Economics (Academic) Job Market:

• Let’s get ready! [my presentation to job candidates as part of the placement committee]
• Advice from our very own John Cawley on the job market
• Advice from one of my favourite academics (Alex Eble) on job market, PhD life and development work
• Advice from an excellent senior professor (Chris Blattman) on the job market
• Jen Doleac’s great curated list of Twitter threads and other resources on job market, PhD life, etc.
• Professional Development opportunities compiled by CSWEP
• Advice on how to write a good diversity statement

Applying for grad studies in Economics:

• Should I get PhD? Advice from Chris Blattman
• Advice on econ grad school from Susan Athey
• Twitter thread from Gina Peters on the hidden curriculum of grad school applications
• Twitter thread from Roman Feiman on the PhD SOP/research statement

A somewhat random collection of useful links:

• J-PAL Handbook of field experiments
• Statisticians to the world: “Please use p-values properly” – ASA’s six principles of p-values
• World Bank Development Impact blog: 5 uses for baseline surveys
• David McKenzie’s technical one-stop shop: a curated list
• Stata cheat sheet
• R cheat sheet
• How to deal with your data: Gentzkow and Shapiro’s guide and Coding for Economists
• Where to find data: Sebatian Tello Trillo helpful guide
• Where find small grants for PhD students: a helpful open spreadsheet started by Anne Byrne (Dyson alum!)
• Economics conferences: a crowdsourced list compiled by Anne Burton (Dyson alum!) and Barton Willage