Yonas Alem
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Dev. Economist, Univ. of Gothenburg, @Efd_initiative , & @JPAL . V. Prof. @UCT_news Coordinate early career & Women researcher support in LMIC. Opinions, own.
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In Oxford for the
@Oxford_CSAE
for
#OxCSAE2024
Great papers on different development economics issues.
Thumbs up 👍👍 for
@Oxford_CSAE
for funding many African scholars based in Africa to present their papers at
#OxCSAE2024
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Hello mama Africa!
I just moved to Cape Town for a year-long sabbatical after a long time in the Scandinavia. I will be researching and lecturing at the School of Economics, the University of Cape Town as a visiting Professor until early next year.
I already like the vibe 😉
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I was honored to participate in a panel discussing how to build research networks in Africa” at the
@WorldBank
DIME workshop in Cape Town.
I shared
@EfD_initiative
’s two-decade-long experience building research and academic capacity in low-income countries.
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A big thank you for the econ faculty at
@aberdeenuni
@UoABusSchool
for inviting me to give a seminar and visit their department. They have a great group of engaged economists.
Aberdeen is a beautiful city - pretty much the entire city is built from carved granite stones.
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I had the great privilege of sharing my experience conducting RCTs in developing countries with a group of highly motivated policymakers and postdocs based in Sub-Saharan African countries at UCT today. A big thumbs up to
@EfD_initiative
and SETI for organizing it.
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A big congratulations 👏👏 to Dr. Gidisa Lechisa, who just defended his PhD thesis in economics under the University of Gothenburg—Addis Ababa University collaborative PhD program. It was a great joy to supervise him.
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A big thank you 🙏🙏🙏 to Stefan Dercon (
@gamblingondev
) and Pramila Krishnan for generously hosting us (
#CSAE_2024
participants) at their home last evening. We enjoyed the food, drinks, and catching up with colleagues.
It keeps us coming every year :)
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I’m in Southern Nigeria giving a week-long training to colleagues at
@unn_tweets
on RCTs. Great 👍👍 for
@EfD_initiative
for organizing it. I’m impressed by the engagement of the participants despite the harsh heat – 34 d.C, 53% humidity – feels like 39 degree Celsius.
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Important advise for Early-Career researchers not to fall into what I prefer to call the "Too-many-projects-trap", which I fell into when I embarked on my career.
According to an article out in
@Nature
Consider before investing in a project: people, passion, publishable1
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Warm congrats to my brothers and collaborators at EfD Nigeria, Nnaemeka Chukwuone, Innocent Ifelunini, and Ezabulio Ujwueze, on being promoted to full Professor in Agricultural Economics.👏👏👏
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Participating at the Africa LEADS Workshop organized by
@Wordbank
DIME (May 20-25 in Cape Town).
LEADS = Learn. Adapt. Scale
Follow the keynote presentations on the different Impact Evaluation Issues here:👇
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A yammy Nigerian dish after a busy day. Egusi soup with dry fish and Garri made from Casava - + a cold budwieser 😋
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The challenges African researchers face due to resource constraints are immense. Africa needs a "Research and Innovation Fund" to promote scientific research and collaboration.
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Celebrating the Orthodox Easter with my Ethiopian family in a Nigerian outfit.
Happy Easter 🐰
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Only 2.7% of articles published between 2015 and 2022 featured collaborations between scientists in higher-income and lower-income countries”. Africa’s share is super tiny. Funders and publishers should address this unfairness!
Nature Article👇🏽
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Thank you to the economics department at
@stellenbosch
for inviting me to give a seminar and interact with their faculty. Stellenbosch is also beautiful. I just added it to my list of top 3 places to retire :-)
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On the macro-level effects of land titling - just out in JPE
Why this study:
"The adoption or improvement of cadasters are important aspects of a country’s institutional environment that may impact on economic growth and development."
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I was delighted to present one of the very first RCTs on clean cooking in a developing country context I conducted in TZ at the
@WorldBank
DIME IE workshop last week.
🙏 to IGC for funding
Free Working Paper version here:
Published version, soon✌️
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A drive to the " Most South Western Point" of mama Africa with my long-standing friend and collaborator
@loeserjohn
. The view is breathtaking!
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A new JEEM paper using data from Bangladesh shows that in utero exposure to climate change-induced high ocean salinity levels significantly reduces height-for age and weight-for age.
JEEM Version:
Free
@IZA_bonn
WP Version:
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Has there been an increased intergenerational mobility in India? No according to this new paper out in AEJ: Applied
Motivation: two narratives regarding access to opportunities in India
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Do Workers Discriminate against Female Bosses?
Experiment-based study in the US – replicable in other contexts for external validity:
Key results
1. “In the absence of receiving any feedback, workers exert the same amount of effort regardless of manager gender. “
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Thank you members of the African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists for an excellent interaction on RCTs during today’s webinar. I enjoyed it.
Thank you Nnaemeka Chukwuone,
@prehzikhali
and Selma Karuhe for organising it.
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To African scholars based in African Universities:
Applications are now open for the 2025 scheme of the
@Oxford_CSAE
fellowship. Deadline 31 May 2024.
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This JPE paper investigates the impact of two preschool interventions in Colombia:
JPE version: Open Access
More on paper👇
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Increase in daily temperature leads to a significant increase in violent crime measured by the number of murders and aggravated assaults. New WBER paper based on Jamaican data shows.
@WorldBank
ER V:👇
Free WP version:👇
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How do you find out a journal is predatory?
Here is some advise from
@Nature
👇
My advise: aim for the respected journals in your field/sub-discipline!
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An EDCC paper using RDD on data on mayoral elections in Brazil shows that educated mayors commit 19% fewer irregularities than uneducated mayors but are not less corrupt than uneducated mayors.
EDCC version:👇
Free WP version:👇
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New
@JPAL
- funded research on the “effectiveness of a pedagogical intervention aimed at improving learning in elementary school children by fostering their curiosity”. Out in AER
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Role models matter! New experimental evidence from Uganda.
The author randomized students to see either a movie featuring a female role model, Queen of Katwe, or to see a placebo movie.
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Short-term weather forecasts affect time allocation decisions. Accurate forecasting has large benefits. New JEEM paper using Chinese data.
JEEM version:👇
Free WP version:👇
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If you work on environment and development, consider submitting your paper for the
@EfD_initiative
annual meeting which will be held in Nairobi, Oct. 3-6
EfD is a great network of env. and dev. economists 👍👍
Call for papers 👇
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Application for
@Oxford_CSAE
visiting fellowship closing soon 👇🏽
⏰CLOSING TOMORROW⏰
Applications for the CSAE Visiting Fellowships 2025 close on 31 May 2024.
#researchoppportunity
Want to visit the CSAE in Oxford, UK, to develop your work and network with our researchers in early 2025? Then apply online today. 👇
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The call for papers for the upcoming
@EfD_initiative
annual meeting is closing today. The EfD annual meeting is the largest academic conf on env. & dev. issues of the global south.👇
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Investment on renewable energy (e.g., solar) generates large health benefits. New JEEM paper based on data from Chile.
JEEM version:👇
Free WP version:
More on paper 👇
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"Writing matters! Making the writing easier to understand causes economists to evaluate academic papers more positively." Spend time polishing your paper and getting it copyedited before sending it to a journal—a new experiment-based paper in JEBO👇
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When you own a husky, you can’t stay home even if it is -15 outside. So you know, in case you aspire to get one 😉
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The impacts of large-scale investments in grid electrification are crucially tied to local economic conditions. Out in JDE by an
@EfD_initiative
colleague
@FarazUsmani
, using Indian data
JDE version:👇
Free WP version:👇
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In low-income setups, provision of access to financial services to parents alleviate some of the barriers to investing in children’s schooling and increases enrollment in high school. New EDCC paper
EDCC V👇
Free WP version:👇
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Value added tax (VAT) is not self-enforcing in low state capacity setups. Developing country governments lose large tax revenue due to VAT evasion. New paper based on Ugandan firm registry data out at
@restatjournal
Free WP version
@nberpubs
👇🏽
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Mothers-in-laws (MILs) determine the labor market status of women in India! The death of MIL is followed by a 10% decrease in women’s labor force participation - increased workload on women.
EDCC version:👇
Free WP version:👇
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High prevalence of mental health issues among grad students in econ & other disciplines in the US, but far fewer econ students seek treatment. Six recommendations offered.
In the top10 papers
@AEAjournals
in 2023👇🏽
Studies in other context needed
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A general eq. modeling applied on South African data to tackle the negative externalities of groundwater over-exploitation. Out in ERE.
Open Access ERE Version:👇
More about the paper and scope for future research 👇
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Rural households’ in Tanzania did not benefit from road improvement due to falling prices of rice. Based on road rehabilitation data combined with LSMS-ISA data. Scope for novel future research.
WBER version:👇
WP version:👇
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If you are interested in pursuing a career in rigorous impact evaluation of programs in the future, consider applying for these jobs at DIME
@worldbank
👇
Are you a young researcher and want to join 🌐DIME🌐
@wb_research
?
We have many many vacancies now open -> link to dashboard in next tweet ⬇️
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On the negative health externalities of pesticide use: a new paper published at ReStud by Dias and co-authors shows that the use of glyphosate - the most widely used herbicide - leads to massive infant deaths in Brazil.
Open Access Journal version:
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This is a great reminder of the environment our colleagues in the Global South work. Respect✊!
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Does Exposure to Other Ethnic Regions Promote National Integration? It does!
Participants of the Nigerian NYSC program that served in a different ethnic region become more cosmopolitan.
Out in AEJ: Applied
Free WP version 👇🏽
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In India, indoor air pollution significantly increases child mortality rate. Mortality rates are higher for girls than boys. New paper out at JEBO.
JEBO version:👇
Free
@IZA_bonn
WP version:👇
More & scope for future research👇
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Sudden high school closures lead to increase in teenage pregnancy. New paper based information on the 2011 nationwide school shutdown in Chile. Out in JDE.
JDE Version:👇
Free WP version:👇
More on paper:👇
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Congrats & good luck Prof. Murinde and
@AERCAFRICA
We're thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Victor Murinde as our new Executive Director! Professor Murinde is a renowned financial economist with over 25 years of experience following his PhD. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to AERC, having served in
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On the economic cost of violence – new paper from Afghanistan. Replicable in many African settings.
Robust evidence based on three types of data: administrative, high-frequency experimental, and financial survey.
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Thanks
@TimothyKohler
and
@lukusem
The next research question should be "why does twitting help in economics, but not in the natural sciences?".
Thanks
@lukusem
for sharing the below. Apparently there is a citation benefit in other fields!
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3. “The negative effect of criticism on attitudes of both female and male workers is much larger when a female manager delivers the feedback."
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Natural disasters make people present-biased both in the short and long-run. Present bias reinforced by disasters induces unhealthy behaviours, e.g., overeating, smoking and drinking. Experiment conducted in Japan and the Philippines.
New EER paper 👇🏽
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EfD Nigeria, based at the Department of Agr. Econ., at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) is one of our vibrant EfD Centers. It has experts in many Ag. Econ and Env. Econ areas, and work closely with scientists from other disciplines.
More info:👇
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On early-life shocks: traumatic events experienced by pregnant women => a lasting negative impact on the labor market outcomes of their offspring - a new
@JEEA_News
paper drawing on a unique natural experiment involving random WWII Nazi raids in Italian municipalities shows
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Today, I visited the Drakenstein Lion Park, a sanctuary located near Cape Town that cares for lions that cannot be rehabilitated into the wild. The park does not breed or use animals for income-generating activities.
Photo credit: yours truly :-)
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Older people lose wealth due to poor financial decisions triggered by cognitive decline - a paper just came out in JPE shows. Based on US data, but replicable in other contexts.
Free Woking paper version here: 👇🏽
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Telecounseling – provision of counseling support over-the-phone – and information on COVID19 (through the phone) significantly improved mental health of women in Bangladesh ten months after the intervention.
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Is solar geoengineering (SGE) – a method of cooling mother earth by reflecting solar radiation away from it – a promising way to combat global warming? It depends! (out in ERE)
ERE version:👇
Free working paper version:NA
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New paper by Sodini and co-authors (just came out in
@AER
) shows that home ownership builds wealth, increases consumption, and smoothes consumption. It draws on quasi-experimental data from Sweden.
Free WP Paper version here:
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About 40% of child human capital variation in developing countries is explained by Intra-household inequality. “Do parents invest more in higher-ability children, exacerbating inequality in a society, or do they compensate for these differences, acting as an equalising agent?”
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Cash transfers (CT) to poor households improve both psychological and economic outcomes. CT reduces worry about money for basic needs, perceived stress, and increases self-esteem, savings and assets.
Hidrobo et al.
@JEBO
.
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Parental job loss has a significant negative effect on mental health of children Psychological stress is the key mechanism. New EJ paper using rich Brazilian data.
@EJ_RES
Version:
Free WP version:
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Does growing up in economic hard times increase compassion? New study out in JEBO shows:
“Growing up in bad macroeconomic times significantly lowers acceptance of immigration.”
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Transitory exposure to high temperatures may disrupt low-stakes cognitive activities, new paper out in
@JAEREERE
shows.
Why this paper:
Climate change => more frequent extreme temperature (heat waves and cold spells)
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On the magnitude of tax fraud by firms: Targeting firms using invoices from ghost firms (rather than trying to locate he ghost firms themselves) is more effective in reducing tax evasion- new paper at AER insights shows.
Free WP version here:👇
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Women Empowerment Interventions reduce intimate partner violence- new evidence from India.
The program called the ” Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (SABLA)”.
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Energy Transition Needs New Materials.
In
@ScienceMagazine
👇
We came along way in reducing the cost of electricity produced from sustainable sources.
However, full transition to clean energy requires addressing some issues
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If you are working on energy transition in developing countries, don't miss this 👇🏽
📢 Join our policy panel, "Advancing policy-relevant energy transitions research in Africa," on June 18 at 09:00 AM ET USA. Access it here: . Register & check the full
@SETIenergy
Annual Workshop agenda: . See you on June 18-19! 🌍🔋
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2. Tailor your pitch and describe your capabilities succinctly
3. Shift from the passive academic language: "when describing your experience, focus on what you personally achieved, even when you worked in a group"
In
@Nature
(a quick read)
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New research on the unintended consequences of introducing English language requirements.
Leverages the staggered rollout of the program and rich admin data from China
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Agree!
"The only permanent way to end the cycle of violence and instability is through a two-state solution, Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security, with Jerusalem as the capital of both states."
—
@antonioguterres
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Increase in air pollution negatively affects fertility decisions. A new Chanel on the impact of air pollution on development- its effect on fertility. New JEARE paper based on data from China finds.
Free WP version from
@nberpubs
👇🏽
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Three actions PhD- holders should take to land their next job. Based on the experience of natural sciences, but relevant for Econ and Public Policy graduates as well.
1. Be proactive and give a try for a relevant job
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The West's harsh visa application policies hurt scholars from the global south!
“My experience left me feeling demoralized, embarrassed and insulted by the implication that I and people like me couldn’t be trusted to attend a conference without outstaying our welcome.”
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“In Brazil, one in two female researchers has faced sexual harassment”. This is shocking 😳!
In
@Nature
👇🏽
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Implications:
“Financial inclusion would help some children and parents realize their high hopes”
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"A Faith-Based Couples' Counseling Program Reduced Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda" experimental paper study shows👇
#WomensMonth
In Uganda, 56% of women who have ever been married faced intimate partner violence
#IPV
. Researchers evaluated
#BecomingOne
–featured as
#BestBetsIPA
–a faith-based couples counseling developed by
@RESCUEorg
and implemented by
@worldvision
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If you qualify, apply for this PhD position.
@RWI_Leibniz_en
has great research groups. I had the privilege of visiting them a couple of times.
Come work with us! We have an open PhD position
@RWI_Leibniz_en
to do research on population & health, climate and development economics - but with a strong meta-scientific angle.
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The treatment group treated as adolescents were less likely to report emotional and physical violence later in life
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SETI is a part of the great
@EfD_initiative
. Consider submitting a paper if you work on energy issues 👇🏽
📢📷 The Call for Papers for the SETI 2024 Annual Workshop is still open! Check out all the information here:
The event will take place via Zoom, and the deadline for submissions is April 21 via this link:
See you on June 18-19!
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Call foe Proposals using high frequency LSMS data 👇🏽
📢 Call for proposals.
Researchers are invited to submit abstracts using the
@WorldBank
LSMS’s High-Frequency Phone Surveys data.
Papers from selected abstracts will be presented at a conference on December 10, 2024.
Details here ➡️
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Transition to clean energy sources, like electric vehicles is great. But are the components (e.g., lithium batteries) being produced at the expense of the environment? We know little, and what we know is troubling. New
@Nature
article👇
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Improved air quality leads to a significant reduction in chronic illnesses and per capita medical expenditures and an increase in subjective SWB. A new paper using RDD on data from China out in ERE shows.
ERE v:👇
More on paper & scope for future res👇
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Gender & investment on toilets: New JEEM paper using data from India shows that households increase toilet ownership in the presence of female children by 5% in urban areas & by 2.5% in rural areas.
JEEM version:👇
WP Version:👇
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In a low-income rural setup, wives's WTP for household durables >husbands' WTP. Husbands dominate household decisions. Empowering women is the way to go for improved household decision. My coauthored paper out in JEBO this year.
Open Access:👇🏽
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Introduction of the EU’s roam-like-home (RLAH) regulation in 2017 led to a significant increase in consumer surplus. Previously, telecom companies were extracting massive amount from users, thus lower use of internet while traveling.
We personally experienced this! Bravo EU👏!
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This is a shocking injustice.
A South African urban worker spends more than half of a month's salary in transport. Check comparison done by
@WorldBank
with India. This is the social cost of a wreckless policy of protecting a taxi-mafia that has reduced train usage by almost 90%. The environmental and
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@AfDB_Group
promised to match contributions by governments to the fund, but so far, only Ghana and Botswana have committed.
In
@Nature
👇
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Checklist: Rank the following aspects on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
1. This project is with people I trust to be good scientists or scholars.
2. I look forward to meetings with collaborators about this project.
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Overarching objective
"Contributing to evidence-based domestic and international policies for poverty reduction, environmental and resource management, and climate change impacts in the Global South through integrated capacity development, research, and policy engagement."
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Girls outperform boys in school achievements in primary and secondary school. But boys enroll in collages at higher rates specially in STEM studies.
Reasons: teachers’ treatment of boys and girls in math instructions differently
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I presented an exciting experimental work I'm working on with two great co-authors -
@loeserjohn
and
@aprajitmahajan
. WP on its way👍.
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