Princeton Development Economics Research Program
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Economics research on the causes and consequences of global poverty. @Princeton @PrincetonSPIA @PrincetonEcon @RPDE
Princeton, NJ
Joined October 2022
🚨 Pre-doc Hiring! 🚨 We are hiring pre-docs to start in Princeton in Summer 2026, supporting @DupasPascaline @thomasfujiwara @seema_econ & @micasviatschi. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in development economics research before applying to PhD programs. Link 👇
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We sat down with @JessAGoldberg (RPDE visiting faculty in Spring '25) this summer to pick her brain. Learn about the surprising journey that brought her back to Princeton 20 years after finishing her MPA. Link below
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Check out our conversation with Miguel Ortiz, who visited us this year as a Postdoc after his PhD @berkeleyecon, starting at UBC @UBC @ubcVSE this fall. Learn about the economics of conflict & how an dissertation involved producing a 24 episode radio drama. Link in comments
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🚨 FIELD JOB OPENING ALERT 🚨: @JohriTejal61310 is hiring a Senior Field Research Associate for a 3-month contract based in Uganda. See LinkedIn post in the comments below for more details and to apply!
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Check out our conversation with Eric Verhoogen @EricVerhoogen, who visited us this past year. Hear about his path from union organizer to development economist, how to optimally tile pentagons when making soccer balls, and more See link in comments
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https://t.co/1eHhXYWUlu Beginning with the junior session this morning and then main session starting at 1pm ET
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BREAD Development Conference LIVE STREAM starting in 10 minutes! Hosted here in Princeton by RPDE. Tune-in today and tomorrow to hear author present some of the most exciting recent DevEcon paper #Economics #Development #Princeton LINK BELOW
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Citing Professor Seema Jayachandran's research, the @nytimes analyzes the potential impact of firing the staff at the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. https://t.co/SGQjHsjOW5
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The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
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Check out our new Q&A with RPDE Professor Mica Sviatschi on her groundbreaking research on the economics of gangs! Part 1 of 2 <Link to full article below>
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1/ Sexual harassment isn’t just about individuals—laws, social norms, and institutions shape it. At #JLF2025, @seema_econ, Aruna Roy, Vrinda Grover, Pramod Bhasin & Abhijit Banerjee stressed engaging men and boys, reforming policing, and challenging harmful norms.
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🆕 Closing loopholes can dramatically improve financial incentives for conservation Today on VoxDev, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort @UNAM_MX, @seema_econ @PrincetonEcon & @santisaap @URosario explore how smarter contract design prevented deforestation in Mexico:
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Paying landowners to conserve their forested land is a leading approach to prevent deforestation. Evidence from Mexico shows that smarter contract design can more than quadruple cost-effectiveness.
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Now posted on @voxdev: @PrincetonDevo's Seema Jayachandran and coauthors summarize their research on Payments for Ecosystem Services in Mexico. A simple modification to the PES contract increased cost-effectiveness 5-fold.
🆕 Closing loopholes can dramatically improve financial incentives for conservation Today on VoxDev, Santiago Izquierdo-Tort @UNAM_MX, @seema_econ @PrincetonEcon & @santisaap @URosario explore how smarter contract design prevented deforestation in Mexico:
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RPDE is hiring (!!) for multiple roles. Please share/apply: - 1 Research Coordinator/Manager to start as soon as possible - 2 Post-doctoral researchers to start summer 2025 Join @seema_econ @DupasPascaline & their team. Learn more and apply here:
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We have featured a range of research on voluntary carbon markets & Payments for Ecosystem Services on VoxDev. Read how payments to reduce crop burning affected pollution in India by Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran, Namrata Kala & Rohini Pande:
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Programmes that pay farmers not to burn crop residue face challenges with compliance, but contracts that include partial upfront payments can help
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