Alex Eble
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Alex Eble
@alexeble
Associate Professor of Economics and Education @Columbia @TeachersCollege. Development economist, enthusiast.

I'm hiring a research manager to run fieldwork for follow-up studies in Guinea Bissau and The Gambia Info on original studies here: x.com/alexeble/statu… Job advert attached; email CV and cover letter to eble@tc.columbia.edu and if@effint.org, hiring asap! cc: @econ_ra



This🧵is about a tricky problem in education The problem: despite growing global wealth and technological progress, there are extremely poor parts of the world where most children grow up illiterate and innumerate We have two new papers showing that this can be changed 1/n

Reminder that the EdDev Community Group Monthly Meeting will happen on Friday 9/13 at 11 AM ET! Serena Canaan & Josep Nadal-Fernandez will present work in progress. Sign up to the community group via the AEFP website if you're not yet a member


🎓 Join us for the final GAP Seminar of Spring 2024 at Northeastern University! 🌐 Don't miss out on an enlightening session with @Alexeble, as he presents "When Your Bootstraps Are Not Enough: How Demand and Supply Interact to Generate Learning in Settings of Extreme Poverty".

Life update: I get to be Dr. Alba-Vivar. So grateful to have the best advisors and mentors - Thank you @alexeble, Kiki, @Econ_Sandy, @micasviatschi, @jscottclayton and @Mafe_Rosales_R. I am only wishing to be as good as your are one day 🤩




Breaking my silence here to tell you to check out the amazing econ job market candidates from @TeachersCollege @EPSAatTC here: tc.columbia.edu/education-poli… I'm the placement director/DGS and happy to field all/any inquiries. They are objectively great!!!











