Wayne Sandholtz
@wsandholtz
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Dad. Asst Prof, econ at @NovaSBE. PhD @UCSDEcon, BA @BYUEcon. Development, education, political economy. He. Him.
Lisbon
Joined June 2009
Are you a researcher who hopes your work will shape policy? *Consider the policymaker's incentives!* For a policy to have legs, politicians must believe it will help them win elections 🗳️. But as researchers we often (willfully?) overlook this crucial detail. A 🧵on my recent WP:
School reform in #Liberia improved test scores but lost votes by antagonising teachers. Last week on VoxDev, @wsandholtz @NovaSBE outlined how public service reforms can provoke political backlash from service providers. Read here:
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RT @leightjessica: One of the most significant data public goods relevant to learning more about health + welfare in LMICS
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@El_Guarnieri @ECONMunich @ifo_Institut @BristolUniEcon Huge congrats Eleonora, very well-deserved result for a very cool paper.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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R&R on this little number 🙌
Are you a researcher who hopes your work will shape policy? *Consider the policymaker's incentives!* For a policy to have legs, politicians must believe it will help them win elections 🗳️. But as researchers we often (willfully?) overlook this crucial detail. A 🧵on my recent WP:
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This is a great paper:
Just published on APSR First View: "Who Debates, Who Wins? At-Scale Experimental Evidence on the Supply of Policy Information in a Liberian Election" by Jeremy Bowles (@jeremy_bowles) and Horacio Larreguy (@HLarreguy).
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@kaushikcbasu Sounds very cool. Do you know if there are any plans to measure impact on what students learn?
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Really happy to see this paper in print, I've liked it for many years. Some of the best extant evidence on political selection.
Our paper just appeared in the Jan 2025 issue of @RevEconStudies In the thread below I summarize the main findings 👇
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RT @BancalariA: Workshop alert 🚨 Submit your paper on economics focusing on health in Lower-and-Middle Income Countries to the 2025 IFS-G…
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@MarettiCiro @econ_ra 30 Jan but I'll be reviewing applications as they come in and may end up filling the position before then
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