Economics and data-driven insights for equitable development
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Welcome, Christopher A. Neilson @ChrisANeilson to @YaleEconomics @JacksonYale & EGC as Professor of Economics & Global Affairs!
Explore his research on education & #HumanCapital: christopherneilson.github.io…
And his work with @ConsiliumBots: consiliumbots.com
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Congratulations to Lauren Falcao Bergquist who will join @YaleEconomics F22 as Asst. Prof of Econ & #GlobalAffairs, and EGC as an affiliate.
Explore her work in #DevelopmentEconomics, focusing on agricultural markets & firms in #SubSaharanAfrica: sites.google.com/site/lauren…
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Industrial policy needs good bureaucrats:
Moving bureaucrat ability up by 1 standard deviation, from the 20th percentile to 50th, increases exports by about 40%.
@philippbarteska/@LSEnews on work w @EuijungJay, using data from S Korea country offices at #FirmsTradeDev
@The_IGC
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Susan Eggers, computer scientist and 1st woman to win Eckert-Mauchly Award, began her career problem-solving at Yale EGC.
Read her story: egc.yale.edu/how-job-yale-19…
@CRA_WP @ComputerSociety @TheOfficialACM @margmartonosi @csenews @JeffDean @rebeccawb @bobbyschnabel @juliaferraioli
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Congratulations to Mayara Felix @mayara_pfs who will join @YaleEconomics & @JacksonYale as Asst. Prof of Econ, and EGC as an affiliate July 2024. Alum of @mitecon & @EPodHarvard, upcoming fellowships at @IESPrinceton & @YaleCowles.
Explore her research: mayarafelix.com/
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Updated #WorkingPaper: "Growing Like India: The Unequal Effects of Service-Led Growth"
by Michael Peters and @FabrizioZilibo1 of EGC / @YaleEconomics and Tianyu Fan @YaleEconomics / @Yale
@nberpubs w28551:
nber.org/papers/w28551
@vox_dev post:
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New paper from Imperial College on COVID-19 suppression and mitigation options. Conclusion: suppression is the only viable policy right now, given ICU capacity constraints. imperial.ac.uk/media/imperia…
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We’re excited to host #NEUDC2022 this weekend, and welcome 300+ participants for 135+ paper presentations on the latest research in development economics!
See the full agenda here: editorialexpress.com/confere…
🧵THREAD below on individual sessions and links to all the papers
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Congratulations to @finamor_lucas (@YaleEconomics)! He will serve as a Postdoctoral Fellow @TheIFS for the 2023-2024 academic year then join @EconFGVSP as an Assistant Professor in August 2024. #Yale2023 🎓
Learn more about his work & future plans: egc.yale.edu/news/egc-celebr…
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Congratulations to Orazio Attanasio @orazio_at (EGC, @Yale, @YaleEconomics, @TheIFS) on being elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences!
Read about Orazio's research : campuspress.yale.edu/orazioa…
Read the @americanacad announcement: amacad.org/new-members-2023
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"This is what we owe..."
Esther Duflo of @JPAL @MITEcon @MIT at #YCEEG23 argues the world must commit now to a mechanism to raise money for a fund (like #LossAndDamage) exclusively destined for low-income countries.
She also estimates the amount.
cutt.ly/YCEEG23
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Congrats to Sunil Amrith of @yale_history @SouthAsiaYale @YaleMacMillan on receiving 2022 Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for History, which honors work on #inequality and #climatechange.
See his work w EGC on #YaleDevDialogue series here: egc.yale.edu/events/dialogue…
heinekenprizes.org/2022/06/0…
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Can conditional cash transfer programs increase formal employment rates?
@orazio_at & @CostasMeghir of EGC & @YaleEconomics; @LinaCardonaSosa (@WorldBank) @cpossosu (Central Bank of Colombia) @CarlosMedinaD @BibianaTaboada (@BancoRepublica) in @vox_dev:
voxdev.org/topic/public-econ…
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How can development interventions change harmful gender norms?
@elianalaferrara (@Kennedy_School @EPoDHarvard @HarvardCID), #Kuznets2023 speaker, is delivering the opening remarks for the 2023 Kuznets Mini-Conference “Norms, Gender, and Development.”
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Celebrating @antoparedes (@YaleEconomics), a political economy and development scholar with a focus on identity politics. She will continue her work at @BerkeleyHaas as a postdoctoral fellow. #Yale2023 🎓
Learn more about her work & future plans: egc.yale.edu/news/egc-celebr…
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Susan Rose-Ackerman & Sharon Oster: among the 1st women professors @YaleEconomics, they took on leadership roles @YaleLawSch & @YaleSOM and mentored women in academia. #IWD2021
@judy_chevalier @HeidiatIWPR @Undercoverhist @nancymbirdsall @ProfEmilyOster
news.yale.edu/2021/03/05/eco…
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Congratulations @lucas_conwell (@YaleEconomics)! He will join University College London as a Lecturer in Economics. #Yale2023 🎓
Learn more about his work & future plans: egc.yale.edu/news/egc-celebr…
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Congratulations to #Yale2023 🎓 Economics PhDs in Development and Trade!
@sheng_c_cai, @lucas_conwell, @finamor_lucas, Matthew Gordon, and @antoparedes
Read about their work & plans: egc.yale.edu/news/egc-celebr…
@YaleEconomics @JacksonYale @YaleEnvironment @Yale #YSE2023
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Carlos Diaz-Alejandro: #HumanRights advocate & youngest @YaleEconomics full Prof, at the time.
Part of our series on Latin American economists at @Yale in 60s/70s:
#EconTwitter @YaleCLAIS @Yale_OIA @voxlacea @AAHHEorg @carmenmreinhart @Latinohistory
egc.yale.edu/blending-econom…
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#NewStudy: "The Welfare Effects of Encouraging Rural–Urban Migration"
by @mushfiq_econ of EGC/@yaleeconomics/@YaleSOM/@YaleRISE, @LagakosDavid (@bu_economics), Michael E. Waugh (@MinneapolisFed)
Paper @ecmaEditors: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Our summary: egc.yale.edu/research/Lagako…
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What was the effect of the #Covid19 pandemic on small businesses in #LatinAmerica?
In newly published work supported by EGC, @john_eric (@YaleEconomics) @naomi_shimberg (@Yale) @mariaelenaguer @ChrisANeilson @GUlyssea survey 35K businesses in 8 countries:
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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🥂 Congratulations Rohini Pande of EGC/@YaleEconomics on winning #InfosysPrize2022 in Social Sciences for research on governance & accountability, women’s empowerment & the environment.
Read more: egc.yale.edu/news/rohini-202…
@AEACSWEP @SouthAsiaYale @wff_yale @JPAL #EconTwitter
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Congratulations to EGC postdoctoral fellow Maulik Jagnani, on winning the @AAEA_Economics AAEA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for "Essays on Human Capital, Environment & Development": aaea.org/meetings/2020-aaea-…
Read more at Maulik's website: sites.google.com/view/maulik…
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How does international trade influence firm growth in LMIC contexts?
Read about how Ana Cecília Fieler uses firm-level data to build innovative economy-wide models in work w Xu of @DukeEcon, Eslava/@EconomiaUAndes, @fdbanu & others.
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"[Pande’s] approach to development has always been infused with the sense that underdevelopment and disadvantage are rooted as much in politics as they are in economics.”
–@rodrikdani of @Kennedy_School
@IMFNews profile:
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It is not enough to invest resources in preschool improvement; interventions may have negative consequences if teachers are insufficiently trained
@orazio_at of EGC & @YaleEconomics, @RaquelBernal3 @LinaCardonaSosa @alison_andrew1 & coauthors in @vox_dev:
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Can increases in the size of the population raise productivity?
Michael Peters of EGC & @YaleEconomics exploits a natural experiment from 20th C European history to estimate short & long-run effects.
@micro_econ:
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Are educational track recommendations biased against low socioeconomic status students?
@michelacarlana (@Kennedy_School) discusses using data from Italy during the #Kuznets2023 mini-conference.
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Would consolidation of farms in developing countries lead to poverty reduction?
New findings by Rosenzweig of EGC & Foster/@BrownUniversity. @vox_dev podcast: voxdev.org/topic/agriculture…
Our summary:
egc.yale.edu/research/rosenz…
@The_IGC @LSE_IO @OxIndiaPolicy
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From a childhood in Soviet-era Poland to a @Yale PhD & @OxfordEconDept's 1st female Statutory Prof of Economics, @BJavorcik has led a path-breaking career.
Now Chief Economist @EBRD, she facilitates multilateral collaboration through global crises.
Read: egc.yale.edu/history/women/B…
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Why do so many in low-income countries live in rural areas when the cities offer much higher wages?
@mushfiq_econ (EGC @YaleSOM @YaleEconomics @YaleRISE) discussed on seasonal migration in #Bangladesh w @vox_dev: voxdev.org/topic/labour-mark…
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Development is a long-term process – so panel datasets are essential for #GlobalDev research.
Rohini Pande of EGC/@YaleEconomics announcing the public release of 1st 3 waves of Ghana Panel Survey (initiated by @chrisudry of @NU_GPRL & Rosenzweig)
#NEUDC2022 Plenary now.
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#NewStudy on examining service-led growth and #inequality in India, by EGC's Peters & Zilibotti & @TianyuFan1 of @YaleEconomics.
Read the authors' @vox_dev post:
voxdev.org/topic/macroeconom…
Access the paper from @ecmaEditors:
Many developing economies are growing fast with limited industrialization. Service-led growth or mere income effects? We provide a novel methodology to structurally estimate productivity in service industries using micro data and an application to India econometricsociety.org/publi…
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Do exporting firms in lower-income countries benefit from establishing long-term relationships with foreign buyers? Guillermo Noguera uses novel methods & data to explore the dynamics between Bangladeshi garment sellers and foreign customers.
Learn more: egc.yale.edu/research/noguer…
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Is democracy failing the poor?
And what can be done to rectify that?
Rohini Pande reviews recent evidence in the @ScienceMagazine #Democracy issue:
science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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What is the role of political institutions in changing social norms?
@bjorkmanmartina (@handels_sse), @elianalaferrara (@Kennedy_School @EPoDHarvard @HarvardCID), @lwantchekon (@PrincetonEcon) & Rohini Pande of EGC/@YaleEconomics are speaking on the #Kuznets2023 plenary panel.
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What can #data tell us about long-term effects of 2017 influx of nearly 1M #Rohingya into Bangladesh – on migrants themselves & the host community?
@mushfiq_econ of EGC/@YaleRISE/@YaleSOM describes the Cox's Bazar Panel Survey. Join #NEUDC2022 live: yale.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
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LACEA-LAMES 2022 Annual Meeting
In-person, Lima, NOV 3-5, 2022 (hybrid option), featuring research on #inequality in #LatinAmerica & the Caribbean. Speakers include
@orazio_at (@YaleEconomics & EGC).
Info:
lacealames2022.up.edu.pe/
@voxlacea @UdelPacifico @econometricsoc
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Targeting edutainment at men, or men & women jointly, reduces girl child marriage in target households. Presented by @rchlcassidy from @worldbank; co-authors @anaya_dam @karlijnmorsink @umair_kiani3 and Wendy Janssens. #ADBIYale23
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Does encouraging relocation increase welfare & productivity?
@mushfiq_econ (EGC,@YaleEconomics/@YaleSOM/@YaleRISE) & coauthors pair a model of migration w experimental data to shed light on the benefits of migration subsidies in low-income countries
Read: egc.yale.edu/research/Lagako…
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Does #FinancialInclusion mitigate social exclusion?
Rikhia Bhukta of @IITKanpur presents work w @DebPakrashi, Saha & @AshishKumarSed1 showing a banking push by @RBI also increased social inclusion of members of lower castes, as measured by labor market data & loan access.
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📣 Call for papers! 📣
EGC and @The_IGC are co-hosting the "'Firms, Trade & Development" on Oct 19-20, 2023, a hybrid event at @Yale and @LSEnews.
Submit your papers by Aug 14.
Info:
egc.yale.edu/events/firms-tr… @mayara_pfs @lfbergquist @imanelici @EricVerhoogen
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📣 Call for papers! 📣
EGC and @The_IGC are co-hosting the "'Firms, Trade & Development" on Oct 19-20, 2023, a hybrid event at @Yale and @LSEnews.
Submit your papers by Aug 14.
Info:
egc.yale.edu/events/firms-tr… @mayara_pfs @lfbergquist @imanelici @EricVerhoogen
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Many thanks to organizers, presenters & home institutions who made @Yale #Kuznets2020 Conference a success! (More pics @YaleEGC Facebook.)
@PennyG_Yale @rodrikdani @DinaPomeranz @shoumitro_c @pame_medinaq @HjortJ @imanelici @UZH_en @berkeleyecon @StanfordKingCtr @Columbia_Biz
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How do values, beliefs, and biases affect economic outcomes?
@elianalaferrara (@Kennedy_School @EPoDHarvard @HarvardCID) spoke with @greglars about her research on #gender & #immigration & her upcoming of #Kuznets2023 Lecture Thu MAR 2, 4PM ET:
egc.yale.edu/events/kuznets/…
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#NewStudy: "Early Childhood Development, #HumanCapital, and Poverty"
by Orazio Attanasio @orazio_at and Costas Meghir @CostasMeghir of EGC @YaleCowles @YaleEconomics & Sarah Cattan @Sarah_Cattan (@TheIFS)
@AnnualReviews: doi.org/10.1146/annurev-econ…
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How costly are misallocations of production from market distortions common in #LMICs, e.g. corruption, incomplete contracts & regulations?
Dave Donaldson/@MITEcon presents new tools to identify firm-level misallocation developed w Carrillo @DinaPomeranz & Singhal #FirmsTradeDev
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"Economics is not a man's field"
Read our series on the women who helped shape EGC, @YaleEconomics, and the profession:
egc.yale.edu/honoring-women-…
@PennyG_Yale @SuriTavneet @rema_nadeem @rglenner @dynarski @DinaPomeranz @nancymbirdsall @DupasPascaline @seema_econ @profnavaashraf
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Welcome, Amit Khandelwal @akhandelwal8 to @YaleEconomics @JacksonYale & EGC as a Professor of Economics & #GlobalAffairs!
Read about his work on int'l trade & #GlobalDev: akhandelwal8.github.io
Amit describes EGC "Trade & Dev" conference: egc.yale.edu/new-research-tr…
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The Yale Economic Growth Center
Supporting the economic advancement of poor and marginalized people in developing countries through innovative research at @Yale and around the world.
Follow us for our news & events, and the best ideas from across development economics.
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Our Q&A w @Penny_WB on #globalization, #inequality & future of poverty reduction introduces 2/27 #Kuznets2020 Lecture & 2/28 conference.
Follow us for tweets from talks by @DinaPomeranz @shoumitro_c @pame_medinaq @HjortJ @rodrikdani @imanelici & more!
zcu.io/canQ
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Congratulations, '20/21 EGC #Sylff Fellows!
@JulianAram, Nathan Barker, Lucas Conwell, Ryungha Oh & @antoparedes.
Read about their research:
egc.yale.edu/opportunities/s…
@Yale @YaleEconomics @YaleAlumni @yaledailynews @YaleSOM @JacksonYale @ISPSYale @yalewomen @Yale_Nonprofit
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Are you an undergrad or grad student from any university interested in economic research?
#InclusionEconomics sends interns to India or Nepal for 8 wks to assist w/development, labor, environmental & gender research
bit.ly/3rr3blp
cc #EconTwitter @predoc_org @econ_ra
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Social trust is considered key for economic development. But what does social trust look like in the real world? Who trusts whom & with what?
@salma_mousa_(@Yale #InclusionEconomics) discusses these questions using data from randomized interactions in 7 countries at #Kuznets2023
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Congratulations to Ebonya Washington of @YaleEconomics who will serve with @xftrebbi as co-director of Political Economy Program at The National Bureau of Economic Research @nberpubs.
Read about her work: cowles.yale.edu/news/economi…
@Yale @YaleSOM #EconTwitter #50WomenAtYale150
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When foreign multinationals arrive, how does that affect allocation of resources across the economy?
@imanelici of @LSEnews presents work w @jpvasq of @LSEnews & @romandzarate of @WorldBank at #FirmsTradeDev egc.yale.edu/events/firms-tr…
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What are the origins of #LAC’s economic inequality? 🧵
In this #LACIR working paper, @Feslavas and @felipev84 survey existing literature to uncover the roots that have determined the staggering economic disparities in the region. lacir.lse.ac.uk/en-gb/public…
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EGC will host the The North East Universities Development Consortium Conference #NEUDC2022 in person at @Yale Nov 5-6 (🧵):
#CallForPapers and conference registration open June 1.
Bookmark our conference page for updates, and spread the word!
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How have Indian households gained (& lost) from a rapidly growing service sector?
Michael Peters & @FabrizioZilibo1 of EGC/@YaleEconomics & @tianyufan_econ in Econometrica @ecmaEditors: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Read their post, originally in @vox_dev:
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Research on language teaching, migration and education, educational emergencies, and college access:
#NEUDC2022 session on Educational Policies w @ChrisANeilson, Gitanjali Sen, @AllanHsiao, @angrist_noam, @ana_p_melo
Papers here: editorialexpress.com/confere…
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Why are firms in developing countries predominantly managed by families?
Michael Peters of EGC/@YaleEconomics, @ufukakcigit & Harun Alp find the productivity of outside managers might drive firm sizes & limit delegation.
Read the research summary:
egc.yale.edu/new-research-sh…
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Interventions to improve labor market outcomes: what works for different groups of the population in various settings?
#NEUDC2022 session on Labor Market Networks w Nancy Chau @livia_alfonsi, @gchiplunkar, Farzana Afridi, @fra_loiacono
Papers here: editorialexpress.com/confere…
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Study in Bangladesh showed program encouraging mask-wearing increased usage 28% & that group saw a 9.3% reduction of #Covid19.
Research by @mushfiq_econ EGC/@YaleEconomics/@YaleSOM/@YaleRISE, @Jabaluck, @StanfordMed @poverty_action @a2i_bd, et al.
washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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Is creative destruction a cause or a consequence of economic development?
Michael Peters and @FabrizioZilibo1 of EGC/@YaleEconomics discuss using firm-level data from the US and India in @vox_dev:
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From a childhood in Soviet-era Poland to a @Yale PhD & @OxfordEconDept's 1st female Statutory Prof of Economics, @BJavorcik has led a path-breaking career.
Now Chief Economist @EBRD, she facilitates multilateral collaboration through global crises.
Read: egc.yale.edu/history/women/B…
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"Go out and have experiences, learn what’s important to people," @mushfiq_econ of EGC / @YaleEconomics / @YaleSOM / @YaleRISE advises early career researchers.
Read more of his advice & insights on development economics in his ETRM interview: econthatmatters.com/2023/06/…
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Commerce requires trust, but trust is difficult when one group can expropriate another w/violence or social power.
@AlexiaDelf (@Unibocconi) discusses how unbiased adjudication increases women’s trust in the market & economic activity #Kuznets2023
Read: drive.google.com/file/d/1Zph…
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All the research from #NEUDC2022: see the geography of coverage, methodological trends, and link to all the paper.
This overview article by Almendina Music & @DaveEvansPhD is published simultaneously by @WorldBank, @CGDev & EGC.
egc.yale.edu/events/neudc-20…
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The time Nancy Birdsall @nancymbirdsall spent at EGC in the 70s inspired her to challenge the status-quo, co-found @CGDev, and work to hold powerful institutions accountable.
Read our profile, part of the #EGCat60 series:
egc.yale.edu/history/women/n…
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Q: What is the role of our universities in the whole process of addressing #ClimateChange?
A: They allow for conversations of the brutal truths that should inform policy.
@RoryStewartUK of @JacksonYale in #YaleDevDialogue
Info & Mailing List signup: egc.yale.edu/dialogues/dialo…
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The Yale Climate, Environment & Economic Growth Conference 2023 #YCEEG23 starts now Rohini Pande of EGC/@YaleEconomics welcomes a group of academics & policymakers.
See the program and join the live stream:
egc.yale.edu/events/climate-…
@YaleEnvironment @YaleTobinCenter @Yale
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Rwanda’s rapid development of its coffee industry helped women get paid for their labor & reduced intimate partner violence, according to research by EGC visiting scholar @DenizSanin_.
Read the EGC Affiliate Spotlight ⬇️
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"Young Women in Research" panel
Thurs Oct 8, 6PM
Hosted by @SadieCollective, a group dedicated to the advancement of underrepresented minority women
@wff_yale @AEACSWEP @weconpol @women @drlisadcook @judy_chevalier @HeidiatIWPR @seema_econ
Registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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🎉 Congratulations Rohini Pande of EGC @YaleEconomics on being awarded the #InfosysPrize2022 in Social Sciences on Jan
7th for research on governance, women’s empowerment & the environment.
Read more @the_hindu: thehindu.com/news/cities/ban…
@AEACSWEP @wff_yale @JPAL
#EconTwitter
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New research by economic historian @JosespinSanchez and coauthors uses 100 years of digitized marriage records to show that women exerted a surprising level of influence on social mobility in pre-industrial Spain.
Read the research summary:
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🔊 EGC Voices in Development #Podcast
How can economic tools be used to identify and promote early childhood practices that help, rather than hinder, the economic development process?
Hear more from @orazio_at & @CostasMeghir of EGC/@YaleEconomics:
egc.yale.edu/events/podcasts…
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Professor Leonard Wantchekon (@lwantchekon) of @PrincetonSPIA will deliver the #kuznets2022 lecture on Mar 31.
Register for "Political Distortions and Economic Development" at egc.yale.edu/events/simon-ku…
@JacksonYale @Yale_CAS @Yale @YaleAlumni @yaleafrica @Yale_OIA @ASE_cotonou
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Understanding the #GenderGap in wages:
In a 4-min @YaleInsights video, @mushfiq_econ (EGC @YaleSOM @YaleEconomics @YaleRISE) gives insights from economics on the effects of norms, marriage, motherhood on women's opportunities & earnings:
insights.som.yale.edu/insigh… @YaleMacMillan
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Productivity growth in non-tradable services such as retail, restaurants or residential real estate was an important driver of Indian growth between 1987 and 2011. However, the main beneficiaries were rich city-dwellers. @TianyuFan1, Michael Peters, @FabrizioZilibo1. #ADBIYale23
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Rwanda’s rapid development of its coffee industry helped women get paid for their labor & reduced intimate partner violence, according to research by EGC visiting scholar @DenizSanin_.
Read the EGC Affiliate Spotlight ⬇️
egc.yale.edu/research/spotli…
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Why do so many in low-income countries live in rural areas when the cities offer much higher wages?
@mushfiq_econ (EGC @YaleSOM @YaleEconomics @YaleRISE) discussed his research on seasonal migration in #Bangladesh w @vox_dev: voxdev.org/topic/labour-mark…
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Are you a recent or soon-to-be graduate interested in economic gender gaps? EGC is recruiting pre-doctoral fellows w interest in macro- & micro-analysis for a research effort on gender inequality in LMICs.
👉 Learn more:
tobin.yale.edu/fellowships/p…
#EconTwitter @predoc_org @econ_ra
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Welcome, Ceren Baysan @cerenbaysan of @Uni_of_essex & @JPAL, who is joining @YaleEconomics, @JacksonYale & EGC as a Visiting Professor!
Read about her research on development economics & political economy: sites.google.com/site/cerenb…
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LACEA-LAMES 2022 Annual Meeting
In-person, Lima, NOV 3-5, 2022 (hybrid option), featuring research on #inequality in #LatinAmerica & the Caribbean. Speakers include
@orazio_at (@YaleEconomics & EGC).
Info:
lacealames2022.up.edu.pe/
@voxlacea @UdelPacifico @econometricsoc
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For #IWD2021, we are celebrating those who made a place for women in academia:
Susan Eggers, computer scientist and 1st woman to win Eckert-Mauchly Award, began her career problem-solving at Yale EGC: egc.yale.edu/how-job-yale-19…
@ComputerSociety @TheOfficialACM @csenews @JeffDean
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There are nearly 1m women working in the carpet industry in Afghanistan. This great export & development opportunity is now under threat by the international community itself.
@RoryStewartUK of @JacksonYale at the #YaleDevDialogue.
Join live now: egc.yale.edu/dialogues/dialo…
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A traditional perspective in #globaldev is that #infrastructure creation is key for improving living standards.
Yet research from EGC visiting @USUKFulbright scholar @BancalariA reveals hidden costs.
Read the latest EGC Affiliate Spotlight ⬇️
egc.yale.edu/research/spotli…
@TheIFS
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Imagining growth in a closed economy:
How large does an economy need to be to stop relying on trade?
@PennyG_Yale of @YaleEconomics lays out a theoretical framework for poverty reduction in a post-globalist world in the
#Kuznets2020 lecture.
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Exciting news! The #LACIR Working Paper series is out! With over 60 experts on board, this series dives deep into inequality issues in the Latin American region. #LACIR is an effort by @LSEInequalities @TheIFS @the_IDB and EGC.
Read more: lacir.lse.ac.uk
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Virtual event launching the #LAC #Inequality Review 23 SEP 12:30-2PM EST, with:
With: @orazio_at of EGC/@YaleEconomics, Ana De La O of @yale PoliSci & @ISPSYale & others.
Hosts: Yale, @the_IDB @TheIFS @LSEnews
Info & Registration: egc.yale.edu/inequality-in-l…
@YaleCLAIS @voxlacea
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The legitimacy of the messenger is important, when it comes to trust in #Covid19 vaccine: in Mumbai in 19th C, reluctance to take treatment had to do with distrust of colonial govt. That has changed.
@RoryStewartUK of @JacksonYale
Event streaming now: fb.me/e/23aPuEwBi
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Network ties can help facilitate entrepreneurship for women. With an RCT and network data collection in 30 Nepali villages, authors @JUNISINGH1 & @vatsalecon find that depending on network positions, a link might help motivate women towards opening a business. #ADBIYale23
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In advance of next week's #Kuznets2022 events, we asked @lwantchekon of @PrincetonSPIA about economics, politics & the founding of @ASE_cotonou.
Read the EGC Q&A:
egc.yale.edu/Wantchekon-QA
#EconTwitter @YaleMacMillan @Yale_OIA @JacksonYale @YaleSOM @yaleafrica @ISPSYale @YaleRITM
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Who is being excluded by India's vaccination strategy?
Pande of EGC/@YaleEconomics Troyer Moore of @YaleMacMillan & Schaner of @USCDornsife analyze the "digital divide":
egc.yale.edu/India-vaccinati…
@Ideas4India @Article14live @MittalInstitute @orfonline @weconpol @YaleAlumni
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#FirmsTradeDev 2023 Conference:
@EricVerhoogen of @columbia_econ opens the conference & introduces Robin Burgess of @LSEEcon who now presents on "Job variety, firms & development"
Join live: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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New findings on neighborhood effects, remittances and welfare, and roads and inequality:
#NEUDC2022 session on spatial disparities w @BrianMccaig, @JoseMoralesA, @ferrojas90, @masyhurh, @luke_milsom
Papers here: editorialexpress.com/confere…
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Understanding the #GenderGap in wages:
In a 4-min @YaleInsights video, @mushfiq_econ (EGC @YaleSOM @YaleEconomics @YaleRISE) gives insights from economics on the effects of norms, marriage, motherhood on women's opportunities & earnings:
insights.som.yale.edu/insigh… @YaleMacMillan
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📣 Call for papers! 📣
EGC and @The_IGC are co-hosting the "'Firms, Trade & Development" on Oct 19-20, 2023, a hybrid event at @Yale and @LSEnews.
Submit your papers by Aug 14.
Info:
egc.yale.edu/events/firms-tr… @mayara_pfs @lfbergquist @imanelici @EricVerhoogen
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Examining the links between political constraints and the probability of sovereign default, using the case of Argentina:
@mazzimon77 presents work w @MitraNirvana at #Kuznets2022 conference now.
Read the paper here:
nber.org/papers/w29667
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