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Hanging w/ @PeterBlairHenry, @femme_economics, @MatthewACherry, Ebonya Washington: #PhDExcel workshop @NYUStern

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The PhD Excellence Initiative was founded by @PeterBlairHenry

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In Today's workshop, we are discussing work by scholars of color at various levels: pre-PhD, grad students, recent PhDs, and faculty

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First a #PhDExcel fellow Brandy presented research done in the @AEASPmsu on Econ outcomes of Middle Eastern Immigrants post 9/11

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Next, two #PhDExcel fellows, Olufemi & Mbalou present alternative measures of Infrastructure Investments gaps in developing countries

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Pastparticipants are now grad students at MIT Econ, Harvard Soc, Duke PubPol, and others are at IMF and Berkeley Haas

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Here we are: diversifying the field 😎
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Off to lunch, more after the break
#PhDExcel

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Next, Brandon, a graduate of @UMBC and incoming grad at MIT econ is presenting on the effect of employment on student outcomes

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I rounded out the talks with some graphs on property taxes

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This is great work by @PeterBlairHenry to create a pipeline. I hope to be able to replicate at Chicago

#PhDExcel

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Hey @tttthreads can a brother get an unroll ?