Mahreen Mahmud

📢Full-time predoc or part-time PhD RA position available at @TheIFS app.beapplied.com/apply/rgpraf0p… @ImranRasul3, @fpvinay, and I have a series of projects mapping skills in online job postings to labor market outcomes. Work at intersection of econ/data science/ML/AI. @econ_ra

Amazing opportunity for junior researchers in LMICs to get feedback

🚨 Free Online PhD Course: Panel Data Econometrics, Aug. 19 -21. 🚨 Link to read more about the contents of the course and register👇 linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Great session! Stellar work by two soon to be on the job market candidates.

Prof. Imran Rasul @ImranRasul3 (@ucl) delivers the 2nd keynote at the 3rd Diversity and Human Capital Workshop at @UofEBusiness, presenting their research on firm behavior and worker outcomes during the pandemic in Uganda. #DHC2025 @SoniaOreffice @vatsalecon @Russell__Parton

Session 2 on Human Capital kicks off with Ronak Jain @rjain_econ (@econ_uzh) discussing how access to 3G internet impacts human capital development. #DHC2025 @UofEBusiness @vatsalecon @SoniaOreffice

📢 Join us today for the EDGE Seminar! 🗓️ Date: 12th May 🕑 Time: 2 PM BST Speaker: @ImranRasul3 Title: "Majority perceptions of minority groups: Economic inequalities, their causes, and policy solutions" lse.zoom.us/j/82431602077?…

📢Exciting news ahead! We are back with #ADE2025! The 7th International Applied Development Economics Conference will be held in #Lahore, August 18-20, 2025. The Call for Papers is now open! 📄 📅 Deadline: April 20, 2025 🔗 Submit your paper here: forms.gle/qPcrqcivz9Npvu…

Nice variation on face-to-face vs. ACASI reporting of IPV in Pakistan 🇵🇰 --> ACASI is well understood + initially answering questions privately via ACASI ⬆️subsequent disclosure of IPV by 41-57% during F2F interviews via @wb_research by @drniqbal & co documents.worldbank.org/en/publication…

Had a wonderful time in Lancaster! Thanks to Cath and @danilaserra_eco for organising a 'great' workshop and bringing us all together.

Excited to share work with @kateorkin @EmmaRiley19 in rural Kenya. We show that adding an aspiration-boosting workshop to cash transfers increased women’s control over resources & decreased intimate partner violence as compared to cash transfers alone. tinyurl.com/3fwuhjyc

📢FREE Online Development Economics Course May 12-July 14 PLUS access to impact evaluation video course Apply by: April 21, 2025 Taught by @orianabandiera & Robin Burgess & amazing TAs from LSE Details & submission form: rb.gy/ct9ikf @FCDOGovUK #econtwitter

Great opportunity for young African scholars to pursue fully funded masters degrees in Australia 🇦🇺 Must be at least 25 years old w/ minimum of 5 yrs work experience & no previous grad degree Eligible countries + priority topics 👇🏾 Apply by April 30th dfat.gov.au/sites/default/…

Hi! Severine @OxfordEconDept and I @UofEBusiness are organising an online Behind-the-Scenes Seminar series, focussing on the story behind research papers + an interactive survey during the seminar to measure & discuss audience beliefs. Find out more bts-seminar.net

📢JOB OPENING @CERPakistan Research Associate based in Karachi Join our exciting project on mobile money and domestic remittances! The candidate should be able to travel to field sites in Khairpur and Mardan. For details see: linkedin.com/jobs/view/4114…

This is a powerful advert by Admiral car insurance (warning: it's upsetting). There is a lot of evidence that the development of cognitive control, the ability to resist distraction and peer influence all contribute to driving risks in young people. youtube.com/watch?v=mQtqQE…

feat @metrics52, @cortespatico & @ImranRasul3 @UniofExeter

📢 Thrilled to announce the 3rd Diversity and Human Capital Workshop on June 16-17, 2025 at the University of Exeter, featuring keynotes by Josh Angrist, Patricia Cortes, and Imran Rasul! Stay tuned for the Call for Papers—coming soon! See more info here: bit.ly/3OQ5eNx

PSA: Hiring committees will look for your JMP on your website (both because it might be updated there and because job application portals are clunky/frustrating). If you're on the academic job market this year and haven't posted your full paper draft on your website yet, it is…

Join us for the last EDGE seminar of the year by JMC @gabydesch (@LSEEcon) titled "Motherhood and violence in Mexico" next Monday, 2nd December at 2 pm BST. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…