Fascinating new article in JDE by Gaurav Chiplunkar and Jeff Weaver documenting long-term trends in dowry in India. Key conclusion: dowry ⬆️ dramatically over about 40 years, primarily reflecting greater differentiation in groom quality (education) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We are hiring pre-doctoral research associates IZA to join thriving teams at our locations in Bonn and Berlin! Please spread the word to those who might be interested. PREDOC.org Econ RA Listings 🙏👉 iza.org/about/jobs

A review of the literature on the psychology of poverty, from Johannes Haushofer and daniel salicath nber.org/papers/w31977

POLICYMAKER: we set a cutoff for individuals to be eligible for the benefits… APPLIED ECONOMIST:

Max Planck Institute is one of the most rewarding places to work at. Axel Ockenfels will be heading a group that is bound to do amazing research!

Forget flowers, chocolates, jewelry, and kisses. Tomorrow I'll post an update on Poisson versus NegBin, cross section and panel data versions -- with simulation evidence. Not expecting any love in return.

One from the archives. Happy Valentines Day. (PS: Cool kids don't p-hack.)

Did you know, one of the most common causes of death among children globally is diarrhea? Thanks to improvements in clean water & sanitation and vaccination, deaths from diarrheal diseases have declined over time, but they still carry a substantial death toll today.

I have often wondered where my labneh comes from, and where these supposed cows are and what they are supposedly eating in water stressed Middle-East.

At the MPI in Bonn we are looking for 2 post-docs (for up 5-6 years). Please spread the news to interested persons or apply yourself.

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Do Economic Preferences of Children Predict Behavior? | Laura Breitkopf , Shyamal Chowdhury, Shambhavi Priyam , Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Matthias Sutter #EconTwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

Why fly solo when you can fly with friends?😊🙃New study shows that white #storks choose to fly together during migration, with younger storks, in particular, picking migration routes that are social hotspots! mpg.de/21823848/0412-… Hester Brønnvik @anflack MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social

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Nurturing the Future: How Positive Parenting Is Related to Children’s Skills and Well-Being | Laura Breitkopf Shyamal Chowdhury Shambhavi Priyam Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Matthias Sutter #econtwitter cesifo.org/en/publication…

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