Superb research and engagement at ASWEDE's 10th conference. Thanks to everyone who made this event memorable! #ASWEDE2025

ASWEDE's 10th Annual Conference kicks off tomorrow at Nääs Fabriker! We look forward to sharp presentations and discussions on development economics from PhD students and senior researchers. Program: bit.ly/3K1sRUJ

Join us for ASWEDE's 10th annual conference in Development Economics! November 17-18 at Nääs Fabriker, outside Gothenburg. Submission deadline in one week: September 26. Open to PhD students and senior researchers. Details below. #ASWEDEConference #DevelopmentEconomics

Grateful for the incredible energy and insights from everyone at this year’s ASWEDE Conference! Thank you for making it a success! #ASWEDE2024

In the conference last presentation, Selene Ghisolfi talks about HERO teachers: harbouring empathy to raise opportunities.

Davide Pietrobon presents his job market paper farming, non-farm enterprises, and migration: incomplete markets and misallocation.

Tillmann von Carnap talks about using satellite imagery to monitor remote rural economies at high frequency.

Tillmann Eymess talks about strategic ignorance and perceived control.

Our conference location back in 1773 as highlighted in Adrian's presentation.

Adrian Poignant talks about agriculatural reform and structural change.

Vera Kågström talks about climate change on crop productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ehsan Sabouri Kenari presents the economic costs of compulsory military service.

Mehdi Amani talks about when climate hits: the effect of climate shocks on fisheries.

Alexandra Sandström talks about language, primary education and assimilation.

Matteo Pianella talks about demand for psychotherapy in Kenya: a randomized experiment.

Next up: Nikhilesh Prakash talks about course prescription: how medical colleges drive high school stream choice in India.

First snow of the season at our annual Swedish development economics conference — even the Barcelona-born part of me can’t help but love it!

Start of day 2 of our annual conference: Tsz Chun Kwok talks about intergenerational transmission of fertility in Sweden.

In the last presentation of day 1, Juan Felipe Ladino talks about Bureaucrazy.

Next, Avenia Ghazarian talks about veils of change: Iran’s women, life, freedom movement on labor and liberation.

Gargi Dangwal talks about national highway expansion, local economy, and the environment.

Now Iacopo Bianchi talks about plowing ahead: gender dynamics in rural labor markets.

Fadhil Nadhif Muharam talks about age of consent and child protection in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ahmet Girisken talks about higher education expansion and gender norms.

Giulia Salvi talks about concerns about sexual harassment in the workplace and women’s labor market choices.

Francesco Loiacono asks do information frictions and corruption perceptions kill competition.

Maria Perrotta Berlin talks about Russia’s involvement in trade, security collaborations and energy investments.

Nicklas Nordfors talks about rapid population growth and city shape.

Jonathan de Quidt talks about implicit gender bias.

Now Luca Repetto on the roots of violent conflict.