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This is not the academic job market advice on the Harvard economics web page

2Nov2016

Bleg: Best academic job market advice and resources?

20Oct2016

All the advice I have to give on how to do college right, whether you should go to grad school, where, and how to get in

14Sep2016

What to do when your pre-tenure review leaves you on shaky ground

23Mar2016

“How can I avoid becoming cynical about aid work?”

16Nov2015

Why you should not go to law school

5Jun2015

Is there value in an MA in economics?

9Mar2015

“10 things I wish every student knew about how to be successful in college”

7Jan2015

Bleg: When (if ever) are you too old for a PhD? And what should you know?

31Dec2014

Just say no

10Jul2014

Advice for new Assistant Professors

15Apr2014

Negotiating your academic job offer

21Feb2014

Applying for PhDs in political science and economics

7Oct2013

What MA, MPA, or MIA program is for you?

4Oct2013

When are you too old for a PhD?

12Jun2013

How to pick a dissertation project (and why it should not be a field experiment)

12Feb2013

Advice on applying for PhD programs

6Nov2012

PhD Students: Writing an NSF application

9Sep2012

Write like a Mad Man

12Feb2012

How much economics should you study in college? (Or why economics is like a martial art)

11Jan2012

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Chris Blattman

I'm a Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. I use field work and statistics to study poverty, political engagement, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. [Read more]

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  • Do anti-poverty programs sway voters?
  • Does policing simply push crime around the corner?
  • Impacts of factory jobs on health and wealth
  • Reducing crime and violence via behavioral therapy

Policy

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  • Bill Gates wants to give the poor chickens, but what they need is cash
  • Everything we knew about sweatshops was wrong
  • Strategies for reducing crime and violence in developing countries

Advice: Development

  • Books development workers and academics should read
  • Development tourism
  • Getting a job in development
  • How to take advantage of an MA program
  • Research in war zones I
  • Research in war zones II
  • Should you become a field RA on an RCT?
  • So you want to be an impact evaluator?
  • What to bring for field work I
  • What to bring for field work II
  • What to bring to the sky
  • Why you should work in aid
  • Working in a developing country

Advice: Professional

  • Advice for new Asst Profs
  • Applying to PhDs
  • Choosing an MA, MPA or MIA
  • Courses: 10 things I tell undergrads
  • Courses: How much economics should you study?
  • How to ask for a recommendation letter
  • How to discuss a paper
  • How to email your professors and employers
  • How to get a PhD and save the world
  • Just say no
  • Moving from RA to co-author
  • Negotiating your academic job offer
  • On quantitative field research
  • PhD students: Choosing a topic
  • PhD students: Don't lose hope
  • PhD students: Econ PhDs & the politics market
  • PhD students: Job market advice
  • PhDs: Picking a dissertation (and why it should not be a field experiment)
  • Writing PhD grant applications
  • Writing: How to write an essay
  • Writing: How to write like a Mad Man

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