Jessica Leight

Elijah Kipchumba Elijah Kipchumba PhD CandidateTrinity College Dublin

And lots more fascinating work in progress - check out his work!

And new evidence about the effects of a livelihoods program modified to target persons with disabilities in Uganda shows that the program does encourage switching from casual labor to more productive work, ⬇️ social interaction but does not ⬇️ stigma
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More evidence from Somalia that a role model intervention in middle school has positive effects on girls' and boys' attitudes toward gender equity when delivered by female role model, but no effects on educ aspirations. Joint w/@danilaserra_eco @EconCath
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Evidence from Tanzania: while self-reported socioemotional skills show a gender gap (in favor of men), behavioral measures show few, + smaller gaps - suggesting underlying pattern is men's overestimation of own skills! joint w/@rchlcassidy @claradelav
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One paper in JAE assesses effects of variously sized business grants vis-a-vis UCTs in Somalia; findings suggest business grants have larger effects on business ownership + income vis-a-vis UCT; medium-size grantsmost cost-effective. W/@munshisulaiman
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Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @KipkechElijah, a brand-new PhD from @tcdeconomics: congratulate him! Have been seeing Elijah's work for years, was excited to meet him for the first time this year + now feature him here

Banger headline

Paper is here, from Clay et al.

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Stumbled across this fascinating paper today about the long-run effects of an early (the first?) community health intervention, a tuberculosis detection program in none other than Framingham, MA! (Close to where I grew up). . .⬆️ case detection, but no effects on mortality

An unfortunate byproduct of the rapid ascension of AI is a tendency for people to often use AI as a summary term for "anything related to computing" and I find this to be extremely confusing.

If you're talking about AI, explain exactly what you're referring to!

Julia Rizzotto Júlia Sbroglio Rizzotto Postdoctoral Researcher at USP 📧 juliasbroglio@gmail.com

Exciting work in progress on violence and policing, and lots more - check out her work!

And evidence from PISA data that bullying has negative effects on student performance as well (but not psychological bullying)
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Another paper joint w/Aniceto França shows that in Brazilian schools, the school disciplinary climate significantly affects student performance (particularly the climate in reading classes)
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One fascinating new paper published in REHO shows that there is a positive relationship between daily temperature and incidence of domestic violence (using administrative data from Brazil)
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Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @jurizzotto @feausp who works on topics related to education + domestic violence, particularly in Brazil

Five year old to me as he came running in last night with a huge smile: toDAY is the day I finally got HOMEWORK!
Never seen a little boy so happy to have hoomework

Unveiling the Cosmic Race: Skin tone and intergenerational economic disparities in Latin America and the Caribbean This paper examines how skin tone shapes intergenerational economic disparities across 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries. First, it analyzes t…

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And this paper by @julia_jarame @aalvarezgallo highlights continuity in social stratification: students w/indigenous or Afro-Colombian surnames are still enrolled in lower-quality schools today, w/higher representation in better schools of students w/surnames linked to elites

Two brand-new fascinating articles on the LAC region newly accepted in the JDE #econtwitter #econsky. . .first, this banger of a title for a paper by @billywoom that shows that skin tone, even within self-reported ethnoracial identity categories, predicts outcomes

Real picture of my kids running around the house at "bedtime".

Check out her work!

And her jmp shows that w/ onset of Green Revolution in India, districts characterized by higher potential wheat + rice yield more likely to adopt new varieties - but also show ⬇️ crop diversity, ⬇️ availability of protein, and ⬇️ height for individuals born in the period

Another paper joint with @SarahVincent_ finds that exposure to campaigns of forced sterilization for men in India did not affect fertility, but has persistent effects in ⬆️ violence, particularly violence against women

One working paper shows that ⬆️ minority representation (from caste-based political parties) in India ⬆️ the probability of a formal loan for low-caste households

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @AditiSingh095, a newly minted PhD (congrats!) from @ubcVSE who works on topics related to development, political economy + history

Duncan Webb I am a development economist who uses tools and insights from behavioural economics. My current projects focus on discrimination, social change, and human capital. I'm an Assistant Professor at Nova SBE. I recently spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University, completed my PhD

And lots, lots more! Check out his work

And another paper joint w/@EvanFriedman18 @SuannaOh explores strategies for accurately measuring preferences + beliefs that are unverifiable; evidence an unexpected bonus payment (designed to trigger reciprocity toward the researcher) can be effective
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A paper that is currently R&R uses an experiment in India to show that a high level of discrimination against transgender workers is eliminated by a discussion with 2 non-transgender neighbors; and this effect persists partially for a month
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Another paper w/ Macours + @mjulietavera shows intervention in Madagascar targeting menstrual stigma + hygiene ⬆️ girls' cognitive scores + grades, by ⬆️ psychosocial well-being + ⬇️ stress; these effects ⬆️ by a "Young Girl Leader" component drive.google.com/fil...

One published paper in EJ explores the effects of early-life weather shocks on adult outcomes + finds there is evidence of a "critical period" for the effect of shocks on cognitive outcomes, but not for socioemotional outcomes
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