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📢 🌍 Don’t miss the BIG Lab's Colloquium on Debt Relief in the Global South this May! Be part of two days of forward-thinking discussion and real-world problem-solving with experts in the field.

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📊 New study from BIG Lab's Saad Gulzar in Comparative Political Studies finds that giving politicians accurate information about citizen preferences does not automatically increase political responsiveness.

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On the market: BIG Lab's Ge Sun Ge Sun is a BIG Lab doctoral student affiliate on the job market this year. With research interests in labor and macroeconomics, Ge’s paper Expect...

📣 BIG Lab is on the job market! Meet BIG Lab PhD candidate, Ge Sun, who's entering the academic job market and pioneering new research in labor economics. Read more:

BIG Faculty Spotlight: Brenda Samaniego de la Parra on Development Economics, Informality, and Data-Driven Policy in Low-Income Contexts Brenda Samaniego de la Parra discusses her research on entrepreneurial ability in Zambia, how she got into development economics, and the next research ...

🌍 How can research in Zambia inform us on how wages are determined in frictional labor markets?

Our latest BIG Lab Faculty Spotlight features Brenda Samaniego de la Parra on development economics, field research, and local partners.

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The BIG Lab has been well represented at the STEG Conference in Nairobi!

Happy New Year from all of us at the BIG Lab! We’re looking forward to an exciting and busy 2026!

Predoctoral Research Associate | BIG Lab Company Description: The University of Notre Dame is more than a workplace! We are a vibrant, mission-driven community where every employee is valued and supported. Rooted in a tradition of…

⌛ Time's running out! Now hiring predoc Research Associates for the BIG Lab

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Female Labour Force Participation, Family Planning Policies, and Fertility: Causal Evidence from Mexico I provide new evidence on a central question in the economics of fertility literature: What causes the negative correlation between women’s labour force participation (LFP) and fertility? Using an ...

How do labor markets and family planning policies shape fertility decisions?

BIG Lab affiliate Alejandro Estefan examines how female labor force participation and family planning policies shape fertility outcomes in a new paper, using causal evidence from Mexico.

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Wage setting protocols and labor market conditions: Theory and evidence

🌍 #NewPaper in Labour Economics co-authored by BIG Lab affiliated researcher Brenda Samaniego de la Parra examines how labor markets how firms adjust their wage-setting practices in response to labor market conditions.

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🚨 Don't miss out. Now hiring predoc Research Associates for the BIG Lab!

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📢 Now hiring predoc Research Associates for the BIG Lab!

🔬Collaborate on development research projects with Notre Dame faculty! Deadline: 12/31/25

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BIG Forum Pete Klenow First major academic conference of the Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab.

Missed the BIG Forum? Be sure to check out Pete Klenow's Keynote on his research on misallocation and inequality below or on the BIG Lab's site! 🌍

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BIG Forum Ted Miguel First major academic conference of the Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab.

Missed the BIG Forum? Be sure to check out Ted Miguel's Keynote on his research on cash transfers in Kenya below or on the BIG Lab's site! 🌍

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Contract Terms, Employment Shocks, and Default in Credit Cards Abstract. Regulatory concerns over a tension between expanding financial access and limiting default have led to significant restrictions on contract terms

How much do credit card terms really affect default? 📉

Turns out, losing your job matters 7x more than a 30-point interest rate cut. BIG Lab's Enrique Seira has a new publication out in REStud examining the powerful role of employment shocks in consumer credit risk.
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"BIG Forum"- 9/25/25 4:45pm Fireside Chat First major academic conference of the Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab.

Missed the BIG Forum? Be sure to check out the Fireside chat with Dean Karlan and Lakshmi Iyer recording linked below or on the BIG Lab's site!

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Call for Papers: 23rd Midwest International Economic Development Conference. April 24-25, 2026. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Details: mwiedc.org Submit: editorialexpress.com/conference/m... #EconSky

📣 BIG Lab PHD student Andres Ramasco's paper, “Not a Sip: Effects of Zero Tolerance Laws on Road Traffic Fatalities,” has been accepted for publication in a forthcoming edition of the Journal of Health Economics.

Hybrid agricultural extension and the adoption of climate-resilient varieties: Evidence from oil palm in the Amazon

As shifting weather patterns push farmers to use more resilient crop varieties, how can farmers adjust and learn new practices to optimize yields ? The BIG Lab's Alejandro Estefan and Paul Winters team up in a new paper for Food Policy on Oil Palm in Ecuador.

Deforestation

How do trade policies impact tropical deforestation?
Read about it in the BIG Lab's Heitor Pellegrina's work in the latest VoxDevLit.
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Pete Klenow giving our keynote at #BIGForumND

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BIG Forum Keynotes The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab seeks to address structural & barriers to equitable economic growth in different parts of the world.

Catch the BIG Forum live stream of Pete Klenow's keynote at 1:20 PM Eastern, Friday, September 26. Don't miss out! #BIGForumND
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Cultural capital in India presented by Paul Novosad. High level results: cultural similarity to the dominant group gives an economic advantage. #bigforumND

Alejandro Estefan’s paper on monopsony power in Mexico after the 2021 reforms. #BigforumND

BIG Forum Keynotes The Building Inclusive Growth (BIG) Lab seeks to address structural & barriers to equitable economic growth in different parts of the world.

Catch the BIG Forum live stream of Ted Miguel's keynote at 10:30 AM Eastern, Friday, September 26. Don't miss out! #BIGForumND
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Fireside chat between Dean Karlan & Lakshmi Iyer: what are the best ways to address global poverty? Ensure that aid money is used so they local governments are most effective. Strengthen their ability to use evidence to best use the limited resources #bigforumND

Fireside chat between Dean Karlan & Lakshmi Iyer: what are the determinants of inclusive growth? We’re still figuring it out #bigforumND

Fireside chat between Dean Karlan & Lakshmi Iyer: the vendors were re-indebted but making $1 more per day #bigforumND