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Seema Jayachandran is an economist who currently works as Professor of Economics at Princeton University. Her research interests include development… more

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by Jacob T. Levy — Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Ben H. Ansell, Elizabeth Saunders , and 11 more

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Brown rejected the compact!

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Could not be more on-brand for a democratic backsliding story ending in competitive authoritarianism: courts controlled by the ruling party tilt elections against the opposition.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Will Jennings, David R. Miller , and 2 more

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Do you want to live in a "papers, please" country?
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by Seema Jayachandran — Reposted by Anna O. Law, Smith

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Congratulations, you're department chair.
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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d
"The chancellor approved it"
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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Cas Mudde, A. E. Dessler , and 17 more

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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d
"The chancellor approved it"
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🫧 Spark Elation 🫧 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 3d
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”
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honestly it would have been extremely funny if they just gave Obama another peace nobel
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I'm not on "For you". Do you use the one by spacecowboy17?
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by Seema Jayachandran — Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Valerie Mueller, Shelly Lundberg , and 3 more

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We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."

Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.
Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).
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by Seema Jayachandran — Reposted by Diane Coyle, Brad R. Humphreys, Scott A. Imberman , and 2 more

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For econ JM candidates:

@princetondevo.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year postdoc with a start date in summer 2026. The only responsibility is to be an active participant in our Princeton development econ seminars and to continue pursuing your great independent research.

Apply by Nov 24.
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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Jan W. Mueller, Richard Price , and 3 more

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I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?
My Favorite Actress Is Not Human Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI. A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14 By Tyler Cowen
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by Seema Jayachandran

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I've been more frustrated as a poster than as a consumer of posts. When I posted a summary of a new paper on LinkedIn(!) and here, on LinkdIn got in front of scholars on that topic I'm not connected to (inferred from their likes). On here, it didn't/wouldn't. Same for posting about job openings.
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Per the previous thing I posted, its less rewarding to post inside-baseball posts and we see less of that content without a better feed algorithm....
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This is niche content for those who know that everything at the World Bank now has the word "jobs" sprinkled on top of it.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 19d
Got an announcement about an IPA/Northwestern workshop on, “Better Data for Better Jobs and Lives: Innovations in Survey Measurement in the Age of AI" and thought "confusing, why is jobs in the title. Ah, must be funded by the World Bank." Sure enough...
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by Seema Jayachandran

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Got an announcement about an IPA/Northwestern workshop on, “Better Data for Better Jobs and Lives: Innovations in Survey Measurement in the Age of AI" and thought "confusing, why is jobs in the title. Ah, must be funded by the World Bank." Sure enough...
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Agree. What I'm wishing for is probably infeasible, or benefits me but is bad for the world overall. Just wistful for twitter before it was destroyed: the algorithm served me well. It had the nerdy feed I was seeking. Not b/c of benevolence but b/c that was profit-maximizing. I sorely miss that.
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by Seema Jayachandran — Reposted by David K. Evans

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An algorithm. Benevolent algorithms are underrated.

My experience on Twitter pre-2022 was fantastic because the algorithm enabled me to see useful content and placed my posts in the feeds of people I hoped would see it.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 20d
If you could change one thing about Bluesky, what would it be?
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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Jonathan Portes, Jan W. Mueller , and 19 more

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"experts say"
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by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham — Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Michael Kevane

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"Levitt was a University of Chicago professor, he has (by academic standards) nearly infinite resources, he could study whatever he wants, and he’s going for . . . clicks?"
More on the decline and fall of Steven Levitt | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Richard Waite, Mirya R. Holman

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If you could change one thing about Bluesky, what would it be?
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Are OPT visas the next target? Ugh.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 21d
The US Administration is moving to severely restrict lawful, high-skill immigration.

First H-1B visas.

Next comes barring int'l students from staying to offer their talents to the US after graduation.

I wrote earlier on the economic harms Americans can expect—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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by Michael A. Clemens — Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Sona Golder, Stephen D. Murphy , and 2 more

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The US Administration is moving to severely restrict lawful, high-skill immigration.

First H-1B visas.

Next comes barring int'l students from staying to offer their talents to the US after graduation.

I wrote earlier on the economic harms Americans can expect—> www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
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by Anne Applebaum — Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Gernot Wagner, Michael Kevane , and 1 more

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"Every serious foreign policy discussion today misses the fundamental reality—Trump's strategic corruption has become America's primary vulnerability. China doesn't need to steal our technology when they can simply buy Trump."
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by Seema Jayachandran

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I really hope someone has been building a fundraising platform that will be ready to sub in for ActBlue when needed.
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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Jan W. Mueller, Elizabeth Saunders , and 23 more

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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
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I plan to post this ABC News supercut video of Trump calling Harris and Democrats "fascists" (and "communists"!) everytime I see a Republican on TV whining about Trump being called a "fascist" by the left.

Oh, the hypocrisy! Oh, the gaslighting!
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Reposted by Seema Jayachandran, Martin Tomko, Jussi T. Eronen , and 3 more

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All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes
Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.
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The US taxpayers paid $167,000 to destroy contraceptives rather than sell them to a funder or NGO

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by Seema Jayachandran — Reposted by Scott A. Imberman, Thomas Fujiwara

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#econra #econsky
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · Sep 10
We (development econ faculty at Princeton) are hiring predocs, to start in summer 2026. Please share the application with folks who might be interested: rpde.princeton.edu/rpde-%E2%80%93-predoctoral-fellows-research-specialists-start-summer-2026
We'll review apps starting on 9/15. Thanks!
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Princeton Research Program in Development Economics @princetondevo.bsky.social · Sep 8
🚨🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨🚨

We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting Pascaline Dupas, @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social @seema.bsky.social and Mica Sviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
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