UCSD Development Economics @UCSDDevEcon
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India's ICDS is the world's largest early-childhood development program. In a new @nberpubs WP bit.ly/2QYgTjl, @aganimian @c_r_walt & I show with a large-scale RCT that adding a worker to ICDS centers improved education, and nutrition, and was highly cost effective 🧵1/
This underscores the need for policy to be based on evidence (Yay, RCT's!) and not just hunches.
This underscores the need for policy to be based on evidence (Yay, RCT's!) and not just hunches.
What are the reasons for mistrust of western medicine in Africa? @UCSDEcon's Sara Lowes examines this in a paper published in the American Economic Review. More information at go.ucsd.edu/3wAH8fu
Excited to support the @actgrants initiative to deploy philanthropic capital to encourage ed-tech innovation to facilitate improving education quality for all and not just for those who can pay; register for the program starting at 5pm IST today
Excited to support the @actgrants initiative to deploy philanthropic capital to encourage ed-tech innovation to facilitate improving education quality for all and not just for those who can pay; register for the program starting at 5pm IST today
may I draw your attention to the interdisciplinary keynote session at this year's PacDev, featuring anthropologist James Ferguson and economists @SuriTavneet and @lwantchekon (the anthropologist is not on twitter, holding out for >280 chars)
.@UCSDEcon prof, @ESoConflict director, and IGCC Research Director for International Security Studies Eli Berman @clubmodel reflects on his academic career and what keeps him motivated in our most recent Why We Research posts. Check them out here: tinyurl.com/y43vanef
In a new @nberpubs WP, with @renata__lemos & @danielascur, we show that the quality of school management (esp. people management) in Indian schools is strongly correlated with both teaching activity & school effectiveness at improving student learning: bit.ly/3sfuEI0 1/n
PacDev 2021 is being hosted (virtually) by @UCSDDevEcon & @CEGA_UC; we welcome paper submissions on all topics in development economics from anywhere in the world. Submission deadline is today (Dec 31, 11:59pm)! Submission portal: bit.ly/3pPV4ih
Pleased to announce multiple post-doctoral positions @UCSDEcon for policy-relevant research on the Indian economy; we're building on our broad strength in @UCSDDevEcon with a deep focus on India. Apply by 4 January 2021 at: econjobmarket.org/positions/7129
Excellent thread on Bihar's development successes in the last 15 years, and the challenges ahead. Much of the low-hanging fruit has been harvested, but the path ahead requires a focus on boosting investments, productivity, skills, and jobs.
Excellent thread on Bihar's development successes in the last 15 years, and the challenges ahead. Much of the low-hanging fruit has been harvested, but the path ahead requires a focus on boosting investments, productivity, skills, and jobs.
a warm welcome to @SamuelBazzi who is joining us here @UCSDEcon and @GPS_UCSD. Sam does great work at the intersection of development and political economy. He is rugged but not at all individualistic. sites.google.com/site/samuelbaz…
Proud to announce that Karthik Muralidharan has been added to the World Bank's Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel. This is a bridge between academia and policy making in Education. Academics making things happen! bit.ly/3jzMksk @karthik_econ
So proud of everyone involved in this study, 2nd of the @USAID #cashbenchmarking initiative. @AndrewZeitlin and Craig McIntosh, @EDCtweets, @GiveDirectly, @USAIDRwanda, @poverty_action, @CEGA_UC , @LizBrow29385570 and the incomparable @DanielHandel17 BIG REFLECTIONS THREAD
So proud of everyone involved in this study, 2nd of the @USAID #cashbenchmarking initiative. @AndrewZeitlin and Craig McIntosh, @EDCtweets, @GiveDirectly, @USAIDRwanda, @poverty_action, @CEGA_UC , @LizBrow29385570 and the incomparable @DanielHandel17 BIG REFLECTIONS THREAD
how is Universal Basic Income affecting lives during the pandemic? some early results. w Abhijit Banerjee, @MichaelLFaye, Alan Krueger, and @SuriTavneet econweb.ucsd.edu/~pniehaus/pape…
How does the use of #education technology impact students in the developing world? In this VoxDev video, @karthik_econ @UCSDEcon discusses research in urban areas of #Delhi, #India on using #technology to personalise instructions to individual students: ow.ly/4i7V50B8knY
Welcome (virtually) to @UCSDEcon's new first year graduate students, who start math camp today. We look forward to seeing you in person, but are excited to begin the graduate student journey with you and make it a successful one regardless of the obstacles.
I greatly enjoyed this conversation with @amitvarma on making sense of the Indian education system It is over 3 hours long, but you get a distilled summary of 2 decades of research, policy ideas, NEP, politics, philosophy, federalism, and much more! seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/…
I greatly enjoyed this conversation with @amitvarma on making sense of the Indian education system It is over 3 hours long, but you get a distilled summary of 2 decades of research, policy ideas, NEP, politics, philosophy, federalism, and much more! seenunseen.in/episodes/2020/…
Webinar with @karthik_econ, @ashokkmeena & @ShagunSabarwal: August 6 at 7 PM IST. Speakers will discuss lessons from rigorous #evaluations in India on the design, coverage & scope of unconditional cash transfers in addressing poverty in #India. Register: j-p.al/ct2
A modest universal income transfer (of 1% of GDP) offers a fiscally-feasible way to deliver social protection & alleviate several micro-constraints to growth & development. Paper (with @maitreesh): bit.ly/2MXeHm1; Op-ed: bit.ly/3f7DArr; @vox_dev interview below:
A modest universal income transfer (of 1% of GDP) offers a fiscally-feasible way to deliver social protection & alleviate several micro-constraints to growth & development. Paper (with @maitreesh): bit.ly/2MXeHm1; Op-ed: bit.ly/3f7DArr; @vox_dev interview below:
Congratulations Prashant! For his brilliant work at the nexus of early childhood health, economic development and gender, Prashant Bharadwaj has been promoted to full professor. He also serves as the director of our graduate program. See his work here: prbharadwaj.wordpress.com
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