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women and the economy 👩🏽💻 currently phd at harvardkennedy www.aditibhowmick.com
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VoxDev
14 days ago
Forcibly displaced population inflows generally have neutral or positive effects on native employment and wages, though informal workers and other vulnerable groups may face short-term challenges.
https://voxdev.org/voxdevlit/refugees-and-other-forcibly-displaced-populations
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David Evans
20 days ago
Sometimes nudges backfire.
www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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Interesting given all the tech bro podcasts I’ve been seeing that have been questioning getting an in person degree…
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20 days ago
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Things i wouldnt be able to do in India - land at 11:50 pm and get into an uber without being stressed out myself and stressing my dad out even more re: safety
30 days ago
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Michael Clemens
about 1 month ago
The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids… …is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys. At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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VoxDev
4 months ago
🆕 Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts Today on VoxDev w/ Elliott Ash,
@samasher.bsky.social
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@adibmk.bsky.social
, Sandeep Bhupatiraju, Daniel Chen, Tanaya Devi, Christoph Goessmann,
@novosad.bsky.social
& Bilal Siddiqi:
voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts
Analysis of over five million criminal cases in India finds no in-group bias in acquittal decisions based on shared religion, gender, or caste – contrasting with patterns documented in other countries...
https://voxdev.org/topic/institutions-political-economy/do-judges-favour-defendants-themselves-evidence-indian-courts
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Garance Genicot
10 months ago
4/ Beyond marriage & fertility, we find poorer living standards and adverse health outcomes for mothers of firstborn daughters, including: ⚠️ Higher HIV prevalence ⚠️ Greater acceptance of intimate partner violence (IPV)
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Garance Genicot
10 months ago
1/ 🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 Excited to share our latest research: “Female Firstborn and Family Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa”! on how firstborn daughters influence family structure, marriage, and fertility
@mariahdb.bsky.social
#EconSky
#DevelopmentEconomics
#EconPhD
www.nber.org/papers/w33505
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Firstborn Daughters and Family Structure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33505
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FLFP: Bangalore metro morning rush edition (ladies compartment) Also so silly of me deciding to hop in the metro at 9 am 😂
11 months ago
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when not doing economics… equally slow & trying btw but brings me joy 😊
12 months ago
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Ray Fisman
about 1 year ago
#econsky
Is it possible to get a measure of keyword search frequency (e.g., Google Trends) by city for India, ideally going back 10 years or so? Grateful for any leads.
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Done with my last ever written exam for life (I think…) and now to churn out some papers 📝 on ⚡️ 👴🏽👩🏽🏭👩🏽🌾 🇮🇳 till Christmas!
about 1 year ago
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Malik A. Hussain
about 1 year ago
📊 New JMP: Religious resistance to smallpox vaccination in colonial India (1868-78): Districts with ⬆️ Hindu population had 0.89-1.98pp ⬇️ vaccination rates, with lasting demographic effects. Using temple desecration sites as IV. Paper:
malikahussain.github.io/job_market_p...
#EconHistory
#EconSky
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Gpt 4o made me a quiz based on my labor econ notes for my field final exam. Not bad at all! I know I should be studying instead of experimenting w GPT atm
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docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Labor gpt quiz
Here’s a set of quiz questions based on the lecture summaries above. The questions range across key themes and concepts discussed. General Understanding 1. True/False: Monopsony power in labor market...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/102UpODQOtJNnd1DKxb_8CCEwG9t9GgZ8t4667mx6hmk/edit
about 1 year ago
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Finally read this instead of studying for my labor final (albeit the Lazear 1991 reference). Key 💡 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
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Opinion | If DOGE Treats Government Like a Business, It Could Be a Disaster (Gift Article)
A lot of what the government does is hard to quantify and involves complicated tasks that inevitably require bureaucratic coordination and, yes, inefficiency.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opinion/doge-musk-ramaswamy-business-efficiency.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f04.bc3z.xJg5ubC6DmuD&smid=url-share
about 1 year ago
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Neat chart commissioned by presidential election candidate Fremont circa 1856. Spotted in a museum in Harper’s Ferry WV
about 1 year ago
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Alice Evans
about 1 year ago
Happy International Men’s Day! 🥳 Icymi: what’s hurting the least educated men? And how might that change?
open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
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Gabriel Kreindler
about 1 year ago
📢📢📢 🌇🌇🌇 🚌🚌🚌 I am hiring a predoctoral fellow to work on projects in urban transportation, spatial and development, using a mix of quantitative and experimental tools. Please share and/or apply!
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13401
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof Kreindler)
Professor Gabriel Kreindler is seeking a predoctoral fellow. The fellow will work on projects in the areas of urban, spatial and development economics, which involve structural modeling and estimation...
https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13401
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Wow this is the paper I was waiting for this whole time!
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about 1 year ago
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Ethan Mollick
about 1 year ago
Crazy interesting paper in many ways: 1) Voice-enabled GPT-4o conducted 2 hour interviews of 1,052 people 2) GPT-4o agents were given the transcripts & prompted to simulate the people 3) The agents were given surveys & tasks. They achieved 85% accuracy in simulating interviewees real answers!
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