More in this recent World Bank Research Policy Research Talk worldbank.org/en/events/2021…

Our 350,000 person, 600 village RCT evaluating the impact of masking on COVID builds on a large, but not entirely unambiguous literature studying the impact of masks on respiratory diseases, including COVID.

The causal reasoning Turing test, dev econ edition.

New paper with Bruno Esposito: an adaptive trial in Kenya to select the best call format that gets parents engaged in home reading – working through implementation challenges & open questions surrounding adaptive experiments in practice. Feedback welcome! documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099…

Hiring 1-2 (remote) part-time RAs for a new project in Kenya. Interested in matching, value-added modeling, bandit algorithms...? Ad here: drive.google.com/file/d/17fkQZM… Econ RA Listings

The World Bank's Development Research Group World Bank Research is hiring on the junior market again this year. Our JOE ad is now up: (aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…). We are looking for research economists/social scientists working on important issues relevant for development. Deadline Nov 15

🧵 on new paper w/ Abi Adams, Kristiina Huttunen & Ning Zhang: "Violence Against Women at Work" #MeToo demonstrated assaults b/w colleagues are an internationally relevant phenomenon. We study consequences of realized assaults for perpetrators, victims & wider firm. [1/18]

Such a wonderful honor- Our paper w @victorpouliquen was awarded best paper AEA Journals:EP Broad question: Do e-government initiatives improve efficiency and reduce corruption? Answer: It depends 😀 THREAD on key lessons from e-filing in Tajikistan 1/n aeaweb.org/news/2023-aej-…

The World Bank's Development Research Group (DECRG)'s JOE ad is now up. We are recruiting on the junior market again this year: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Applications are open for the 2024 GAIN program! Information sharing, mentoring, and financial support for African students interested in graduate school in economics and related fields. ➡️ Apply here: gain-network.net/participants 🗓️ Deadline: March 11th Please share widely!