Binay Shankar
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Binay Shankar
@binayecon
PhD student @ShivNadarUniv @EconomicsShiv UGCNET_qualified Past #RA @iitk_econ Interest #development #applied Alma @uniOFcalcutta @rkmvidyamandira
Patna, India Katılım Şubat 2016
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Want hands-on experience in cutting-edge public policy research? I have a Research Assistant (pre-doc) position at @IIML (Lucknow campus). Proficiency in STATA is essential. Excellent prep for an #Econ/#PubPol PhD #EconTwitter @EconomicMisfit
More info: iiml.ac.in/sites/default/…
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📢 We’re hiring!
@CedaAshoka is hiring a Research Associate to work on women’s employment, labour markets & policy research.
🚨Apply by 25 March 2025
🔽See poster for full details & JD: shorturl.at/5vDAA
🔗Apply here: shorturl.at/atsF7
@_ADeshpande @kanmahajan

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🚨 Job Alert 🚨
I'm hiring a full-time RA (6-months) @IIES_Sthlm. Work with me and fantastic coauthors on labor + human capital projects using large administrative and experimental data.
📅 Start: May 1 (flexible)
⌛️Apply by: March 20
Apply here: su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…
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What sort of Goondas are these ? No international company will invest in India with this kind of atmosphere !
Goons of ABVP Karnataka barged in and ransacked the campus of Azim Premji University.
PM @narendramodi talks about strengthening democracy abroad, while his goons attack a university run by the well respected Azim Premji.
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The Department of Economics, University of Calcutta is back with the 11th edition of its Research Scholars' Workshop! Keynote lecture by Prof. #TridipRay (ISI, Delhi). Detailed programme:
drive.google.com/file/d/1vcrdzg…
#econx #econtwitter
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📢 @CedaAshoka harmonising org and unorganised sector enterprise data. Thanks @kaustavdutta_ & @kullugulia for the terrific work!
FYI: @mercatus @srajagopalan
Centre for Economic Data & Analysis (CEDA)@CedaAshoka
🏭 2 sectors: Organised & Unorganised 📊 2 surveys: ASI & ASUSE 🌏 1 economy @CedaAshoka's Economic Enterprise Tracker harmonises ASI & ASUSE data: letting you explore each survey individually or side-by-side, and uncover India’s complete enterprise story! ⏳ Loading soon…
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📢I’m looking for a full-time Field Research Assistant to support research projects in India. This is a field-based, travel-intensive role rather than desk-based research. Application details: lnkd.in/e_YzfZEt
Please feel free to share with anyone who might be a good fit.
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Never expected any Indian Journalist to give it back to someone as powerful as Kailash Vijayvargiya, Amit Shah's man.
Seeing this video of an Indian Journalist questioning and holding power accountable brings hope.
@Anurag_Dwary ✊
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The Department of Economics, University of Calcutta is organizing its 11th Research Scholars' Workshop on 11th February, 2026. For more details see: sites.google.com/view/rsw-econo…
#econtwitter #econx

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Disseminating our recent paper (with @nandwani_bharti ), which emphasizes the importance of English as additional language in India and how ignoring it could lead to higher private investment in school education, because of higher potential returns. lnkd.in/g23D7HUm
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🚨We’re hiring! Senior Research Associate @JIHS_JGU
Work on data-driven research across labour, health, education and more, with fieldwork + scope for independent projects.
🎓Master’s in Econ/PP/Dev Studies/Urban Planning/Pop Studies with work experience.
📩Apply by 20 Dec 2025.


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📣 Call for papers 📣
15th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
May 8 - 9, 2026
CREI, Barcelona
Keynotes by Edward Glaeser and Monika Piazzesi.
Please submit your paper by January 9.
urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emuea…
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🚨 Firms, Markets & Growth Workshop 🚨
🎓 Organized by the Dept. of Economics, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR
🗓 Wed, 17 Dec | 9:30 AM – 6 PM
📍 D-330, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR
🔗 Register (free): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
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A cherished memory from the @DSE_Research–@econometricsoc Winter School 2023: receiving the Best Paper Award from Prof. Joel Mokyr, this year’s #NobelPrize laureate in Economic Sciences. Our paper is now in the Journal of Population Economics. @punarjitrc @GauravDhamija15

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📢Call for Papers #Economics #SERI-D 2026
@SERI_Network, @AhdUniv and #DPWEE invite Doctoral students at Indian universities to the 5th Annual SERI-Doctoral Conference on Mar 6–7, 2026 at @AhdUniv
📅 Submission Deadline: Nov 15, 2025
🔗- rb.gy/qvyhc6

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BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and the other half jointly to Aghion and Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”
#NobelPrize

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Come work with me!
Stockholm Sch of Econ (@handels_sse ) is hiring Assistant Professors this year, both in Economics (my dept) and in Finance.
By revealed preference, I think it’s a great place to work + a lovely city to live in.
Econ advert below:
jobs.hhs.se/en/job/stockho…
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Attention PhD students! 🚀
AMIE’s Job Market Prep Program 2025-26 is here! Apply now to receive personalized mentorship on your job market materials
Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
Apply here: tinyurl.com/43x6rmss
For more details: tinyurl.com/mvaa2zz2
#econtwitter
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