Toman Barsbai
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Toman Barsbai
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Professor of Economics ‪at the University of Bristol‬. Development, migration, culture, and behavior. tomanbarsbai.com
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Call for papers for the Migration Workshop of the BSE Summer Forum
bse.eu/summer-forum...

📅 Dates: 8-9 June 2026

Keynotes: Leah Boustan & Sam Bazzi

Organizers: L. Farré, J. Fernández-Huertas Moraga, A. Glitz, A. Groeger, J. Llull, J. Monràs

⏰ Deadline: 28 FEB

@bsebarcelona.bsky.social
Workshop on Migration
Find paper topics, past speakers, and the call for the next edition of the BSE Summer Forum Workshop on Migration
bse.eu
February 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
📢 Fully funded PhD position at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics (Bonn)

Opportunity to work on the scientific evaluation of @malengo.org, an exciting RCT on international educational migration from Uganda to Germany, and join our great team.

www.povertyactionlab.org/careers/phd-...
PhD-position - Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Economics - Bonn, Germany | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
www.povertyactionlab.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Apply to present your work at the @novafrica.bsky.social PhD Workshop on Development Economics.

Organized by the fantastic Econ PhD students at Nova SBE!
📢 Call for papers now open for the 4th @NOVAFRICA PhD Workshop on Development Economics

📍 Nova SBE (Lisbon, PT) | 📅 June 17, 2026

This is a pre-conference event ahead of the #NOVAFRICA2026 Conference.

📝 Submission Deadline: March 15, 2026

🔗 bit.ly/4qPvWHy

#DevEcon #EconResearch
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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🆕 How international migration shapes fertility and reproductive health back home

Susan Godlonton (Williams College Economics Department) & Caroline Theoharides (Amherst) discuss how exposure to less restrictive health policies abroad lowered fertility in the Philippines: https://ow.ly/7lZw50Y4JiS
How international migration shapes fertility and reproductive health back home
Exposure to less restrictive reproductive health policies via international migration leads to lower fertility in origin communities through the diffusion of new knowledge, preferences, and behaviour.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:22 AM
BÆM💥5 days left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings!

🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi

👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides

⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås

👉 baem.info
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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Extremely saddened to learn about the passing of Jon Temple. He was a leading thinker on the economics of growth, and such a decent person.

Here’s a few fond memories of our interactions, for which I’ll always be profoundly grateful:

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R.I.P., dear Jon.
I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences…...
I am saddened beyond words to learn that Jon Temple, the profound investigator of the economics of growth, has passed away.   https://lnkd.in/d9KMSE7B   We must have first met at several conferences ...
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January 20, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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I continue to be inspired by our amazing Malengo students — here is another conversation, this time with Kiltan Karbous, a Sudanese refugee from Uganda, who is studying Physics in Leipzig.
Introducing the world to our amazing Malengo students, vol. 4:

Please meet Kiltan Karbous, who is a Malengo Uganda–University Scholar studying studying Physics at the University of Leipzig, Germany.

youtu.be/qCyAzhzNjNM
Malengo Scholar Profiles: Kiltan Karbous, Uganda–Germany University Scholar
YouTube video by Malengo Inc.
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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This is a hard year for the job market.

Dev economists: check out this available funding *if you’re open to be based in an LMIC*

It could supplement your salary + provide research funds.

Lots of research active hubs in Asia, Africa, LAC that would love to affiliate excellent global talent!
📢 Weiss Fellowship for Junior Researchers: Job market PhD candidates planning to work in low- and middle-income countries can apply for up to 3 years of supplemental funding.

🗓️ Applications review starting Jan 15, 2026 — early applications prioritized. Apply here: https://ow.ly/6yHi50XTbEF
January 14, 2026 at 3:08 AM
📢 Less than 3 weeks left to submit to the Bristol Applied Economics Meetings (BÆM). Come join us!

🌍Development (5-6 May) w/ Mobarak, Orkin, Rasul, Rossi

👥Migration (6-7 May) w/ Abramitzky, Monras, Theoharides

⚖️Fairness (8 May) w/ Fehr, Bénabou, Almås

👉 baem.info
January 13, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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Inaugural Workshop of the Standing Committee for Political Economy of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik e.V.), @vfsecon.bsky.social
Call for Papers below! Maik T. Schneider, @steinhardt.bsky.social @theocharisgr.bsky.social
and I hope to see you in Berlin, March 26-27!
January 8, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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📢 International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development.

At our VoxDevLit launch event on January 14, Dean Yang will summarise evidence on international migration.

Register➡️ https://ow.ly/y5n150XRWT9
January 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Great new evidence from the Philippines on the long-run multiplier of labor migration in countries of origin.

"Initial migrant income shocks are magnified six-fold over time, increasing domestic income, education levels, migrant skills, and high-skilled migration."
December 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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We got a new paper out on Ukrainian #refugee entrepreneurs in Poland, with Cevat Giray Aksoy and Piotr Lewandowski. Check it out here: cevatgirayaksoy.com/wp-content/u... and see below for a THREAD!!! 👇 #EconTwitter
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December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The International Monetary Fund asked me to review the literature on migration economics to draw lessons for low-income countries.

In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.

www.iza.org/publications...

🧵 thread—>
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📢 Call for papers 📢

Join us for the Bristol Applied Economics Meeting (BÆM) on the Economics of Migration, May 6-7!

Invited talks by Ran Abramitzky, Joan Monras, and Caroline Theoharides.

Submit your paper by Jan 31. Some travel funding is available. baem.info/CfP_MIG_26.pdf
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Exciting news on @malengo.org, the NGO that helps East African students move to Europe for education: Our research team has given us a glimpse of their early findings!

Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:

forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...

Thread follows!
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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📢 #CallForPapers 7th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration
CEPR @ebrd.bsky.social King's College London & Sapienza University are co-organising a workshop on 28-29 May 2026 in Rome
Submit by 23 January
cepr.org/events/7th-w...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Over the past 3 decades, high-skill migrants from Asia—especially India and China—have transformed the US economy, fueling innovation, tech, higher ed, and healthcare growth, from Gaurav Khanna www.nber.org/papers/w34449
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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CfP🗣️: 7th edition of the Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration. 28-29 May 2026, in Rome!

Organised by CEPR/King's College/EBRD/Sapienza

Keynotes are Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi) and Vicky Fouka (Stanford).

Submit your papers: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Deadline 23 Jan.

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November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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New from me:

An interactive data visualization showing billionaire migration: paths from birthplace to most recent residence for > 3,100 of the world’s richest individuals.

Most importantly, fun to play around with; also, useful for thinking about q's re: elites and comparative wealth ineq. 1/5
Billionaire Migration: An Interactive Map
An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,106 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
BÆM is back! Submit your paper and join us for the 3rd Bristol Applied Economics Meetings. Three workshops with a fantastic lineup of invited speakers:

Development Economics, 5-6 May
Economics of Migration, 6-7 May
Fairness in the Economy, 8 May

Calls for papers👇https://www.baem.info/
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The economic effects of international students go far beyond their tuition dollars.

Many stay, innovate, & shape the productivity of the entire economy.

My co-authors & I estimate the impact of US international student exclusion policy in this new paper commissioned by the @nationalacademies.org.
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Great news on @malengo.org: With a new large investment from The Shapiro Foundation (theshapirofoundation.org), we'll be able to bring several hundred vocational training and university students from Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda to Europe over the coming years!

More here: malengo.org/malengo-secu...
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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In today's blog, I discuss 3 ways for international migration to be part of a structural transformation policy: 1) as an industry itself; 2) training people abroad in the skills to develop a new industry at home; and 3) through immigration (eg Start-up Chile) blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
International Migration as a Structural Transformation Policy
blogs.worldbank.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Very useful summary by @mclem.org of the evidence on skilled migration and the likely impact of Trump's H1B visa fee.

www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
New US curb on high-skill immigrant workers ignores evidence of its likely harms
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered an unprecedented new restriction on lawful immigration to the US by high-skill workers. Starting Sunday, new applications for H-1B visas required payment of an...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM