Check out the work of our job market candidate Livia Alfonsi! Her research focuses on labor market frictions in low-income settings. Her JMP is titled "Meet Your Future: Experimental Evidence on the Labor Market Effects of Mentors" liviaalfonsi.com

Our job market candidate, Qingyang Huang, studies the political economy of local governments. His JMP is titled "Decentralization and Environmental Regulation under Overlapping Hierarchies: Evidence from China’s SOE Reform." Read more here: qingyanghuang.weebly.com

Today we introduce job market candidate Wei Guo! She's an environmental and urban economist interested in natural disaster management and climate adaptation. Check out her JMP "The Sharing Economy as Disaster Remedy: The Case of Airbnb" and more here: sites.google.com/view/weiguo

Join us, the World Bank, & other #FinancialInclusion leaders on January 12, 2023, at 10 AM ET to launch the 2021 #Findex Microdata. The #webinar will explore different ways the #Findex microdata can be used to equip policy & research. Register here→ bit.ly/3FGco21

Exactly a week more to the first #ReFinDrfp2023 info session. Attendants get to meet and interact with key ReFinD Research Initiative, ISSER management committee members. Make a date with Peter Quartey, Francis Annan, David S. Ameyaw, and others. #FinancialInclusion #retailbanking

As the job market season winds down, Berkeley ARE is extremely proud of its graduating cohort's placements: are.berkeley.edu/job-candidates… Go Bears!

Can information and communication technology improve mental health in Africa? Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan share their findings from Ghana. brookings.edu/blog/africa-in…

Apropos of nothing, here’s a brief thread on a key point about “negative weights” in regression analysis

Low-cost communication interventions that provide mobile calling credits to adults led to a significant decrease in mental distress and improved mental health, from Francis Annan and Belinda Archibong nber.org/papers/w31638

Disclosure of results of Pfizer's 1996 epidemic drug trials in Nigeria led to perceptions of medical misconduct and subsequent reduction in routine vaccination of children, from Belinda Archibong and Francis Annan nber.org/papers/w31655

For #econjobmarket candidates: Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics is hiring an AP in energy/enrivonmental/resource economics! Our listing: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04135 My colleagues and I will be happy to answer any questions

Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics is proud to introduce our 2023-2024 job market candidates, all seeking employment starting Summer 2024. Check out the six candidates HERE: are.berkeley.edu/job-candidates We will go one by one in the next posts highlighting their papers and research interests!

ARE professor Gonzalez-Navarro and Berkeley alumni Roman David Zarate will present a VoxDev Lit Review on Land Transport Infrastructure on December 5.

Why do managers matter for firm performance, and what distinguishes good managers from bad ones? Virginia Minni (Institute for Fiscal Studies, Chicago Booth) on managers and the allocation of workers to jobs: youtu.be/83ivIJCi2bQ

Research by Columbia | SIPA PhD alum Francis Annan: "Digital Finance Retail Distribution Networks in Low- and Middle- Income Countries." refind-isser.ug.edu.gh/sites/default/…

🔊 PODCAST: Building In-Country Partnerships in Development Economics How can economists form local partnerships to support actionable research? Christopher Udry, Francis Annan and Rohini Pande discuss in the newest episode of #VoicesInDevelopment. Listen now: egc.yale.edu/events/podcast…

📢 Good news! The deadline for the #ReFinDRFP2024 has been extended to May 31, 2024! This gives you additional opportunity to finalise and put in your applications. For more details and to apply, click here: refind-isser.ug.edu.gh Innovations for Poverty Action Inclusion Economics India Centre Peter Quartey

🆕 Reducing misconduct in Ghana’s mobile money markets benefitted all 🇬🇭 Today on VoxDev, Francis Annan UC Berkeley outlines how a low-cost transparency programme reduced vendor misconduct and increased market efficiency in Ghana’s mobile money market: voxdev.org/topic/finance/…

Reducing misconduct in Ghana’s mobile money markets benefitted all 🇬🇭 Last month on VoxDev, Francis Annan UC Berkeley outlined how a low-cost transparency programme reduced vendor misconduct and increased market efficiency in Ghana’s mobile money market: voxdev.org/topic/finance/…

In a #ForesightAfrica viewpoint, Francis Annan discusses the dynamic interactions between the government of Ghana and the market economy—citizens, businesses, and civil society—through the lens of digital public services delivery. brookings.edu/articles/digit…