Yale Economic Growth Center
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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/...
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
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/...
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/...
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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
Submit papers here forms.gle/WbTnxPr5S5fX...
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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
Submit papers here forms.gle/WbTnxPr5S5fX...
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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
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
Submit papers here forms.gle/WbTnxPr5S5fX...
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
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
Submit papers here forms.gle/WbTnxPr5S5fX...
@mushfiq-econ.bsky.social
🏆 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/...
📚 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
🏆 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/...
📚 Learn more: egc.yale.edu/news/251030/...
🏭 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🏭 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China
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/...
More information on the event & Handbook: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/...
September 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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/...
More information on the event & Handbook: egc.yale.edu/events/2025/...
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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/...
See the agenda below. More information here: cowles.yale.edu/events/2025/...
September 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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/...
See the agenda below. More information here: cowles.yale.edu/events/2025/...
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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/...
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
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/...
Learn more about their backgrounds and research: economics.yale.edu/news/250828/...
🗣️ @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.
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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/...
🧑🎓 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.
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
🧑🎓 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.
Join program leadership for an informational session about the International and Development Economics Master's program hosted by EGC & Yale Department of Economics.
👥 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
👥 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.
🌎 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
🌎 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.
🆕 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg elected as International Fellow to @britishacademy.bsky.social.
🌟 The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250806/...
🌟 The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250806/...
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
🆕 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg elected as International Fellow to @britishacademy.bsky.social.
🌟 The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250806/...
🌟 The academy honors outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250806/...
📝 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.
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
📝 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.
EGC and @theigc.bsky.social are delighted to host the 2025 Firms, Trade, and Development Conference on October 24-25.
🗣️ Why Markets May Soon Call America’s Tariff Bluff
🏦 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next.
📚 Read the article: egc.yale.edu/news/250805/...
🏦 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next.
📚 Read the article: egc.yale.edu/news/250805/...
Goldberg in Project Syndicate: "Why Markets May Soon Call America’s Tariff Bluff"
EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next.
egc.yale.edu
August 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🗣️ Why Markets May Soon Call America’s Tariff Bluff
🏦 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next.
📚 Read the article: egc.yale.edu/news/250805/...
🏦 EGC affiliate Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg penned a commentary in Project Syndicate on how financial markets have mitigated the impact of recent tariff threats and what may happen next.
📚 Read the article: egc.yale.edu/news/250805/...
🗣️ How do language barriers affect international development?
🌏 New research by Amit Khandelwal (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) and coauthors shows how language training can maximize the benefits of foreign direct investment for LMICs.
📑 Read the EGC research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/can...
🌏 New research by Amit Khandelwal (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) and coauthors shows how language training can maximize the benefits of foreign direct investment for LMICs.
📑 Read the EGC research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/can...
Can language training increase the benefits of foreign direct investment?
Research by EGC affiliate Amit Khandelwal and coauthors finds that language barriers constrain knowledge transfer within multinational corporations operating in low- and middle-income countries, limit...
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July 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🗣️ How do language barriers affect international development?
🌏 New research by Amit Khandelwal (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) and coauthors shows how language training can maximize the benefits of foreign direct investment for LMICs.
📑 Read the EGC research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/can...
🌏 New research by Amit Khandelwal (@yaleeconomics.bsky.social) and coauthors shows how language training can maximize the benefits of foreign direct investment for LMICs.
📑 Read the EGC research summary: egc.yale.edu/research/can...
🏭 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China
🌏 Evidence from China suggests that non-additional offsets can in fact exacerbate environmental damages.
📚 Read more from EGC’s Nicholas Ryan and coauthors: egc.yale.edu/news/250730/...
🌏 Evidence from China suggests that non-additional offsets can in fact exacerbate environmental damages.
📚 Read more from EGC’s Nicholas Ryan and coauthors: egc.yale.edu/news/250730/...
Nicholas Ryan and coauthors in VoxDev: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China
Carbon offset programmes aim to lower emissions by allowing high-income countries to meet part of their reduction targets by financing projects in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence from China...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🏭 Paying to pollute: How carbon offsets actually raised emissions in China
🌏 Evidence from China suggests that non-additional offsets can in fact exacerbate environmental damages.
📚 Read more from EGC’s Nicholas Ryan and coauthors: egc.yale.edu/news/250730/...
🌏 Evidence from China suggests that non-additional offsets can in fact exacerbate environmental damages.
📚 Read more from EGC’s Nicholas Ryan and coauthors: egc.yale.edu/news/250730/...
🌍 Can emissions markets reduce air pollution?
📊 Nicholas Ryan & Rohini Pande (EGC,
@yaleeconomics.bsky.social ) & collaborators evaluated the impact of the world’s first emissions market for particulate pollution from industries.
📚 More: egc.yale.edu/news/250723/...
📊 Nicholas Ryan & Rohini Pande (EGC,
@yaleeconomics.bsky.social ) & collaborators evaluated the impact of the world’s first emissions market for particulate pollution from industries.
📚 More: egc.yale.edu/news/250723/...
Emissions markets to reduce air pollution
A market for air pollution was scaled to reach over 15 million people in Gujarat, India.
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July 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🌍 Can emissions markets reduce air pollution?
📊 Nicholas Ryan & Rohini Pande (EGC,
@yaleeconomics.bsky.social ) & collaborators evaluated the impact of the world’s first emissions market for particulate pollution from industries.
📚 More: egc.yale.edu/news/250723/...
📊 Nicholas Ryan & Rohini Pande (EGC,
@yaleeconomics.bsky.social ) & collaborators evaluated the impact of the world’s first emissions market for particulate pollution from industries.
📚 More: egc.yale.edu/news/250723/...
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Join us in congratulating Steven Berry (@steveberry.bsky.social), who was recently appointed the Sterling Professor of Economics—the highest academic honor a Yale professor can receive.
Berry joined Yale in 1988 and is the inaugural director of the
Yale Tobin Center: news.yale.edu/2025/07/22/b...
Berry joined Yale in 1988 and is the inaugural director of the
Yale Tobin Center: news.yale.edu/2025/07/22/b...
July 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Join us in congratulating Steven Berry (@steveberry.bsky.social), who was recently appointed the Sterling Professor of Economics—the highest academic honor a Yale professor can receive.
Berry joined Yale in 1988 and is the inaugural director of the
Yale Tobin Center: news.yale.edu/2025/07/22/b...
Berry joined Yale in 1988 and is the inaugural director of the
Yale Tobin Center: news.yale.edu/2025/07/22/b...
🗣️ What does the future hold for small farms in Africa?
🌍 In the latest #DevelopmentDialogues with @voxdev.bsky.social, experts dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low productivity of small farms.
🔊 Listen to the full episode now: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/...
🌍 In the latest #DevelopmentDialogues with @voxdev.bsky.social, experts dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low productivity of small farms.
🔊 Listen to the full episode now: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/...
Development Dialogues: What does the future hold for small farms in Africa?
Gérardine Mukeshimana, Mark Rosenzweig, and Christopher Udry dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low productivity of small farms. Despite decades of investment, innovation, and policy reform, yields on African small farms remain significantly below those in high-income countries—even when similar technologies are used.
egc.yale.edu
July 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🗣️ What does the future hold for small farms in Africa?
🌍 In the latest #DevelopmentDialogues with @voxdev.bsky.social, experts dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low productivity of small farms.
🔊 Listen to the full episode now: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/...
🌍 In the latest #DevelopmentDialogues with @voxdev.bsky.social, experts dissect one of Africa’s most persistent development challenges: the low productivity of small farms.
🔊 Listen to the full episode now: egc.yale.edu/news/250618/...
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Hospitals are gobbling up physician practices—and health care prices are rising as a result.
New research in @nber.org shows that vertical mergers between hospitals & physician practices are driving up physician & hospital prices.
Read the Tobin Center Policy Brief: tobin.yale.edu/research/hos...
New research in @nber.org shows that vertical mergers between hospitals & physician practices are driving up physician & hospital prices.
Read the Tobin Center Policy Brief: tobin.yale.edu/research/hos...
July 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hospitals are gobbling up physician practices—and health care prices are rising as a result.
New research in @nber.org shows that vertical mergers between hospitals & physician practices are driving up physician & hospital prices.
Read the Tobin Center Policy Brief: tobin.yale.edu/research/hos...
New research in @nber.org shows that vertical mergers between hospitals & physician practices are driving up physician & hospital prices.
Read the Tobin Center Policy Brief: tobin.yale.edu/research/hos...
🌏 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:
🗣️ “We need to move beyond a single indicator like labor force participation if we truly care about better jobs for women." - Rohini Pande
July 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🗣️ “We need to move beyond a single indicator like labor force participation if we truly care about better jobs for women." - Rohini Pande
👥 How can India address under-representation of women entrepreneurs?
📰 A new article from The Times Of India highlights research by Pinelopi Goldberg and coauthor Gaurav Chiplunkar on the need for multidimensional, state-specific policy solutions.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250629/...
📰 A new article from The Times Of India highlights research by Pinelopi Goldberg and coauthor Gaurav Chiplunkar on the need for multidimensional, state-specific policy solutions.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250629/...
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg's research featured in The Times of India: “With
In an article highlighting the low levels of female entrepreneurship in India, The Times of India cited recent research by EGC affiliate Pinelopi Goldberg and coauthor Gaurav Chiplunkar, a Yale gradua...
egc.yale.edu
July 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
👥 How can India address under-representation of women entrepreneurs?
📰 A new article from The Times Of India highlights research by Pinelopi Goldberg and coauthor Gaurav Chiplunkar on the need for multidimensional, state-specific policy solutions.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250629/...
📰 A new article from The Times Of India highlights research by Pinelopi Goldberg and coauthor Gaurav Chiplunkar on the need for multidimensional, state-specific policy solutions.
📚 Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/250629/...
☀️ In May, leading economics researchers came to Yale for the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE) to showcase research projects tackling questions that matter for both academic research and real-world policy challenges in energy and environment.
Insights from the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE)
egc.yale.edu
July 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
☀️ In May, leading economics researchers came to Yale for the Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics (NWEPEE) to showcase research projects tackling questions that matter for both academic research and real-world policy challenges in energy and environment.
👥 Event recap: Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era
🤝 Organized by EGC and @cgdev.org, hosted by Gate Foundation on the sidelines of the 2025 World Bank and IMF #SpringMeetings
🌍 Read key takeaways from the event:
egc.yale.edu/news/event-r...
🤝 Organized by EGC and @cgdev.org, hosted by Gate Foundation on the sidelines of the 2025 World Bank and IMF #SpringMeetings
🌍 Read key takeaways from the event:
egc.yale.edu/news/event-r...
Event recap: Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era
At an event organized by EGC in partnership with the Gates Foundation and the Center for Global Development, researchers presented new research on gender, labor markets, structural transformation, and...
egc.yale.edu
June 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
👥 Event recap: Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era
🤝 Organized by EGC and @cgdev.org, hosted by Gate Foundation on the sidelines of the 2025 World Bank and IMF #SpringMeetings
🌍 Read key takeaways from the event:
egc.yale.edu/news/event-r...
🤝 Organized by EGC and @cgdev.org, hosted by Gate Foundation on the sidelines of the 2025 World Bank and IMF #SpringMeetings
🌍 Read key takeaways from the event:
egc.yale.edu/news/event-r...