MWIEDC opening w/ keynote by James Heckman that starts w/ fascinating stylized fact: *one third* of children in China do not live with both parents

Day 1 of #Mwiedc's education session. @danilaserra_eco @raissafabregas and Diana Ngo present papers on role model, tv instruction school, and stem gender gap.

Day 2 #mwiedc migration session, we have @SarahPearlman8 , @sharon_zuo, @etjernst presenting their interesting work. @mariekekleemans

Starting my new MWIEDC 🧵 with a picture of the beautiful view from last night's reception

Last session. Day 2 #mwiedc at family and gender session. @Val_Mueller_ASU @MVKarra, Nathan and Tsenguunjav's great presentations.

Great session this afternoon at MWIEDC focusing on women's empowerment. Janzen presents new evidence w/@ccmullally @npmagnan that offering distance-based trainings for women to become community animal health workers in Nepal ⬆️ participation https://t.co/WHivzgq6zK

My co-author, Shatanjaya Dasgupta, will be presenting our paper on the marriage market effects of the Gujarat earthquake at the #MWIEDC tomorrow. Session also includes @ShreyaBEcon, @nishthakochhar and Akito Kamei. Attend virtually and give us comments? https://t.co/yWbdQEDuWr

Back to Chicago to feel the great atmostphere here, to meet old friends and make new friends. Finish Day 1 of #MWIEDC 2024 with a spectacular view from the top of David Rubenstein Forum!

#MWIEDC’s 2nd session on #migration starts with @SarahPearlman8 talking of some interesting findings about impact of migration of men on marriage choices of women in Mexico. 1. Marriage rates fall, civil unions increase. 2. Gap in age and education of couples fall.

Session 19 of 19 at #MWIEDC @UHouston . Zhe Liu (@UW), @AndrabiTahir (@pomonacollege ), @PatrickAgte (@Princeton) present.

After presenting my JMP on measurement error & running from one session to another, I am finally tweeting as I am heading home… #MWIEDC / #MIEDC @UHouston was awesome - met great people, exchanged ideas, & learned about other exciting research in & out of Ag Development.

All smiles when this co-author team were finally all in the same place 😊 Thanks to #MWIEDC organizing team for enabling this milestone 🤩

Registration now open for the 17th Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC) is happening April 17-18 at Purdue University. Register by March 17 for a discounted rate. https://t.co/6NNd6lB28f

Great presentation from @wsandholtz at the #MWIEDC in Chicago on why free secondary education is a great idea using as a case study a policy reform in Tanzania

開発経済学の三大学会の1つ、MWIEDCのCall for paper。 締め切りが1／11で、カンファレンスが4／26－27にウィスコンシン・マディソンで。 https://t.co/IBCTE4N2NY

Houston, we have a problem: search frictions! Presenting our work with Ana Cusolito and @dmckenzie001 at the #MWIEDC at @HoustonUniv

アメリカの三大開発経済学学会（東のNEUDC、真ん中のMWIEDC、西のPacDev）の PacDevの締切りが12月15日 https://t.co/ouxztWtvRl MWIEDCの締切が1月6日 https://t.co/LmJi4YGZUJ

I am heading to @UChicago next week for the Midwest International Economic Development Conference (MWIEDC)... who else will be around?

Every time in Chicago is special. Thanks so much @BeckerFriedman @UChi_Economics for giving me a chance to present my work there. Such a great #MWIEDC to meet great development economists. And I am also very glad that Bulls and Hawks won when I was there😊

We were honored to have Paul @ApEcMN at @UHouston for the 20th MWIEDC conference, and it was wonderful listening to Paul talk about how MWIEDC has been building bridges for 20 years.