· You are not the only one that already has convenience sample COVID-19 research fatigue: Tomer Ullman asked 200 people on M-Turk how many COVID-19 studies they have done, and how repetitive they are.
· Impacts of COVID-19 on the urban poor in India – Afridi, Dhillon and Roy summarize results from a phone survey of residents in urban Delhi on Ideas for India.
· Funding opportunities:
o NBER small grants: Research Grants on Women, Victimization, and COVID-19 (researchers in academic institutions only)
o G2LM|LIC has grants for work on COVID-19 and gender in low income countries – due May 3, 2020.
o See others also listed on Yale’s Economic Growth Center page.
· Journal special issues on COVID-19:
o American Journal of Agricultural Economics – deadline Sept 1, 2020
o World Development – deadline May 31, 2020.
o Journal of Public Economics – new fast-track procedure for short papers
o Economic Policy – deadline Sept 30, 2020
· Job opening: J-PAL Global is looking to hire a Director of Research, Education, and Training or an Associate Director of Research and Training. Both positions focus on providing intellectual leadership to J-PAL’s research groups, shaping training on randomized trials, and managing the J-PAL Global RET group.
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