Cynthia Kinnan
@cynthiakinnan.bsky.social
Development economist at Tufts University. I'm interested in direct and indirect effects of financial inclusion, risk, social networks & B2B networks in developing settings.
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Tufts University is thrilled to host the North East Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference on November 8-9, 2025!
📝 Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here:
editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf...
More details to come!
#NEUDC #NEUDC2025
📝 Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here:
editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf...
More details to come!
#NEUDC #NEUDC2025
June 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Tufts University is thrilled to host the North East Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference on November 8-9, 2025!
📝 Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here:
editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf...
More details to come!
#NEUDC #NEUDC2025
📝 Call for Papers: Submissions start June 16, and end August 17. Submit your papers here:
editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf...
More details to come!
#NEUDC #NEUDC2025
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@justsand.bsky.social and I try to answer the question: how many lives saved by US foreign assistance each year. Best estimate: 3.3 million.
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
March 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
@justsand.bsky.social and I try to answer the question: how many lives saved by US foreign assistance each year. Best estimate: 3.3 million.
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
www.cgdev.org/blog/how-man...
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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
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The sudden and illegal elimination of all US aid personnel worldwide immediately reduces US soft power. It makes Americans less secure, everywhere.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
In Aid We Trust: Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005
Abstract. In 2005 an earthquake in northern Pakistan led to a significant inflow of international relief groups. Four years later, trust in Europeans and Americans was markedly higher among those expo...
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February 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The sudden and illegal elimination of all US aid personnel worldwide immediately reduces US soft power. It makes Americans less secure, everywhere.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
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Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101!
They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
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They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
1/
February 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101!
They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
1/
They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.
Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.
1/
Looking to stay up to date with the literature on microfinance? Check out out updated VoxDevLit! #EconSky
🆕 What have we learned about microfinance?
Updated #VoxDevLit summarises the latest research w/ Jing Cai, Muhammad Meki, Simon Quinn, Erica Field, Cynthia Kinnan, Jonathan Morduch, Jonathan de Quidt & Farah Said: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/mi...
Today's podcast covers Issue 3: voxdev.org/topic/financ...
Updated #VoxDevLit summarises the latest research w/ Jing Cai, Muhammad Meki, Simon Quinn, Erica Field, Cynthia Kinnan, Jonathan Morduch, Jonathan de Quidt & Farah Said: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/mi...
Today's podcast covers Issue 3: voxdev.org/topic/financ...
January 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Looking to stay up to date with the literature on microfinance? Check out out updated VoxDevLit! #EconSky
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Looking forward to co-organizing one of BFI's most popular conferences again! And this year, we were super duper lucky to nab @seema.bsky.social as the keynote speaker :)
More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Submission deadline: Feb 28
Please please RT and share with your networks!
More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Submission deadline: Feb 28
Please please RT and share with your networks!
January 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Looking forward to co-organizing one of BFI's most popular conferences again! And this year, we were super duper lucky to nab @seema.bsky.social as the keynote speaker :)
More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Submission deadline: Feb 28
Please please RT and share with your networks!
More info: bfi.uchicago.edu/events/event...
Submission deadline: Feb 28
Please please RT and share with your networks!
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Journalists. Please. Too many of you are going to call this a tax “on Colombia”.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
Nearly all coffee consumed in the United States is imported, and the largest source of that coffee is Colombia. Trump is putting a 25% tax on our top source of coffee, and that tax will be passed on to American consumers
BREAKING: Trump orders 25% tariffs on all goods from Colombia after 2 deportation flights were rejected
January 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Journalists. Please. Too many of you are going to call this a tax “on Colombia”.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
It’s a tax on Americans. All Americans who ever drink coffee. Or buy cut flowers.
A tax. On Americans.
Huge congratulations to my awesome colleague Elizabeth Setren!
My amazing colleague Elizabeth Setren was chosen as one only 400 people to get an Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Joe Biden. We are so lucky to have her at Tufts #EconSky
Holy cow! President Biden honors my colleague @lizbettini.bsky.social, my coauthor @doughesm.bsky.social, and my friend Elizabeth Setren, among others.
Huge congrats to all!
Huge congrats to all!
January 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Huge congratulations to my awesome colleague Elizabeth Setren!
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Applications are open for the Graduate Applications International Network (GAIN) programme 2025!
Information sharing, mentoring & financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics & related fields.
➡️ Apply: gain-network.net/participants
🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025
Information sharing, mentoring & financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics & related fields.
➡️ Apply: gain-network.net/participants
🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025
Apply to GAIN — GAIN
We are looking for extremely motivated individuals who aim to apply to graduate programs at top institutions worldwide and eventually pursue a PhD in economics and other social sciences. We strongly e...
gain-network.net
January 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Applications are open for the Graduate Applications International Network (GAIN) programme 2025!
Information sharing, mentoring & financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics & related fields.
➡️ Apply: gain-network.net/participants
🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025
Information sharing, mentoring & financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics & related fields.
➡️ Apply: gain-network.net/participants
🗓️ Deadline: 16 February 2025
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1) Pre-doc opportunity ( link in tweets below)! The Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics invites applicants for the Kabir Banerjee pre-doctoral fellowship program. This is a great opportunity for individuals interested in pursuing PhD work in dev economics.
January 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
1) Pre-doc opportunity ( link in tweets below)! The Weiss Fund for Research in Development Economics invites applicants for the Kabir Banerjee pre-doctoral fellowship program. This is a great opportunity for individuals interested in pursuing PhD work in dev economics.
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🆕 VoxDev Event: Using evidence to make humanitarian aid more effective
On Tuesday January 28th, Jeannie Annan, Luc Behaghel, Tarek Ghani & Jonas L. Heirman will join us at this free online webinar.
Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
On Tuesday January 28th, Jeannie Annan, Luc Behaghel, Tarek Ghani & Jonas L. Heirman will join us at this free online webinar.
Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🆕 VoxDev Event: Using evidence to make humanitarian aid more effective
On Tuesday January 28th, Jeannie Annan, Luc Behaghel, Tarek Ghani & Jonas L. Heirman will join us at this free online webinar.
Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
On Tuesday January 28th, Jeannie Annan, Luc Behaghel, Tarek Ghani & Jonas L. Heirman will join us at this free online webinar.
Register here: cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Midwest International Economic Development Conference
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December 3, 2024 at 3:38 PM
The 22nd Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) will be held at UIUC March 28–29, 2025. Co-hosted by Ag Econ and Econ. Mushfiq Mobarak @mushfiq-econ.bsky.social keynote. Always one of my favorite conferences.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
Deadline for submissions Jan 8, 2025.
My excellent student @sarahshaukat.bsky.social is on the job market! Check out her great JMP: "Do NGOs Matter for Development? Evidence from Pakistan". Read more about her work: sites.google.com/view/sarahsh...
November 25, 2024 at 9:38 PM
My excellent student @sarahshaukat.bsky.social is on the job market! Check out her great JMP: "Do NGOs Matter for Development? Evidence from Pakistan". Read more about her work: sites.google.com/view/sarahsh...
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Gimli points out that this could have been an email.
Elrond tells the long story of the One Ring, from its forging in the Mountain of Fire, to its betrayal of Isildur at the Gladden Fields. Frodo is startled to learn that Elrond himself marched with Gil-Galad in the Last Alliance against Sauron, more than three thousand years ago.
October 25, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Gimli points out that this could have been an email.
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The AEA Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession maintains a listing of minority job market candidates as a resource for employers. To learn more or to request to be added to the list, visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co.... #econsky
October 24, 2024 at 12:48 PM
The AEA Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession maintains a listing of minority job market candidates as a resource for employers. To learn more or to request to be added to the list, visit aeaweb.org/about-aea/co.... #econsky
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Of potential interest to young scholars:
Young Urban Economist Workshop at www.theigc.org/events/9th-u.... Presenters will receive feedback on their papers from one of the academic keynotes: Matt Turner, Kelsey Jack, Ed Glaeser. Funding for travel and accommodation available.
#econsky
Young Urban Economist Workshop at www.theigc.org/events/9th-u.... Presenters will receive feedback on their papers from one of the academic keynotes: Matt Turner, Kelsey Jack, Ed Glaeser. Funding for travel and accommodation available.
#econsky
October 23, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Of potential interest to young scholars:
Young Urban Economist Workshop at www.theigc.org/events/9th-u.... Presenters will receive feedback on their papers from one of the academic keynotes: Matt Turner, Kelsey Jack, Ed Glaeser. Funding for travel and accommodation available.
#econsky
Young Urban Economist Workshop at www.theigc.org/events/9th-u.... Presenters will receive feedback on their papers from one of the academic keynotes: Matt Turner, Kelsey Jack, Ed Glaeser. Funding for travel and accommodation available.
#econsky
How should LMICs price social programs like health insurance? Subsidies ↑ takeup, ↓ adverse selection -- but raising revenue is costly. Anup Malani, Alessandra Voena, Gabriella Conti, Kosuke Imai & I have a new discussion of our work on this question @voxdev.bsky.social : voxdev.org/topic/public...
Pricing health insurance in India
Households are willing to pay for public health insurance, but those who pay to enrol have higher average costs than those who enrol when insurance is free. How then should governments set premiums fo...
voxdev.org
September 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
How should LMICs price social programs like health insurance? Subsidies ↑ takeup, ↓ adverse selection -- but raising revenue is costly. Anup Malani, Alessandra Voena, Gabriella Conti, Kosuke Imai & I have a new discussion of our work on this question @voxdev.bsky.social : voxdev.org/topic/public...
Hi #Econsky, can anyone suggest a paper w/ a graphical analysis of a case w/ offsetting treatment and selection effects? (Eg, school meals -->different set of students present on test day; training-->different set of workers with observed wages?) Lee (2009) does not have a graphical analys afaik.
November 21, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Hi #Econsky, can anyone suggest a paper w/ a graphical analysis of a case w/ offsetting treatment and selection effects? (Eg, school meals -->different set of students present on test day; training-->different set of workers with observed wages?) Lee (2009) does not have a graphical analys afaik.
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Blog your job market paper: our annual opportunity for job market candidates in development to share their work is now open for submissions blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...
Blog your job market paper 2023: submissions now open
Our annual call for PhD students on the job market to summarize and share their research
blogs.worldbank.org
October 16, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Blog your job market paper: our annual opportunity for job market candidates in development to share their work is now open for submissions blogs.worldbank.org/impactevalua...