Development economics postdoc @ Princeton, incoming Assistant Prof @ NOVA SBE, focusing on discrimination, social change, and human capital www.duncan-webb.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanwebb.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanwebb.bsky.social/post/3m6z5ua6o7k25🔥Very cool paper showing that women in India are way more likely to take up a job (↑29%) in a female-only workplace, and that this can be explained by husbands' jealousy/desire for control. These are massive effects, equivalent to 2.5x increases in wage bit.ly/4nn9apn02 Dec 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:kfc76cpgfwylzqoq2bmsyenf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6z5ua6o7k25https://bsky.app/profile/duncanwebb.bsky.social/post/3lyabu2ff322cVery excited to be starting as a faculty member at NovaSBE, along with 9 other lovely members of the crew! Looking forward to meeting all my fantastic colleagues in Lisbon07 Sep 2025 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:kfc76cpgfwylzqoq2bmsyenf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyabu2ff322chttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanwebb.bsky.social/post/3lxx6athy422vFantastic article by Oliver Kim about how to think about GDP measures across long stretches of history (it's hard!) https://asteriskmag.com/issues/11/gdp-we-really-don-t-know-how-good-we-have-it03 Sep 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:kfc76cpgfwylzqoq2bmsyenf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxx6athy422vhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanwebb.bsky.social/post/3lvfze3rfv22t🌟 Opportunity: Policy Associate for an incredible project in Madagascar 🇲🇬 Our team is hiring a policy associate to support the Ministry of Education in scaling Kilonga - an evidence-based program that improves learning and combats menstrual stigma, reaching 712,000 students. tinyurl.com/madapolicy https://tinyurl.com/madapolicy02 Aug 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:kfc76cpgfwylzqoq2bmsyenf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvfze3rfv22thttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanwebb.bsky.social/post/3lqxsiq2jns2rWork with me and my star coauthors (Patrick Agte & Pascaline Dupas) on AI & health! We're recruiting a full-time, Hindi-speaking field research associate to work on our project in Rajasthan. Please share and apply. https://jpalsouth.asia/jobsPage?ID=141579139294 #econtwitter #econsky #econra06 Jun 2025 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:kfc76cpgfwylzqoq2bmsyenf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqxsiq2jns2r