New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP16691 Urban Public Works in Spatial Equilibrium: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia Simon Franklin Queen Mary University of London, Clément Imbert Warwick Economics University of Warwick, Girum Abebe, Carolina Mejia-Mantilla World Bank ow.ly/r2qr50GGnCp #CEPR_DE, #CEPR_ITRE, #CEPR_LE

I couldn’t recommend these lectureships enough; having had the chance to hold one of these for the last 2 years had a big impact on my whole career!

Hey #EconTwitter, my friend and coauthor Dzhamilya (Jamila) Nigmatulina is on the JM this year. I've had the pleasure of working with her SERC and LSE Geography & Environment for over 6 years now so let me give you the inside scoop on her exceptional work! #econjobmarket sites.google.com/view/dzhamilya…

🤗 First day at Queen Mary (School of Economics & Finance at Queen Mary)! 🤗 Very happy to join a fantastic applied group. Can't wait to grab a "cup-of-tea" @Marco_Manacorda, Lucie Gadenne , Francois Gerard, Anna Raute, Simon Franklin, Anja Prummer, Andrea Tesei, Sebastian Axbard (and everyone else around)

⚠️New call for proposals G2LM|LIC⚠️Fantastic opportunity to implement great research🖥️. Please help to spread the news!!! David Lam Kate Vyborny Ahmed Elsayed Taryn Dinkelman Pamela Jakiela Clare Hofmeyr Owen Ozier Janneke Pieters Stefano Caria kanika mahajan Simon Franklin

Are you PhD/post-doc? Come to London to discuss your research at the 5th School of Economics & Finance at Queen Mary PhD & Post-doc Workshop on May 25-26! Submission deadline: March 31. PS. we can also offer accomodation. shorturl.at/iGPV8 #EconTwitter Economics Conferences

Job-search assistance can adversely affect individuals who do not receive help by weakening job-search networks. Today on VoxDev, Stefano Caria Warwick Economics, Simon Franklin School of Economics & Finance at Queen Mary & Marc Witte IZA outline their research in Ethiopia: ow.ly/2U3H50Nmmta

Labor market interventions and social networks can interact and affect job search outcomes in unexpected ways. If you want to find out more, check out this short blog post about our paper "Searching with Friends" (forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics)

How do public works programs perform in cities? With Simon Franklin, Girum Abebe, CMM we have evaluated the Ethiopian UPSNP and found that urban public works can increase the welfare of the poor by 20%. voxdev.org/topic/social-p…

Hi PhD students and Postdocs! Make sure to apply to the workshop we organize at School of Economics & Finance at Queen Mary. A brilliant opportunity to visit QMUL and get feedback on your paper (with keynote from Gabriel Ulyssea and Paul De Grauwe!) More info in Giulia Tozzi's post 👇🏼