Delighted to host Noble prize-winning economist Dr. James Heckman Prof. James Heckman on Aug 2, as part of SEM annual conference Georgia Tech. GT faculty, staff, students and alumni are welcome to attend his lecture free-of-charge; no need to register for the full conference.

Remedial lessons in the secondary school day increased student learning and did not crowd out grade-level mastery. When given discretion, teachers did not shirk, from Sabrin Beg, @annefitz13, Jason Kerwin, Adrienne Lucas, and Khandker Wahedur Rahman [Wahed] nber.org/papers/w33242

Yes, they genuinely want to k!II Civilians! Even a person with half brain can understand it.

Congratulations Robert Gonzalez on becoming an IPaT Georgia Tech faculty affiliate and having a paper accepted at Economic Development and Cultural Change. The title is "Monitoring Corruption: Can Top-Down Monitoring Crowd out Grassroots Participation? It was co-authored with two Georgia Tech Alumni

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Excited to host 5th Annual SEEDS conference Georgia Tech on April 24-25. Great networking opportunity with senior scholars. Anjali Thomas Olga Shemyakina Abu Syeid Shonchoy Orgül Öztürk Submit abstract by Monday, March 3. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is Robert M. Gonzalez Georgia Tech School of Economics who works on topics related to conflict, crime + public health, often using digital data

How can mobile banking adoption grow in rural areas? An IPA study in Ghana found that combining small incentives and having a group leader endorse & support the new technology doubled adoption rates and increased savings by 30% after six months. bit.ly/43AwV5E

Researchers in Ghana explored how to encourage mobile banking use in rural microfinance groups. Results showed that having a group leader endorse the new technology & offering small incentives boosted adoption and savings. Read about the impact evaluation conducted by

Sanjida Khatun is no more. She was 92. A light has gone out of our lives. No words are adequate to express the void left by her death. She represents the best tradition of Bengali culture. An authority on Tagore, she was a cultural organizer, a founder of Chhayanaut (the name

As I sent off my students for spring break, it is time for my overdue update. I am pleased to announce that I will join the Department of Economics within Charles College of Business at the University of West Georgia in the fall as a tenure-track assistant professor.

We present the first survey-based evidence on infant mortality in India during the COVID-19. We document a significant rise in mortality rates during a six-month period covering the pandemic and the ensuing lockdown. With Shatakshee Dhongde and Erdal Asker. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to share work with Kate Orkin Emma Riley in rural Kenya. We show that adding an aspiration-boosting workshop to cash transfers increased women’s control over resources & decreased intimate partner violence as compared to cash transfers alone. tinyurl.com/3fwuhjyc

Our new research highlights how climate change-induced salinization reduces worker efficiency by 3% and increases absenteeism among older workers, primarily due to hypertension. #ClimateChange pedl.cepr.org/publications/b…

The Dept. of Economics hosted Dr. Abu Syeid Shonchoy, Assoc. Prof. FIU, for a session on “Seasonal Poverty and the Role of Savings.” He shared enlightening insights on what it means to be “seasonally poor” & discussed practical measures farmers can adopt to combat #seasonalpoverty.

The 5th annual SEEDS conference on #globaldevelopment took place Georgia Tech. 60+ participants from 25+ univ. discussed global challenges such as #conflict #foodinsecurity #poverty #education #health #climate Georgia Tech School of Economics Sam Nunn School of International Affairs #econtwitter

A new joint PhD program on Political Economy of Development with SOAS University of London BRAC Institute of Governance and Development-BIGD BRAC University soas.ac.uk/study/find-cou…

What happens to life expectancy at birth during genocides? Oscar Leo visualizes the most horrific events in human history in a simple chart. Source: datacanvas.substack.com/p/life-expecta…

🆕 Incentives versus endorsement: How to boost digital banking adoption and savings Today on VoxDev, Emma Riley (U-M Economics), Abu Syeid Shonchoy (FIU) & Robert Darko Osei (University of Ghana) discuss how peer-led endorsement doubled mobile banking uptake in Ghana: voxdev.org/topic/finance/…