#econsky we are inviting self nominations to present your work on the Indian economy at the 21st Century India Center @gpsucsd.bsky.social for slots starting Fall 2025. Here is the form forms.gle/7XoQ5dNF92by... please circulate widely!

Our paper (w/ Alain de Janvry and Betty Sadoulet) on the long run diffusion of agricultural technology (flood resistant seeds) will be out in August in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization JEBO. Working paper version and thread 👇https://manaswinirao.com/files/20220713_ss1diffusion.pdf

#econsky I am excited to discuss Sampreet Goraya's paper on caste identity and misallocation across Indian firms at the last seminar at the 21CIC India seminar series this academic year. Registration details 👇. Also, stay tuned for info on 2025-26 talks

#econsky Mark your calendar to listen to Disha Gupta (IGIDR, Mumbai) present her work on electricity subsidies and groundwater use in Punjab at @GPSIndiaCenter virtual seminar series. Grateful to Sudatta Ray for discussing. Registration details 👇

#econsky Join us tomorrow for our virtual seminar on the Indian economy by Chinmaya Kumar (AP @azimpremjiuniv ) on whether workers discriminate jobs based on their employers. @JUNISINGH1 will discuss the work. Registration details below and also on @GPSIndiaCenter 👇

#econsky next talk in the Indian economy virtual seminar is by @vaidehitandel.bsky.social (Manchester) on flooding and housing prices in Mumbai. @aradhyasood.bsky.social (UofT) will discuss. Please see registration details below.

#econsky Don't forget to register for this week's talk here: gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/HouseholdEnv...

Looking forward to discussing Raisa Sherif’s work at the @UCSDGPSIndiaCenter seminar! Join us next week! Registration link below! #econsky

Join us next week to learn about intra-hh dynamics (parent-children) around pro-environmental behavior by Raisa Sherif at UCSD GPSIndiaCenter virtual seminar. @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social will discuss the paper. Registration details in QR code below 👇

Join us in a few hours to listen to @AshishKumarSed1 talk about couples therapy and gender-based labor market implications. @livia_alfonsi will discuss the paper. Details below ⬇️ @manaswini.bsky.social @gpsucsd.bsky.social

📢 #econsky New year new talks! Register (QR code in the image) to get the details for joining our seminar this month by Ashish Sedai @AshishKumarSed1 on couples therapy and gender-based labor market consequences. And who better to discuss than @livia_alfonsi 🙏

Join us in a few hours to hear about residential schooling and its effects on marginalized students in India. Details below: @manaswini.bsky.social

We close Fall '24 virtual seminar series on the Indian economy this Wednesday. Join us to listen to Kartik Srivastava from Harvard present his work on residential schooling and it's effects on marginalized students in India. Registration details india.ucsd.edu/events/semin...

Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R! stata2r.github.io

Colleague with watchmaking as a hobby! Can it get any cooler! Fortunate to have @bartonwillage.com as a senior colleague at #UD econ.

Fantastic paper! #econsky take a look.

HUGE public service 🙏🙏

Bubbling this up. Register here for this week's talk gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/CarbonFootpr...

Okay, the first Women in Econ starter pack was such a success that we quickly hit the BlueSky starter pack limit (150 accounts). But, I've got a version 2.0 with even more awesome economists you should follow! go.bsky.app/J6nhkk7

Join us next week online at UC San Diego India Center to learn about special economic zones and their environmental impact by Zhanhan Yu followed by discussion by Danae Hernandez-Cortes. Register here: gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/CarbonFootpr...

while clearing forests for infrastructure in India has large environmental costs, I demonstrate that it also has progressive distributional benefits especially for smaller projects in densely populated areas - today’s job market post by Sunny Mitra of Berkeley blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Inaugural #UDelaware Economics Department #BlueHenEconomicsClub football tailgate was a great success! Thank you for organizing #EYetter #OBerchuk #JButler! #GoBlueHens!

Please join us next week at @GPSIndiaCenter to listen to @suannaoh talk about flexible labor contracts with discussion by @soumitrashukla9 . Register here gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/WorkerAbsenc...

We are back with the #21CIC @GPS_UCSD India seminar series this Winter/Spring with Yusuf Neggers (U Michigan) presenting his joint work on bureaucratic performance tomorrow (01/24) at 830 am Pacific time. Hat tip ShahBano (Occidental) for agreeing to discuss. Details tinyurl.com/mvvy3k67

Please share widely in your networks! UDelaware is an amazing place and hiring many economists across Econ and Biden School. Happy to answer any questions.

First post on #EconSky: Newish WP on Agri technology diffusion: we leverage experimental variation in the introduction of a new paddy variety known for flood resistance on subsequent diffusion. Read more 👇