Jonathan Weigel
@JonathanWeigel
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Assistant professor @BerkeleyHaas. Development, political economy, PF-dev.
Berkeley, CA
Joined April 2013
Join our team as a Postdoctoral Scholar, Mining and Local Development in Zambia Apply here: https://t.co/nIdixKUsfr
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Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)! 2-year predoc RA: https://t.co/qOHU4ffcm9 1-year predoc RA: https://t.co/eltVHeRfnf 1-year intern: https://t.co/JdwUVp94zz
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Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)! 2-year predoc RA: https://t.co/qOHU4ffcm9 1-year predoc RA: https://t.co/eltVHeRfnf 1-year intern: https://t.co/JdwUVp94zz
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🚨New working paper🚨 “The Political Costs of Taxation” with @EnguehardJoseph & @IgorKol52824963 When a state has low capacity and legitimacy, attempts to enforce unfair taxation can fuel social conflict! Some key findings: 🧵 1/10
Our recent WP explores the political consequences of enforcing the salt tax in early modern #France 🇫🇷 The authors examine how stricter enforcement of this tax, which varied across regions, led to conflicts between taxpayers and the state. Read here: https://t.co/1qTWJ4vzhd
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Can we use experiments to understand institutions? In this week's episode of VoxDevTalks, Michael Callen @LSEEcon & @JonathanWeigel @BerkeleyHaas spoke to @timsvengali about the rise of experimental tools to measure institutional change: https://t.co/GO6KYSc20v
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🆕 Can we use experiments to understand institutions? In this week's episode of VoxDevTalks, Michael Callen @LSEEcon & @JonathanWeigel @BerkeleyHaas speak to @timsvengali about the rise of experimental tools to measure institutional change: https://t.co/GO6KYSc20v
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🚨Exciting Opportunity! 🚨We're looking for a Predoc RA + Intern to join projects on state capacity and economic development in the DRC Apply now if you're passionate about Dev/PF/PE! 👉 Research Associate: https://t.co/Pf4gceVuuN 👉 Research Intern:
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Projects with @ABergeron_econ, @DinaPomeranz, @gabezt, @DrMarinaNgoma, Binta Zahra Diop, James Robinson, Joana Naritomi, Sam Kapon, and others
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Looking for Predoc RA + intern to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)! DRC-based research associate: https://t.co/wMxmyTkHoM DRC-based research intern: https://t.co/B98R3SefvY
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Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE). Two-year DRC- and Berkeley-based predoc: https://t.co/GcmWROOhJ8 One-year DRC-based research intern: https://t.co/cMG8kcfaex
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Hi everyone, I am looking to hire a pre-doc to work on topics in political economy and economic history. Please RT and share with anyone who might be interested! More details below - apply here: https://t.co/D2Nzmg10cu
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Come work with us! Looking for French-speaking RAs for research projects in DRC in Dev/PE/PF space with focus on role of state capacity in economic development. Predoctoral RA: https://t.co/GsmpeeuiWA RA: https://t.co/oht8HKPjK3 Intern: https://t.co/WpxHWHXuCq
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🚨 Full-Time Pre-doc Position at UC Berkeley🚨 Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in low- and middle-income countries? Come work for me as a full-time predoc based at Berkeley Haas.
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According to a field experiment in DR Congo, property tax rates are above the revenue-maximizing rate. The government could increase revenue by (i) lowering tax rates or (ii) investing in enforcement capacity, which shifts up the revenue-maximizing rate https://t.co/ZemEudcGBd
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Come work with us! Looking for French-speaking RAs for research projects in DRC in Dev/PE/PF space with focus on role of state capacity in economic development. Predoctoral RA: https://t.co/GsmpeeuiWA RA: https://t.co/oht8HKPjK3 Intern: https://t.co/WpxHWHXuCq
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RA review of literature that examines changes to institutions, consists of real-time studies of plausible critical junctures, and exploits field experiments, from Michael Callen, @jonathanweigel, and Noam Yuchtman https://t.co/mmp3gsv7he
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🚨Excited to present my JMP! "Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats and Tax Equity in Senegal" https://t.co/ypSFPoZKv7
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🚨Join our research team in Kananga, DRC!🚨 We are looking to hire up to two French-speaking research interns to work on DEV and PE projects studying the role of state capacity in economic development. More information here: https://t.co/x91txgyfWh
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Join our research team! Looking for French-speaking research intern to work on projects in DRC in Dev/PE/PF space with focus on role of state capacity in economic development. More here: https://t.co/okxp4wup06
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Join our research team! Looking for French-speaking research intern to work on projects in DRC in Dev/PE/PF space with focus on role of state capacity in economic development. More here: https://t.co/okxp4wup06
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