Jonathan Weigel

Join our team as a Postdoctoral Scholar, Mining and Local Development in Zambia Apply here: cega.submittable.com/submit/338905/…

Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)! 2-year predoc RA: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… 1-year predoc RA: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… 1-year intern: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear… @econ_ra

🚨New working paper🚨 “The Political Costs of Taxation” with @EnguehardJoseph & @IgorKol52824963 When a state has low capacity and legitimacy, attempts to enforce unfair taxation can fuel social conflict! Some key findings: 🧵 1/10

Can we use experiments to understand institutions? In this week's episode of VoxDevTalks, Michael Callen @LSEEcon & @JonathanWeigel @BerkeleyHaas spoke to @timsvengali about the rise of experimental tools to measure institutional change: voxdev.org/topic/institut…

🆕 Can we use experiments to understand institutions? In this week's episode of VoxDevTalks, Michael Callen @LSEEcon & @JonathanWeigel @BerkeleyHaas speak to @timsvengali about the rise of experimental tools to measure institutional change: voxdev.org/topic/institut…

🚨Exciting Opportunity! 🚨We're looking for a Predoc RA + Intern to join projects on state capacity and economic development in the DRC Apply now if you're passionate about Dev/PF/PE! 👉 Research Associate: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… 👉 Research Intern: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear…

Projects with @ABergeron_econ, @DinaPomeranz, @gabezt, @DrMarinaNgoma, Binta Zahra Diop, James Robinson, Joana Naritomi, Sam Kapon, and others

Looking for Predoc RA + intern to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE)! DRC-based research associate: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… DRC-based research intern: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear… @econ_ra

Looking for French-speaking RAs to join projects in DRC studying the role of state capacity in economic development (Dev/PF/PE). Two-year DRC- and Berkeley-based predoc: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… One-year DRC-based research intern: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear… @econ_ra

Hi everyone, I am looking to hire a pre-doc to work on topics in political economy and economic history. Please RT and share with anyone who might be interested! More details below - apply here: careerspub.universityofcalifornia.edu/psp/ucb/EMPLOY… @econ_ra

@AnneBrockmeyer @BerkeleyHaas @UCBerkeley @Sam_Kapon @lindaawuu @J_C_Suarez Thanks for making the trip! So nice to have you and fascinating presentation.

It was so nice to visit @BerkeleyHaas @UCBerkeley & see the ☀️ Thank you @Sam_Kapon, @JonathanWeigel & colleagues & students for great comments and conversations! + always good to catch up with @lindaawuu and @J_C_Suarez 🤩

Come work with us! Looking for French-speaking RAs for research projects in DRC in Dev/PE/PF space with focus on role of state capacity in economic development. Predoctoral RA: povertyactionlab.org/careers/predoc… RA: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear… Intern: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear… @econ_ra

🚨 Full-Time Pre-doc Position at UC Berkeley🚨 Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in low- and middle-income countries? Come work for me as a full-time predoc based at Berkeley Haas.

According to a field experiment in DR Congo, property tax rates are above the revenue-maximizing rate. The government could increase revenue by (i) lowering tax rates or (ii) investing in enforcement capacity, which shifts up the revenue-maximizing rate econometricsociety.org/publications/e…

@CHEN_Cai_Anthro @econ_ra Yes of course! Thanks very much.

@JonathanWeigel @econ_ra These are exciting opportunities for young researchers interested in doing field research in DRC. I’m currently the webmaster of the website for Congo Research Network. Could I repost this call on CRN website (congoresearchnetwork.com) to help reach more researchers in/on DRC?

@JustineKneb @sciencespo @ScPoEcon Congrats Justine!

🤩 I'm very excited to announce (that I survived the job market and) that I will be joining the economics department at Sciences Po as an AP in September !! @sciencespo @ScPoEcon

RA review of literature that examines changes to institutions, consists of real-time studies of plausible critical junctures, and exploits field experiments, from Michael Callen, @jonathanweigel, and Noam Yuchtman nber.org/papers/w31964

🚨Excited to present my JMP! "Discretion versus Algorithms: Bureaucrats and Tax Equity in Senegal" drive.google.com/file/d/1EAPqRR… #EconTwitter #EconJobMarket 🧵[1/11]