UC-Berkeley ARE associate professor. I tweet about development economics and urban economics. https://marcogonzaleznavarro.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3m2tsy443rk26Academics voting with their feet! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Oct 2025 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tsy443rk26https://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3ly43kh2xdc2rVery happy that this paper with ARE colleagues (Alain de Janvry and Betty Sadoulet) and ARE alumni (Joel Ferguson and Abdoulaye Cisse) is now accepted at Journal of Development Economics! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438782500166X05 Sep 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly43kh2xdc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3lvld2oglik2sLoved the title of this opinion piece because its so true. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvld2oglik2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3lv2o4zjvwk2ySuper interesting graph from NYT today on electric vehicle sales as a share of overall sales in multiple Asian countries. It's astonishing that Nepal is at more than 70% share given their GDP per capita of only $1,447 USD in 2024. In the meantime, in the U.S. we debate whether EVs are a thing...28 Jul 2025 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2o4zjvwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3lsethfhvrc2iI had a great time presenting at the Africa Evidence Summit 2025 in Nairobi! Fantastic conference to showcase African scholars and scholarship. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2025 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsethfhvrc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3lrygw7lrvc2tI wish everyone knew this.... [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jun 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrygw7lrvc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3llf625ne6c23So happy to be visiting Berkeley ARE alumni Wei Lin and Qingyang Huang at Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen! Great campus and faculty.27 Mar 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf625ne6c23https://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3llf5moujw223The call for Ph.D. students interested in participating in this year's Urban Economics Association Summer School 2025 at Tufts University is now open. Application deadline is May 15. https://urbaneconomics.org/workshops/summerschool2025/ Great opportunity to meet other young scholars interested in urban economics27 Mar 2025 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf5moujw223https://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3ll564sq7xc2aCongratulations Joel! So proud of all of your achievements! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll564sq7xc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3ljt6akvgcc2lJoined my colleagues today @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social to Stand up for Science! Saw speeches by campus leaders @tedmiguel.bsky.social and @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social07 Mar 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljt6akvgcc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3latvqa4ffk2tI believe these types of programs can be used after natural disasters to incentivize moving to less risky areas, or to move people away from areas that will experience negative shocks from climate change. This paper is very informative about takeup and usage patterns. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2024 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3latvqa4ffk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/marcogn.bsky.social/post/3latvfxrqj22hVery happy to see the World Bank Development Impact blog covering UC-Berkeley JMC Gwyneth Miner's JMP on how to encourage migration in a developing country setting. This tool will become ever more important in the policy toolkit move people to opportunity https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevaluations/are-uncertain-urban-labor-markets-deterring-internal-migration--?CID=WBW_AL_BlogNotification_EN_EXT13 Nov 2024 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:noha62bjlinv6eaxvnewtkva/app.bsky.feed.post/3latvfxrqj22h