Happy new year from all of us @g2lmlic.bsky.social! We start 2026 with a new policy brief on female employment and fertility in Ethiopia by Janneke Pieters
@kotsadam.bsky.social and Espen Villanger - check it out: g2lm-lic.iza.org/publications...
The Lasting Impact of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Program in Bangladesh, 17 Years Later. 📄 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social by Munshi Sulaiman, Sheikh Touhidul Haque, Shaila Ahmed, and Marzuk Hossain.
Read: bit.ly/495Cqfy
#FCDOGovUK
📄 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social by Shreya Sarkar. Subsidizing private mobility for female gig workers boosts scooter purchases by 188%, raises jobs and earnings, and lifts firm revenue. #India
Read more 👉 : bit.ly/4ntCbi5
#FCDOGovUK
Eight months of antidepressants in India lead to faster remission, no extra relapse, but no mental health or income gains seven years later. 📄 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social by Daniel Bennett and @mangeluc.bsky.social
Read more 👉 : bit.ly/3UVos7B
#FCDOGovUK
📄 New Mentored Working Paper @g2lmlic.bsky.social. Social capital negatively affects worker qualification in #Cameroon’s labor market—especially for men, youth & informal workers. Paper by Astride Claudel NJIEPUE NOUFFEUSSIE et al.
Read 👉 : bit.ly/3HC5GyY
#FCDOGovUK
Our Online Dev Econ Course ended with a live lecture yesterday! Thank you to Oriana, Robin, fantastic TAs from LSE, Viola Hartmann from IZA for event management and FCDO for funding provision!
We hope the participants had some insightful weeks. They do say this about the course 😊:
Yes, they are! Please go ahead and register!
Urban density & labour markets: Addis Ababa eviction program improves labour market outcomes—but reduces social connection and public good access. 📄 New @g2lmlic.bsky.social policy brief by Gharad Bryan, Simon Franklin & Girum Abebe.
👉 Read: bit.ly/3H7BECG
#FCDOGovUK
📄 New @g2lmlic.bsky.social paper: Using data from Nigeria’s job platform, @belindaarch.bsky.social, @oyebolaoo.bsky.social, Francis Annan, Anja Benshaul-Tolonen & Ifeatu Oliobi show that co-ethnicity with hiring managers favors male applicants over their female counterparts.
Read: bit.ly/4knVR5x
📢 Ongoing call.. Are you a young researcher from LICs working in #AppliedMicro? @g2lmlic.bsky.social Mentoring Programme pairs you with experts to strengthen your paper for peer review journal.
✅Apply now (rolling basis)
➡️ Recent published papers and details here: bit.ly/44Dq7or
📢 New Policy Brief @g2lmlic.bsky.social: How can social media be used for experiments? Anaya Dam & Diego Dabed Sitnisky share insights from piloting a study to reduce workplace harassment in India.
📄 Read more: bit.ly/4jXqqiI
#FCDOGovUK
🌍 This #MothersDay, let's reflect on the barriers working mothers face in LICs. @g2lmlic.bsky.social research shows that childcare access, safe workplaces, and supportive norms are essential for empowering working mothers in low-income countries. #EmpowerMothers 💪
📖: bit.ly/4jIoz1c
📄 New working paper on how social capital surprisingly reduces job quality in Cameroon, by Astride Claudel NJIEPUE NOUFFEUSSIE & Cosmas Bernard MEKA’A from the @g2lmlic.bsky.social Mentoring Programme.
Read 👉 : bit.ly/44mQlvl
#FCDOGovUK
Sudan's workers have weathered revolution, pandemic, and economic turmoil. Labour market survey by @ckrafftc.bsky.social, Ragui Assaad and Sarah reveals: job entry is harder than ever. This #LabourDay, we spotlight resilience—and the urgent need for labour protections under crisis👨🏭
👉 bit.ly/45lnTby
📦 Aid is supposed to help.
🧳 Migration can be help, too.
But what happens when the two collide?
GharadBryan, Sreevidya Ayyar, Felix Iglhaut explore climate displacement & aid in new synthesis paper.
👉 bit.ly/43UErIP
#FCDOGovUK #EconTwitter
@selimgulesci.bsky.social @vincentsomville.bsky.social @arnenasgowitz.bsky.social and others
Early investments in children’s health matter. A @g2lmlic.bsky.social project in Uganda found subsidized preschools & cash transfers led to better long-term child health. Stronger health today means a more productive workforce tomorrow.🌎
👉 bit.ly/3Ea8PV7
#WorldHealthDay
Path2dev partners include: LUMS, CERP, IDEAS, CDPR, @ids.ac.uk @theigc.bsky.social
📢Call for Papers: Joint @g2lmlic.bsky.social
/BREAD/path2dev dev econ conference at LUMS (Lahore/Pakistan) on Sep 11-13
Including mentoring feature for young scholars from South Asia by BREAD fellows
Submit by May 15 here: conference.iza.org/GLMLIC_BREAD...
A new study by Lawrence Edwards & Godfrey Kamutando analyzes labour market segmentation in Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector, 👷🏽♂️ and studies the potential role of labour market policies & rent-sharing in driving these outcomes.
📑 : bit.ly/4kPYDBF
#FCDOGovUK
A new study by Bruno Crepon, @ckrafftc.bsky.social, Stefano Caria and Abdelrahman Nagy examines whether job-matching services and childcare subsidies can increase female employment in Egypt where social norms often discourage women from working.
📑 Paper: bit.ly/41W5gKd
#FCDOGovUK
Cash transfers improved businesses, income & food security, with lasting benefits beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. A study by Kjetil Bjorvatn, @selimgulesci.bsky.social, @arnenasgowitz.bsky.social, @vincentsomville.bsky.social, Denise Ferris & Lore Vandewalle.
📑Paper : bit.ly/41W2LHA
#FCDOGovUK
📢FREE Online Development Economics Course for students in Africa and South Asia PLUS access to impact evaluation video course by Stefano Caria
May 12-July 14
Apply by: April 21, 2025
Taught by Oriana Bandiera
& Robin Burgess & amazing TAs from LSE
Details & submission form: rb.gy/ct9ikf
Can coordinating travel help overcome mobility barriers in job searches? @rollykapoor.bsky.social & @smitgade1.bsky.social find that matching job-seeking women & scheduling interviews together boost attendance and increase job searches. 🔍 💼
📑 Paper: bit.ly/41SJkiN
#FCDOGovUK
In front of my window, I see the participants of the IZA/FCDO G²LM|LIC Mentoring Workshop leaving the building. This is one of the very last events in a long history of @iza.org activities supporting researchers from the global south.
Thank you to all mentees, mentors & support staff for a wonderful 2-day workshop at IZA with interesting presentations and discussions (and for withstanding the German strike situation)! Please find the program here: conference.iza.org/GLMLIC_Bonn2...
#mentoring
📄 New Policy Brief: Raising garment workers’ awareness of a neutral, third-party reporting system causes large increases in reporting. 📚 By Laura Boudreau, Ada Gonzáles-Torres and Sylvain Chassang. #Bangladesh
Read more: bit.ly/3XJ9hjx
#FCDOGovUK
📄 New Policy Brief: New, monthly microdata on India’s industrial workers sheds light on labour turnover & absenteeism over forty years! 👷♂️📉 By Ananya Kotia & Utkarsh Saxena.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3Fe2FDt
#FCDOGovUK
📄 New Policy Brief: Coordinating travel for job-seeking women helps overcome mobility barriers and boosts job search. 🔍 💼 Findings by @rollykapoor.bsky.social and @smitgade1.bsky.social #India
Read: bit.ly/4kuWICc
#FCDOGovUK
How do export opportunities shape #employment? Brian McCaig, Nina Pavcnik and Woan Foong Wong find that foreign firms—especially from East Asia—led #Vietnam’s job boom after U.S. tariff reductions.📊#Globalization
📃Read here: bit.ly/3XawLhk
#FCDOGovUK #EconTwitter