Dean Yang

@deanyang

Development economist. Prof at @UMichEcon and @FordSchool. Founding President, International Development Economics Association (IDEA) @ideadevecon

Ann Arbor, MI umich.edu/~deanyang Joined September 2008

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Dean Yang @deanyang Jun 24

Development economics finally has a global professional home. Today we launch @ideadevecon ... Open to every development economist, everywhere.

Join the community: idea.devecon.org

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Dean Yang @deanyang Nov 2

Announcing the next @ideadevecon Research Seminar, with Nobel Laureate James Robinson (@HarrisPolicy), who will briefly recap his BREAD-@The_IGC lecture "The Political Economy of Africa", and then open up for Q&A. Tue Nov 17, 9 am US ET.

Join us! See link below.

International Development Economics Association @ideadevecon Nov 2

We invite you to register for the next IDEA Research Seminar, featuring Nobel Laureate James Robinson (University of Chicago)! Professor Robinson will be building on his BREAD-IGC lecture, “The Political Economy of Africa”. Register at the link in first reply 🔗🌐

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Dean Yang @deanyang Oct 29

Join us for the @ideadevecon session on "Writing Papers and Responding to Reviewers"! Mon Nov 30, 11 am US eastern time. Register at:
idea.devecon.org/career-skills.…

idea.devecon.org Career Skills Series — IDEA The IDEA Career Skills Series: online sessions on the practical skills of a career in development economics, from PhD admissions to writing papers, grant writing, and the job market.

Nishith Prakash @Prof_Nishith_P Oct 20

Writing Papers and Responding to Reviewers — the session early-career researchers keep asking for.

Mon, Nov 30 · 11 AM ET · Virtual
@EdmondsEric, James Fenske, Randi Hjalmarsson, @aprajitmahajan

Free: idea.devecon.org/career-skills.…

@deanyang @willafriedman @sohamsahoo @ideadevecon

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Dean Yang @deanyang Oct 19

Very excited to share the @ideadevecon Calendar with the community! Add your own events to it using our simple form, and subscribe so that it shows up in your own calendar.

And please share feedback on how we can make the IDEA Calendar most useful!

International Development Economics Association @ideadevecon Oct 19

We are excited to share that the IDEA Development Economics Calendar is now live on our website! You can browse opportunities, filter by event and region, subscribe to add to your own calendar, and submit your own activities. Link in first reply. 🔗

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Dean Yang @deanyang Oct 5

Can a savings account reduce heavy drinking?

In a randomized trial with 1,500 men in western Kenya, a savings program cut hazardous drinking by 26% and intimate partner violence by 15%.

New NBER working paper 🧵