For this week's top career paths article, we're looking at the potential careers which are open to those who have studied economic history.  

Development economics is the branch of economics focused on understanding and promoting the development of low-income countries through economic growth and structural change. If you've been studying economics, you may have had the chance to specialise in development economics, or you may be thinking about doing so in the future. In the case, what career options are available in development economics, and what kind of skills do you need to get a job in this field?

If you're about to qualify in business economics, you might wonder what career options are open to you. Here are some top career paths:  

If you're studying economics, there are all sorts of specialities that you could look into. When you're thinking about what you should like to take care of, you should look at your specialization. For this reason, we've been looking at the top career paths for various economics specializations, and today we're talking about agricultural and natural resource economics.

Are you currently working on a degree in urban, rural, or regional economics? Are you thinking about what possible career path you could follow once you graduate? If so, then today's article is for you.

It can be very rewarding being an economist. When you find that solution you've been looking for, or contribute some research that actually seems to get read and make a difference, it can be the best feeling in the world. But this won't happen unless you work on yourself and the skills that are essential for becoming a successful economist and academic in general.

So you know that getting to know other people in your field is important, and that you need to network when you attend a conference. But what about the rest of the time? What websites can you use to get in touch with other experts in your field? Here are some ideas: Twitter

This article was featured in the INOMICS Handbook 2017, a new career guide for Economists. Download it here.

This article was featured in the INOMICS Handbook 2017, a new career guide for Economists. Download it here. For researchers who are thinking about moving into industry, there are a huge range of employment possibilities outside of academia. The advantages of such a move may include greater job security, better pay, greater opportunities for career progression, and a more goal-oriented research culture. But the culture of business can come as a shock to those who have spent all their work time in universities.

This article was featured in the INOMICS Handbook 2017, a new career guide for Economists. Download it here. When you're about to finish your PhD, it can be hard to know where to start looking for a job. If you want to stay in academia, then you'll need to find a postdoc position after you've finished your thesis and defended it. Today we're sharing this mini guide to finding an academic job and some tips on how to handle the process. Fellowships, grants, and other sources of funding

Career development and networking go hand in hand. It’s important to start working on them before entering the workforce permanently. Not every connection needs to be made in your prospective career field, either. Ask any professional, and he or she will tell you about a time in his or her career when a lead came from a friend of a friend or some other unlikely source.

When you want to present your work at a conference, either as a poster or as a presentation, then you need to first submit an abstract. A committee from the conference will go through all the abstracts and choose some of them to be presented at the conference. So there are times when you will be not be invited to present your work at the conference. But why is this? What leads to your paper being rejected from a conference? Here are five reasons that this might happen. 1. Your project wasn't relevant to the conference theme

One of the great things about attending conferences is getting to learn about the latest and most cutting-edge research before its published in journals or books. You can hear authors presenting their newest work, sometimes even before their experiments or data collection are complete. This information is very interesting to have, however, it is also more speculative than published work as it has not been peer-reviewed or edited. For this reason, it's important to be clear when you cite a conference paper, so that your audience can see that the work has not been peer-reviewed.

1.Talk to people you don't know as well as those you do

Maybe you've been to a few smaller national conferences, and now you're getting ready to head to your first international conference. Or perhaps your first conference will be a large international one. In either case, there are some tips that you should keep in mind when attending an international conference specifically. Here is our advice on preparing for and attending an international conference. It's likely that English will be the most commonly used language

If you're thinking about directions for your research career, one possibility is to become a professor, teaching and researching in a university context. This is one of the most desirable jobs among young academics, and something that people often strive for. But what are the pros and cons of working as a college professor?

If you want to get your work out to the academic community before you publish it, then presenting at a conference is an excellent opportunity. When you give a talk or present a poster to a conference audience, you can share your work, gather feedback and new ideas from other attendees, and raise your own profile as a researcher.

If you've got a conference coming up that you want to attend, you'll know that there are lots of costs associated with a trip. You'll need to pay for travel and accommodation as well as the cost of conference attendance, which can all add up to a large amount of cash. Often, your department will pay for conference trips, but what if you run out of travel budget, or you don't have this option? In that case, you might want to consider applying for a conference scholarship.