Associate Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University @SFUEcon
Vancouver, BC
Joined May 2011
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Congratulations to @ImranRasul3, Professor of Economics at @ucl
for being elected Co-President of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD).
To read more about this news, please click below.
➡️ bit.ly/3UyZbyo
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Importante reporte sobre cómo alinear el crecimiento del Perú con el cambio climático. Muchas oportunidades en el sexto forestal, energía y minería. @julierozenberg @BCeliku
El Informe sobre #ClimayDesarrollo para #Perú analiza qué cambios se necesitan en #energía, #reforestación, #transporte, #agua para transitar hacia una economía más resiliente, baja en carbono y productiva.
Descárgalo: wrld.bg/Ei1R50LCUU6
#CCDRPerú #ClimateActionWBG #COP27
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La exposición a temperaturas extremas cambia el comportamiento de votantes y candidatos en areas rurales de India. Resumen del proyecto con @irmaclots en @nadaesgratis nadaesgratis.es/irma-clots/l…
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Come work with us!
👉We’re hiring!👈 Two Senior Lecturers (Associate Prof) and one Lecturer (Assistant Prof). All fields welcome, health economics particularly encouraged. Details at econjobmarket.org/positions/… and econjobmarket.org/positions/…. Deadlines November 15 (SL) and 25 (L). 📢 #EconTwitter
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Fantastic resource for PhD students going on the market!! Everything I would have wanted to know when I was at that stage.
Thanks @KimFeCramer !
Job market guide! What complementary skills do you need on the market? How to prepare the Spiel? My Columbia PhD colleague @kerrysiani (now MIT Sloan) and I discuss these and other questions in our new jm guide. Share it with your colleagues/students! kimfecramer.com/public-goods
Peru has an incompetent president and a discredited Congress from TheEconomist economist.com/the-americas/2…
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Today, we recognize with our graduate students that paper rejections are a normal part of #academic life. Our faculty compete for sharing the worst rejection experience. Our PhD students are the jury.
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In today's episode of VoxDevTalks, Bridget Hoffman and @juanpablorud join us to discuss their work demonstrating the unequal effects of pollution on daily labour supply, using evidence from #Mexico.
Really interesting listen at the link below.
The unequal effects of pollution audioboom.com/posts/8161174-… via @Audioboom
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"You're a PhD student, what's that like?" nitter.gq/Yoda4ever/status/15715…
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In academic refereeing, some view their job as destroyer, poking holes in the work wherever and whenever possible. Others view it as a moment to find ways to support/improve the scholarship.
I have found age to be the most important correlate to these different views.
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"We demonstrate that the loss of the bison had immediate, negative consequences for the Native Americans who relied on them and ultimately resulted in a permanent reversal of fortunes." 1/N
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🚨CEPR/BREAD workshop in Development Economics, 14th/15th of October at @TheIFS. Please join us!
We received 247 submissions, including many fascinating papers. Only 17 of them could be included in the final program, but heck do they look interesting!
cepr.org/system/files/2022-0…
Fernando Aragon retweeted
Good news for parents across the country: Today, your Canada Child Benefit is going up! That means you’ll have more money – every month – to pay for the things your kids need. And we’ll keep working – every day – to make your life more affordable.
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Changes in ownership of coffee mills in Rwanda do not improve performance unless the mills are acquired by foreign firms, which successfully implement management changes in key operational areas, from Rocco Macchiavello and Ameet Morjaria nber.org/papers/w30230
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Real-life terrible comments from paper reviewers, and how to be better!
deryugina.com/how-to-be-a-co…
by @TDeryugina
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Congratulations to our undergraduate award winners—Jack Madison, Wenjing Fan, and Aaron Chen! Their outstanding academic performance has earned them top accolades from the department. Learn more about them at: sfu.ca/economics/community/n…
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Congratulations to professors Arthur Robson, David Freeman, and @KSchnepel who have been awarded @SSHRC_CRSH Insight Grants! Learn more about their research projects at: ow.ly/J7Qz50Jzp4E
@SFUResearch @SFUFASS
Fernando Aragon retweeted
[LACEA LAMES 2022]: Extended deadline until June 30th!
We look forward to seeing you at @UdelPacifico in Lima!
UPDATE!
The #LaceaLames2022 organizing committee has decided to extend the deadline for submitting papers until June 30th. More information 👇
lacealames2022.up.edu.pe/
Fernando Aragon retweeted
Check out this paper authored by @SFU profs A. Karaivanov, @HitoshiShigeoka, @Dongwoo_econ & S. Lu which offers evidence that vaccine mandates significantly increased first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations. @SFUResearch
Proof-of-vaccination mandates for non-essential venues and activities were rapidly followed by more than 60% increases in weekly first-dose COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada, France, Italy and Germany, according to a @NatureHumBehav paper. go.nature.com/3Nf8UGo
