Eoin McGuirk
@eoinmcguirk
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Assistant Professor of Economics @TuftsUniversity | @NBERpubs. (“Owen.”) https://t.co/NmjX0QkUQE
Somerville/Galway
Joined March 2011
Does climate change lead to conflict? At least in parts of Africa, the answer seems to be yes. https://t.co/ocJ8NZxEH6
now.tufts.edu
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I was invited to speak at the closing panel of the Israel Economic Association meeting and discussed the situation in Gaza and what we can do about it. While things have deteriorated since, I think what I said remains relevant (Hebrew link in comment) https://t.co/TwuNHpyjjN
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Israeli Economic Association Conference – Closing Panel Roee Levy, July 17, 2025 The topic of this panel is trends in the Israeli economy, and I am going to talk about the most important trend: the...
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How some development projects undermine Africa’s pastoral communities, sparking violence Last week on VoxDev, @eoinmcguirk (@TuftsUniversity) & @DrNathanNunn (@ubcVSE) outlined their research:
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Pastoral regions of Africa are witnessing a sharp increase in armed civil conflict. Research has identified ‘mismatched’ agricultural development projects as one major factor driving this violence by...
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🆕 How some development projects undermine Africa’s pastoral communities, sparking violence Today on VoxDev, @eoinmcguirk (@TuftsUniversity) & @DrNathanNunn (@ubcVSE) outline their research:
voxdev.org
Pastoral regions of Africa are witnessing a sharp increase in armed civil conflict. Research has identified ‘mismatched’ agricultural development projects as one major factor driving this violence by...
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Agricultural development projects increase civil conflict in traditionally pastoral areas of Africa. The effect is reversed in agricultural areas, suggesting "mismatched" policy, from @eoinmcguirk and @DrNathanNunn
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We are hiring! @NovaSBE is hiring in #AllFields in #Economics! Apply to join us! See the ad here: https://t.co/a0vgZifk1H Deadline to apply: November 30 #EconTwitter
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@SDSUCHEPS & @SdsuEcon welcome @eoinmcguirk to present his paper (w/ @DrNathanNunn), “Development Mismatch? Evidence from Agricultural Projects in Pastoral Africa” Link for Paper: https://t.co/LL7jHnmQIa Join us on Thurs 10/31, 3:30PM PT in AL 660 or at: https://t.co/Qau3OsX5rP
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🆕What can we learn from food economics? Today on VoxDev, @wamasters @tuftsnutrition & @ameliafinaret @alleghenycol speak to @timsvengali about their new, open access textbook on Food Economics and what we can learn from the subject: https://t.co/b0v5zdW7J3
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More new research from the @PSEinfo -CEPR Policy forum 2024 @timsvengali interviews @eoinmcguirk @TuftsUniversity about how #economicdevelopment in #Africa can sometimes lead to conflicts between crop farmers and pastoralists. 🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/2ONS3WVl3N
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⭐ VoxTalks Economics NEW EPISODE ⭐ Does agricultural crop development threaten Africa’s pastoral farmers? @eoinmcguirk @TuftsUniversity warns @timsvengali @cepr_org that successful programmes are may create conflict too. Subscribe & Listen: https://t.co/cJGj6Gg9FT
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Many thanks to our wonderful speakers Felipe Lozano-Rojas @econgaurav @BelotMichele Matthew Pecenco @BetseyStevenson @Econ_Mike David Frisvold @eoinmcguirk @DrJPCunningham @MJhealthecon and David Figlio! Join us for seminars Thursdays 3:30-4:45PM PT at: https://t.co/FZwlUcrIeI
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Call for papers is out for the BREAD-CEPR-TIME-TCD Symposium. Send in your submissions, any area of development economics by July 1st. Anyone can submit - please RT to help spread the word. Submission portal: https://t.co/fzmKK6etDF
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Really lovely to have Kelsey Jack back @TuftsEconomics (she left us in 2018). Her visit was both an excellent reunion of old friends and a great way to learn about how clever pricing of fuel subsidies can lower emissions.
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The *BEST* 👇
@NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and @NovaSBE Prof. @pedrocvicente was interviewed by LIDER. He discussed his work in #Guinea-Bissau and #Mozambique, while sharing insights about the @NOVAFRICA Center Read the full interview🔗 https://t.co/ih4GMlr9Y1 More🔗 https://t.co/8duvNH1ks2
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@Mai_Mahmoud_ is an outstanding prospect as future researcher, in my humble opinion. If you look to hire in development economics, check out her work! Her job market paper investigates how efficiently the market mechanism allocates agricultural inputs. It has it all!
Hey #EconTwitter, Let there be no shame or stigma for candidates (and employers) going on the Scramble market: https://t.co/TzfCmdVNzk Registration is now open till March 13. For candidates, it's open to anyone who has not yet signed an offer.
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Recently accepted by REStud, ``Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change, and Conflict in Africa,'' from McGuirk and Nunn: https://t.co/nCIBTMgsmp
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Are politicians swayed by personal interests when voting on war? Article in @TuftsUniversity magazine on joint work with @nate_g_hilger and @Nick_L_Miller published in @JPolEcon:
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Busing students to the suburbs has benefits for those being bused and no downside for the rest. Read more about this great work from @ElizabethSetren from @TuftsEconomics @TuftsUniversity
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A great time at the BREAD-G2LMLIC Conference in Nairobi, the first in-person BREAD conference in SSA. Huge thanks to all organizers, hosts, presenters, mentors and mentees. We need to do this again sometime! @DupasPascaline @danilaserra_eco @sararlowes @afosterri @eoinmcguirk
G²LM|LIC & BREAD Conference on Development Economics, Nairobi 🇰🇪 with Jenny Aker @krause_pilatus @orianabandiera @DupasPascaline @ImranRasul3 @elsayed_iza @Monica_Lambon Ibrahim Okumu @marome1 @lwantchekon 👉 https://t.co/rv16wJd2z7
#GLMLIC_conference #EconTwitter @GLMLIC
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