Devaki
@devakighose
Economist @WorldBank, Development Research Group. Areas of interest: trade, urban, development. UVa PhD 2020, Dartmouth Fellow 2018 . tweets are personal.
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Why do Indians spend so much to celebrate a wedding ? Francis Bloch, Sonalde Desai and I showed (with a sample of 800 poor households from Karnataka) that the average family spends 6 times their annual income on a wedding, and it is mainly driven by a desire to signal social
Winning this medal is a dream come true, not just for me but for everyone who has supported me. I am deeply grateful to the NRAI, SAI, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Coach Jaspal Rana sir, Haryana government and OGQ. I dedicate this victory to my country for their incredible
![Spatial JMCs: Each year, I compile a list of spatial-economics job-market papers. To make sure you're on my list (& save me some work), please reply with your info in the following format:
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Firstname Surname (School) - JMP title - homepageURL
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Can improvements in financial inclusion through bank branch expansion narrow caste-based welfare gaps in India? Rikhia Bhukta (Rikhia।রিখিয়া) from IIT Kanpur addresses this question in today's JM blog on Dev Impact. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…
We missed it Chad P. Bown !
