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New NBER working paper with Supreet Kaur Heather Schofield Prof. Geeta Kingdon showing: - how formal schooling contributes to the development of fundamental cognitive skills, like attention - attention appears to be highly malleable, at least in childhood nber.org/papers/w30133?… 🧵 (1/x)

Isaac Opper and I have a new working paper we’re excited to share. A short 🧵. 1/10

🚨a quick thread about a long-running project now released as NBER WP This paper is joint w/ John Eric Humphries , Winnie van Dijk , Danny Tannenbaum, Davin Reed & Nick Mader. It replaces 2 separate studies of eviction in Chicago (Humphries et al) and NYC (Collinson & Reed) 1/N

Women in Empirical Micro send us your papers! We're eager to read them and super excited to host the 2nd conference for Women in Empirical Micro in September '23. #econtwitter 💥

#ClimateRisk is a key driver of low agricultural productivity in poor countries. An UChicago EPIC India project is evaluating a novel risk-mitigation approach that provides information about the onset of the Indian summer monsoon well in advance of its arrival. epic.uchicago.in/project/the-va…

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Thrilled to be joining UCLA Econ as an AP in 2024 after spending next year as a @IESPrinceton fellow. Big thanks to everyone who had a hand in making it happen 🙏

Congratulations to our JEDI award winner, Anjali Adukia! 🎊 #AEFP2023

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Some profoundly depressing data for your Monday morning Ungated version nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Representation is said to matter, but I didn't see myself in the world around me growing up. Whom did I see? With whom was I supposed to identify? What about my children? And what about in children's books? What do children see? How to measure it? (a thread 🧵👇🏾) 1/n

School voucher systems are common, but policy designs vary dramatically. @harshilsahai's JMP uses data from India, the world's largest voucher policy, to study how design shapes equity & efficiency. He finds that impacts depend critically on design choice. Harshil.com

The devil is in the design: the benefits and costs of the world’s largest voucher program for primary education: today’s job market post by Harshil Sahai on India’s right to education voucher program blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluati…

A nice summary of my work on long-range monsoon forecasts as climate adaptation with all-star coauthor team Amir Jina, @erinmunrokelley, Greg "too cool for X" Lane, and Harshil Sahai is in the June NBER digest! nber.org/sites/default/…

🆕 How can governments improve school voucher programmes? 🇮🇳 Today on VoxDev, Harshil Sahai UChicago Economics outlines evidence on India's school voucher programme, explores the responses of private schools & shows how the voucher's design can be improved: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…

I and twenty-two other Nobel economists signed a letter endorsing Kamala Harris for President. We believe Harris's policies will result in a stronger economic performance, with economic growth that is more robust, more sustainable, and more equitable. cnn.com/2024/10/23/pol…

Can you guess what happens when women are denied a wanted abortion? ... ... ... In the short run, their risk of death rises as a direct result. In the long run--a full 15 years later--women denied an abortion experience... -more health issues, -lower educational attainment,