Pablo Álvarez-Aragón

Traditional Somali Medicine🧵 There is limited information on historical Somali medical practices. The few surviving details are fascinating. The most sensational of these is successful brain surgery conducted in Somalia nearly 20 years before the first known case in Europe.

@GuerraenlaUni Hay alguna referencia que pudieses compartir donde se presenten las estimaciones o se discuta sobre la alta densidad de población hace 2000 años?

Para misterio arqueológico lo que pasó en África Central hace 1500 años. Es de ciencia ficción distópica. Os cuento muy rápidamente:->

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP21592 Shaking the Traditional Order: Women's Conversion to New Christian Churches in Sub-Saharan Africa Pablo Alvarez Aragon @Unibo, Catherine Guirkinger & Jean-Philippe Platteau (Université de Namur) ow.ly/zK9450Z83EF #CEPR_DE #EconTwitter

However dumb you think the process for destroying USAID was, it was dumber. This is from Nicholas Enrich's new book Into the Wood Chipper, describing a meeting with Trump-appointed USAID leadership *after* they had largely gutted the agency

This paper has been in my head for years. From my time at 3ie and JPAL, wondering why the evidence we produce as researchers so often fails to translate into policy, and what role ideology plays. Very happy to see it now published in the @AEAjournals. Let me tell you the story 🧵

@AlfonsoMasoli Yo simplemente quería compartir algunas reflexiones del paper original que me parecieron interesantes y que aparentemente chocan con el mensaje del artículo periodístico. Esperemos que haya lectores que se dirijan al estudio serio :)

@AlfonsoMasoli Como conocía el paper original, pensé que la tesis del artículo iba a ir por ahí. Desafortunadamente no tengo acceso al artículo periodístico, y viendo lo que dices no voy ni a intentarlo :) Es una pena que en un medio con tanta repercusión se publiquen manipulaciones

El “periodista” desde su oficina: los Estados no anárquicos en el África precolonial eran una excepción. La realidad: Cartago, Reino de Numidia, Reino de Mauretania, Reino de Aksum, Imperio de Ghana, Imperio de Malí, Imperio de Songhai, Imperio Kanem-Bornu… (Sigo)

@AlfonsoMasoli Estaría bien conocer tu opinión sobre el artículo original :)

@AlfonsoMasoli Algo que no parece ser único de África. Este argumento recuerda a James Scott (The Art of Not Being Governed) y su estudio de comunidades en el Sudeste Asiático que deliberadamente huían del Estado y organizaban sus estructuras sociales para resistir la absorción estatal (3/3)

We have a new version of our research on how the normalization of premarital sex affected the support and prevalence of female genital cutting in Nigeria. See here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/gmh7ed6…

If you come across someone asserting there is "no scientific evidence" that social media is causing harm, please send them this link. We lay out seven lines of evidence, including RCTs, natural experiments, and testimony from victims & perpetrators of harm worldhappiness.report/ed/2026/social…

In Northern Ghana, hundreds of women accused of witchcraft live in exile. Their voices are at the center of the exhibition 'Ghana: Branded for Life'. As many of them say: “I’m not a witch.” Explore their stories and experiences through this virtual exhibition.

🚨🚨 Fully-funded PhD position (4 years) in development economics at @EconUNamur. More details here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/413462. Very supportive and intellectually stimulating environment + fieldwork included! Happy to answer any questions about the project/ position via email 😀

🚨 I’m hiring a Harvard-based Predoctoral Fellow. If you’re excited about development, political economy, and public finance, apply! ✅ Full-time (July 1 start) 🗓️ Rolling deadline 🎓 Great fit for candidates considering a PhD Apply ➡️ academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15884

We are hiring ! We are looking for a profile in environmental economics, preferably also doing development economics. The deadline for applying in January 4th.

Harmful norms persist because, in many places, they serve a socially valued function. But what happens when that function loses its value? Our new paper studies this through the case of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria. With @danielperezpa & @RiccardoCiacci Thread🧵

I am on the #EconJobMarket ! My JMP evaluates what happened to these workers⏬ This is a coal mine in Belgium 🇧🇪 in 1907. They are working more than 10 hours per day. Then, the government imposed a maximum 9h workday. What happens to wages and employment? A JMP🧶(1/12)