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Caroline Krafft

@ckrafftc.bsky.social

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Economist, Associate Prof. @ Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota Development/Labor/Education/Gender/ECD/Inequality in the Middle East and North Africa.

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · Mar 10

📣 New paper "Do employers discriminate against married women? Evidence from a field experiment in Egypt" published in the Journal of Development Economics! #EconSky #menasky

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ABSTRACT
This research submitted fictitious resumes to online job postings in Egypt, randomizing gender and marital status. More job postings explicitly required men (14 per cent) than women (4 per cent). Despite the gender discrimination in postings, women were only slightly less likely to receive callbacks than men, with only a small difference between single and married women. Differences in callbacks by sex and marital status were not statistically significant. Women and especially married women were, however, particularly likely to be asked for more information rather than scheduled for an interview.

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Reposted by Brad R. Humphreys, Caroline Krafft

John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 11h

This is your periodic reminder that you can add coffee stains to your LaTeX documents.

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Gema Zamarro, Scott A. Imberman

The Sadie Collective @sadiecollective.bsky.social · 1d

October 12th is World Economist Day!

From guiding policy to studying the forces behind growth, economists help us make sense of complex systems and improve lives.

Today we ask you to donate to The Sadie Collective to empower the next generation of economists: tinyurl.com/sadie-wed

#EconSky

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Justin H. Kirkland, Claire L. Adida

Clint Peinhardt @clintpeinhardt.bsky.social · 1d

UT Dallas is hiring in international politics, emphasis on conflict. jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/30535

Assistant Professor in International Relations or Comparative Politics

Position Description The Political Science program at The University of Texas at Dallas invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in international relations or comparative p...

jobs.utdallas.edu

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Kai Arzheimer, Paul Lehmann , and 3 more Caroline Krafft, Kai Arzheimer, Paul Lehmann, Paul Nightingale, Jan Fuhse, Bonnie N. Field

Donald Szlosek @dszlosek.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent advice on paper review:

1. Peer reviewers are volunteers.

2. Map all comments to actions.

3. Address all comments.

4. Focus on improving your paper, instead of arguing.

5. Rarely, and only with strong defense, say no.

6. Don’t take things personally.

7. Avoid recreational revisions.

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 2d

#NumbersDay

Gregory Daco @gregdaco.bsky.social · 2d

⛔️UMich Consumer #Sentiment weakens slightly in October.

⚠️Concerns around job prospects & high prices continue to cloud the outlook even as most shrug their shoulders at the #governmentshutdown

🔻Sentiment -0.2%
🔻Current Conditions +1.0%
🔻Expectations -1.0%

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Reposted by Mark J. Brandt, Caroline Krafft, Maarten Vink , and 4 more Mark J. Brandt, Caroline Krafft, Maarten Vink, Efrén O. Pérez, Mirya R. Holman, Peter K. Enns, Frank C. Thames

Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 3d

Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle.

Deadline Oct. 22.

www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant

Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants

Supporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice.

www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Karen Benjamin Guzzo

Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 3d

Jobs! ISRDI @minnpop.bsky.social is searching for 2 full-time staff for a new National Institute on Aging Demography and Economics Coordinating Center (NIA DECC).

1. DECC Coordinator, JO 370494: hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EM...

2. Communications Manager, JO 370497 - hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EM...

About the NIA DECC

Demography & Economics of Aging Coordinating Center (DECC) Contact us at [email protected] Co-Directors: Gina Rumore, Cathy Fitch, and Rob Warren We aim to increase the efficiency, productivity, and impac...

z.umn.edu

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Valerie Mueller

Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 3d

Nice work if you can get it? The distribution of employment and earnings during the early years of the clean energy transition

By @jmcolmer.bsky.social, Eva Lyubich and John Voorheis

Read: cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...

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Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social · 3d

Finally, we do have a small fund to support the travel of scholars to the ISA-Canada meeting for workshops 2 and 8. Priority for allocation will go to grad students and other early career or contingent scholars. Please email [email protected] to inquire about funding!

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social · 3d

I'm thrilled to announce that @isa-canada.bsky.social will have TWO workshops at @cpsa-acsp.bsky.social this year! A dissertation workshop (open to all in the AM and with an invite-only track for feedback in the afternoon) and a workshop on teaching IR in the age of generative AI. More info in 🧵

Visual version of plain text information available here: https://mycpsa-cpsa-acsp.ca/cfp/cfp_callE#wrk2

Visual version of plain text information available here: https://mycpsa-cpsa-acsp.ca/cfp/cfp_callE#wrk8

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, David K. Evans

Center for Global Development @cgdev.org · 4d

Evidence shows allowing pregnant girls to stay in school doesn’t raise teen pregnancy rates. Yet Catholic schools in the Congo have imposed a ban—threatening girls’ education & futures, warn @daveevansphd.bsky.social & @leecrawfurd.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/3Kq77lm

Catholic Schools in the Congo Ban Pregnant Girls

Almost everywhere, girls who get pregnant in school are allowed to finish their education. Only five countries still have explicit bans or restrictions: Afghanistan, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Kuwait, a...

www.cgdev.org

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Nicholas Gibson @njsgibson.bsky.social · 4d

Grants available for department and institution leaders at U.S. institutions who are willing to reimagine hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in ways that reward open science, team science, and diverse contributions to knowledge. Deadline January 8, 2026. www.ma3challenge.org

Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement

www.ma3challenge.org

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 4d

Check out the call for papers: www.jointdatacenter.org/wp-content/u...

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Miles Williams @mdwilliamsphd.bsky.social · 4d

My dept head (Paul Djupe) and I published an article about our unique undergrad program called Data for Political Research, and why more schools should adopt a datacentric poli sci track that emphasizes applied research. I wrote about it in my latest newsletter:

open.substack.com/pub/mileswil...

More Data for Political Research

The promise of a more data-centric poli sci curriculum

open.substack.com

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft

Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 5d

My number one tip for researchers that do a significant amount of non peer reviewed paper publication/outreach:

Create an excel table, every time you give an interview, talk, write an oped or white paper, etc. take 5 seconds to immediately note it in the excel.

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Julia Lynch , and 2 more Caroline Krafft, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Julia Lynch, Christina Ho, Evan Roberts

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 5d

New podcast episode where I talk about what's going on with mortality in the US

A wide-ranging discussion of what happened before the pandemic & what's happened since then; racial disparities and how to get our heads around their scope; why things might be going so badly for Millennials & Gen Zers

Prof. Elizabeth Wrigley-Field Discusses Excess Deaths

Because the US death rate has exceeded that of 21 other high income countries for over four decades, an estimated 14.7 million US lives have been lost since1980.

www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 5d

The latest MENAAP Economic Update, "Jobs and Women: Untapped Talent, Unrealized Growth", contributes to the discussions on the World Bank’s jobs agenda with increased participation of women in the labor market as a key driver of growth across the region.

openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/pub...

Open Knowledge Repository

openknowledge.worldbank.org

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Lindsay M. Tedds, Samuel Bentolila , and 1 more Caroline Krafft, Lindsay M. Tedds, Samuel Bentolila, Lauren Hersch Nicholas

John A. List @johnlist.bsky.social · 5d

The econ PhD market will be difficult this year. The exact same thing happened when I went on the market years ago: I sent out 150 applications...and got 1 interview! Then I wrote a paper about it! ideas.repec.org/p/feb/natura...

Both sides of the market responded. Is this happening now too?

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 5d

It's been a hot minute since I sent an #MHAWS, but we are back (baby), we're back

Today, we are talking about building a sustainable writing practice through thinking about duration, frequency, and intensity as different ways to measure your time writing.

open.substack.com/pub/miryahol...

Duration, Frequency, Intensity

Building a sustainable writing practice despite all this

open.substack.com

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Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Aaron Sojourner

CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 5d

PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference @cepr.org

Bringing together researchers studying the behaviour of firms in low-income countries & focusing on the market forces that drive efficiency in these countries.

📅26 - 28 Mar 2026
📍Oxford, UK

⏰Submission deadline: 20 Oct
cepr.org/events/pedl-...

PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference

Search the site

cepr.org

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Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Caroline Krafft

LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research @liser.lu · 5d

⭐WE ARE HIRING! ✨ Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Social Sciences - Ref: 25-35

ℹ️ Learn more: shorturl.at/YrzIh
📧 Work-related questions: Contact Dr. Magdalena GORCZYNSKA-ANGIULLI | [email protected]
📧 Administrative matters: Contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA | [email protected]

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Reposted by Dan Goldhaber, Colin Green, Caroline Krafft , and 6 more Dan Goldhaber, Colin Green, Caroline Krafft, Joshua Goodman, Gema Zamarro, Aaron Sojourner, Scott A. Imberman, Lindsey Macmillan, Georg Weizsäcker

Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 6d

📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

@caterinapavese.bsky.social @mtotarelli.bsky.social

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 6d

I regularly get folks interested in economics or public policy PhDs who are not able to be in-person full-time; where offers good economics (especially development econ.) and policy PhDs that are remote or part-time or only sporadically in person? #EconSky #PoliSky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 6d

✨ We will be featuring the 2025 AERE Scholars & Mentors over the coming weeks! Stay tuned to learn more about the amazing cohort! ✨

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 6d

🌟 The AERE Scholars Program works to ⬆️ diversity and foster an inclusive culture in environmental & resource economics! 🌍📊
👥 Scholars receive 1:1 & peer mentoring, plus insights into the 🎓 "hidden curriculum" of economics.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/77cAKsh

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 6d

🌿AERE Scholars Program Mentor Spotlight: Julia Berazneva🌿
Berazneva's research focuses on environmental and resource economics, with particular interest in human-environment interactions and sustainable development, both in low-income countries and USA.
Website: buff.ly/5WKU0Sn
📈📉 #Econsky

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NBER @nber.org · 6d

Featured in the latest Digest: Universal Occupational Licensing Recognition and Healthcare Access

https://www.nber.org/digest/202510/universal-occupational-licensing-recognition-and-healthcare-access?page=1&perPage=50

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 8d

Think of the economy as like baking a cake. H‑1B visas supply missing ingredients -- high skill STEM workers. If Trump cuts off access: fewer projects get baked, worse recipes get used, or we import the cake. None of those make Americans better off. #TheProfessorIsIn #TeachEcon

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