Pamela Jakiela
@PJakiela
Associate Professor @WilliamsEcon and Non-Resident Fellow @CGDev. Associate Editor at EDCC.
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The next SEEDEC Conference is in Bergen on June 12-13 2024!
Eliana la Ferrara Eliana La Ferrara and Marcel Fafchamps will give the keynote speeches😃
Paper submissions are open, the deadline is 15 March 2024: nhh.no/en/calendar/fa…
.Karen Ruth Levy is one of my favorite people and she's hiring!
Chief of Staff, Fit for Purpose
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Teaching children to read in their mother tongue boosted their English reading comprehension. But teaching them to read in English *reduced* their reading ability in their mother tongue.
New paper by Mpumi Mohohlwane et al. cgdev.org/publication/re…
Summary blog cgdev.org/blog/what-effe…
We are looking for a visitor to teach intro micro at Williams Economics ! Please apply! #EconTwitter aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…
In 2021, my 40-year-old cousin was found lifeless in her Delhi apartment. Days later, her husband was arrested & charged for murder.
In this week's The New Yorker, I tell the story of her death & examine the factors sustaining gender-based violence in India: newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
#Genderjobs for research-to-policy wonks: Gates Foundation looking for a Senior Program Officer on 'Gender Equality Policy & Sector Strengthening'
* Based in Washington DC
* Advanced degree + 10 yrs exp
* Salary : $144k - $267k
* Closes June 23
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Friends and #EconTwitter : I have started a petition to request the AEA to help pursue libel and threats on the EJMR. Please spread the word and sign if you are able. forms.gle/GQxF54eXkMXFpG…
Wrapping another wonderful semester teaching program evaluation at the Williams Economics Center for Development Economics tomorrow. All my updated teaching materials are here pjakiela.github.io/ECON523/, in case they are of use to anyone.
An honor and pure joy giving the keynote at #PIER2023 Williams Economics: 'Shining Light on the Stories beneath the Statistics'. Outstanding research promoting inclusion in economics & wonderful time reconnecting with Owen Ozier Sara LaLumia Pamela Jakiela Sarah Jacobson Susan Godlonton
Another great talk at Williams Economics! Jenny Aker shows that playing a value-elicitation game for a grain storage device makes people more likely to adopt it, and they see benefits from use.
Massachusetts has the most expensive out-of-home childcare of any state in America, costing $20,913 annually or 64% more than in-state college tuition
A parent will spend more on daycare than they will for in-state tuition for UMass Amherst