/article...
Great Immigrants Great Americans: The Comic Series | Carnegie Corporation of New York
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June 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
it's great to see @carnegiecorp.bsky.social celebrating naturalized citizens' contributions to the United States. Andrew Carnegie was himself an immigrant.
www.carnegie.org/news/article...
www.carnegie.org/news/article...
Migration and Development Conference in Paris. Deadline for paper submission: July 15.
June 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Migration and Development Conference in Paris. Deadline for paper submission: July 15.
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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📣 Call for papers - 18th International Conference on #Migration and #Development
📅 Event held September 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 With keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by July 15, 2025
#EconSky #Poverty #Inequality #Globalization
📅 Event held September 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 With keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by July 15, 2025
#EconSky #Poverty #Inequality #Globalization
June 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
📣 Call for papers - 18th International Conference on #Migration and #Development
📅 Event held September 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 With keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by July 15, 2025
#EconSky #Poverty #Inequality #Globalization
📅 Event held September 25-26, 2025 in Paris
🤝 With keynote's from: Paula Gobbi, @dmckenzie.bsky.social & @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
⌛ Submit by July 15, 2025
#EconSky #Poverty #Inequality #Globalization
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New @nber.org working paper with emilylaiken.github.io, sites.google.com/view/anikash..., www.jblumenstock.com and @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social:
Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms Out-Perform Surveys and Community Knowledge?
www.nber.org/papers/w33919
Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms Out-Perform Surveys and Community Knowledge?
www.nber.org/papers/w33919
Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms Out-Perform Surveys and Community Knowledge?
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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June 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New @nber.org working paper with emilylaiken.github.io, sites.google.com/view/anikash..., www.jblumenstock.com and @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social:
Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms Out-Perform Surveys and Community Knowledge?
www.nber.org/papers/w33919
Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms Out-Perform Surveys and Community Knowledge?
www.nber.org/papers/w33919
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📃 A new EGC Discussion Paper by @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) & coauthors examines systems for identifying recipients of benefit transfers and studies how their cost-effectiveness varies with the scale and scope of the program.
📚 Read the paper:
egc.yale.edu/research/mob...
📚 Read the paper:
egc.yale.edu/research/mob...
Mobarak et al., 2025: "Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms Out-Perform Surveys and Community Knowledge?"
egc.yale.edu
June 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📃 A new EGC Discussion Paper by @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) & coauthors examines systems for identifying recipients of benefit transfers and studies how their cost-effectiveness varies with the scale and scope of the program.
📚 Read the paper:
egc.yale.edu/research/mob...
📚 Read the paper:
egc.yale.edu/research/mob...
insights.som.yale.edu/insights/whe...
"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
When Skilled Workers Go Abroad, Their Home Countries Experience ‘Brain Gain’
When skilled workers from poorer countries migrate to wealthy ones, there are benefits for the origin countries as well as workers and the host countries, according to new research co-authored by Yale...
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June 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
"The countries that succeed are the ones that are able to create institutions that attract talent from wherever it happens to be born."
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Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
May 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research
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Brain Drain or Brain Gain? @catiabatista.bsky.social @danielhan.bsky.social @deanyang.bsky.social
@econgaurav.bsky.social @dmckenzie.bsky.social
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social Theoharides & @deanyang.bsky.social show w/ the right policies, high-skill emigration can bring new workers into the sector
@econgaurav.bsky.social @dmckenzie.bsky.social
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social Theoharides & @deanyang.bsky.social show w/ the right policies, high-skill emigration can bring new workers into the sector
May 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Brain Drain or Brain Gain? @catiabatista.bsky.social @danielhan.bsky.social @deanyang.bsky.social
@econgaurav.bsky.social @dmckenzie.bsky.social
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social Theoharides & @deanyang.bsky.social show w/ the right policies, high-skill emigration can bring new workers into the sector
@econgaurav.bsky.social @dmckenzie.bsky.social
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social Theoharides & @deanyang.bsky.social show w/ the right policies, high-skill emigration can bring new workers into the sector
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Join us for the next CSAE Lunchtime Seminar 'Daughters Left Behind: How Trade Liberalization Harms Girls in China when Government Restricts Migration'
🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social @yaleegc.bsky.social
📆Wed 28 May, 12:30, Room G, Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social @yaleegc.bsky.social
📆Wed 28 May, 12:30, Room G, Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
May 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Join us for the next CSAE Lunchtime Seminar 'Daughters Left Behind: How Trade Liberalization Harms Girls in China when Government Restricts Migration'
🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social @yaleegc.bsky.social
📆Wed 28 May, 12:30, Room G, Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
🗣️ @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social @yaleegc.bsky.social
📆Wed 28 May, 12:30, Room G, Manor Road Building, Oxford
ℹ️https://www.csae.ox.ac.uk/events
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What happens to developing countries when highly-educated people migrate? See our new review of the evidence on "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration
www.science.org
May 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
What happens to developing countries when highly-educated people migrate? See our new review of the evidence on "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration