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Ahmed Elsayed
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Ahmed Elsayed
@elsayed_iza
Economist, Executive Director of J-PAL MENA, Associate Professor, American University in Cairo, Research Fellow, IZA, Bonn, Germany.
Cairo, Egypt Katılım Eylül 2016
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Super excited to see this paper in the AER. Started it in 2014, and learned so much in the process. @deankarlan @gharadbryan @ARNagy01 @SarahWahby @Mohamed57545989
AEA Journals@AEAjournals
Forthcoming in the AER: "Big Loans to Small Businesses: Predicting Winners and Losers in an Entrepreneurial Lending Experiment" by Gharad Bryan, Dean Karlan, and Adam Osman. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
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Cool paper from Egypt in AER @AEAjournals by @gharadbryan, @deankarlan, @adammosman on the impacts of offering big loans to small businesses. While effects are moderate on average, machine learning techniques show that top performers benefit more. @JPAL_MENA
Adam Osman@adammosman
Super excited to see this paper in the AER. Started it in 2014, and learned so much in the process. @deankarlan @gharadbryan @ARNagy01 @SarahWahby @Mohamed57545989
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I am honored and excited to be taking on the role of President of CGD! Looking forward to working with all the brilliant researchers there.
Center for Global Development@CGDev
A new era for CGD! 🌍🌟 We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Rachel Glennerster @rglenner will be the new President of CGD! Building on the legacies of @nancymbirdsall and @MasoodCGD, Rachel is set to propel CGD forward with her rigorous approach to development economics, innovative ideas, and new approaches. Read more >> cgdev.org/article/center…
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We're super excited about the second cohort of J-PAL MENA Scholars. This program provides funding, mentorship, a well-designed skills building program, integration into J-PAL activities and the ability to get grants for your own RCTs. Recent PhDs and PhD students are eligible.
J-PAL MENA@JPAL_MENA
🚨The deadline for the MENA Scholars Fellowship application has been extended until May 15th! 🔗Join us on May 1st for the J-PAL MENA Scholars Fellowship online information session. (1/2)
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@ben_elsner @EconomicsUCD @KevinDenny @ucdsocscilaw @niamhmcherry Congrats @ben_elsner! and good luck!
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Professional news: from September, I will be the Head of School at @EconomicsUCD for a 3-year term, following @KevinDenny. I'm very much looking forward to working with wonderful colleagues at @EconomicsUCD and @ucdsocscilaw. Today we had a great kickoff event with @niamhmcherry
🇺🇦 Niamh Moore Cherry 🇺🇦@niamhmcherry
Great to connect @EconomicsUCD colleagues in Dublin and China together today to hear from current HoS @KevinDenny and incoming HoS @ben_elsner and engage on their vision for the school. Lovely to meet some new colleagues and share a coffee and my own ideas for @ucdsocscilaw
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News from J-PAL MENA! Check out the latest edition of our newsletter featuring updates, ongoing evaluations, and events on the horizon at J-PAL MENA and the Morocco Employment Lab: j-p.al/ly9
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Excited to start the New Year by immersing myself in @JPAL_SA's 'Shaping Policy, Transforming Lives' exhibition— a fusion of science and arts that brings out tales of change, hope, and transformation from across India.
It's held at Bikaner House from Jan 5-7 - don't miss it!
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We're looking for another post-doc at @JPAL_MENA. Come spend 2 or 3 years helping with J-PAL's newest office. Tons of opportunities to start new projects, get funding and continue your research.
aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…,,
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In this video, @adammosman, Co-Scientific Director of #JPAL_MENA & Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, sheds light on J-PAL MENA's role in advancing evidence-based policy making in the region. (1/2)
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I am very happy to share that I have been promoted to Professor of Economics at @ucddublin. It has been quite a journey, and I'm deeply grateful to family, friends, colleagues, and mentors who provided invaluable support over many years. I'll pay forward for sure. 1/2
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Economic development and the organisation of labour.
Last week on VoxDev, @orianabandiera @LSEEcon, @elsayed_iza @JPAL @JPAL_MENA, Anton Heil @STICERD_LSE & @andrea_smurra @TheIFS @EconUCL outlined evidence from the Jobs of the World Project: voxdev.org/topic/labour-m…
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Thoroughly enjoyed this interview with @timsvengali in #VoxDevTalks discussing my JDE paper with @ashribosa on the effects of Egypt's large-scale construction of public universities. Check out the open-access article here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
VoxDev@vox_dev
Expanding higher #education empowered women in #Egypt. Today on #VoxDevTalks, @elsayed_iza (@JPAL_MENA @AUC) joined @timsvengali to discuss research with @ashribosa on the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt: voxdev.org/topic/health-e…
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New paper in JDE showing that opening universities in Egypt improve women's education and marriage outcomes
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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Announcing IPA & @JPAL's new Displaced Livelihoods Initiative, a research fund generously supported by the @IKEAFoundation that will generate new evidence on livelihoods programs for displaced populations & host communities. Press release: bit.ly/dlipressrelease
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@amirahelhaddad Great initiative! Congratulations Amira! I can't wait to get access to the dataset.
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@leightjessica @ashribosa Thank you so much @leightjessica for highlighting the paper and the nice summary!
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Neat new article in the JDE by @elsayed_iza @ashribosa
on the effects of a large-scale construction project for public universities in Egypt on women's outcomes (education, labor markets, empowerment)
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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@Prof_Nishith_P @ckcarruthers @NUCSSH @NUEcon @NU_PolicySchool @NUGlobalNews Congratulations, Nishith!
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I am very #excited & #honored to serve as a Co-Editor at Economics of Education Review (sciencedirect.com/journal/econom…). Very grateful to @ckcarruthers for providing me with this opportunity. @NUCSSH @NUEcon @NU_PolicySchool @NUGlobalNews
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