🧵 on new paper w/ Abi Adams, Kristiina Huttunen & Ning Zhang: "Violence Against Women at Work" #MeToo demonstrated assaults b/w colleagues are an internationally relevant phenomenon. We study consequences of realized assaults for perpetrators, victims & wider firm. [1/18]

Why is female employment so low in India? How might that change? Superbly insightful and fun podcast with Suhani Jalota, PhD & Lisa Ho. Truly, this is one of the best episodes of Rocking Our Priors open.spotify.com/episode/3AiIcv… Stanford Economics MIT Economics

Does air pollution affect learning? New #JEEM paper by Anthony Heyes & Soodeh Saberian shows US sanctions on petrol sales in Iran lead to changes in air pollution at schools. Schools downwind of roads see large reductions in test scores. Read more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Heat negatively impacts #learning, but does it impact boys and girls equally? Dive into #data from over two million test takers in #Ethiopia in a new blog by A. Patrick Behrer, Bhavya Srivastava & Kibrom Tafere ➡️ wrld.bg/gBOp50QZ7p4

Thread with some of my favorite charts from the 2024 Economic Report of the President Huge props to Jared Bernstein Archived, Heather Boushey, C. Kirabo Jackson, and the tireless @WhiteHouseCEA staff for deepening our economic understanding And for the beautiful charts 😍📊

Local coverage of our latest paper on the impacts of heat on learning in Ethiopia with Bhavya Srivastava and A. Patrick Behrer .

April 12th, 2024— the day I defended my dissertation; it’ll forever be etched in my memory! Huge thanks to my incredible committee members, Garance Genicot, @lutzsager, & Cauê Dobbin! Their unwavering support & feedback carried me through the intense past months. More thanks to come!

Yanbin (Tracy) Xu JMP: "Internal Migration Constraints, Aggregate Productivity and Spatial Growth" Website: yanbinxu.com

Really cool paper showing that accounting for workplace pollution exposure can improve the accuracy of measuring racial disparities in pollution exposure!

This is a great opportunity for scholars based out of LMICs. Do apply if you’re eligible!

A fitting tribute to the architect of modern India, Finance Minister, Prime Minister, & economist. You have inspired generations of policy makers. Rest in peace, Dr. Manmohan Singh. “Singh’s vision … is still the most compelling framework India needs.” indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Great leaders inspire by listening, challenging you to grow, and reminding you of your purpose—while encouraging you to stay true to yourself. Thank you, Axel van Trotsenburg—it was a privilege to learn from you!

We streamlined six new DID-like estimators and created this tutorial for implementation in R. yiqingxu.org/packages/fect/… Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them. w/ Ziyi Liu

Uncovering systematic gendered effects on family structure and fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa, from @ggenicot and María Hernández-de-Benito nber.org/papers/w33505

🆕 Can group therapy improve mental health among adolescent girls in Uganda? Today on VoxDev w/ Luca Parisotto (Università Bocconi), Sarah Baird (Milken Institute SPH), Berk Özler (World Bank), Chiara Dell'Aira (World Bank) & Danish Us Salam (Central Bank of Ireland): voxdev.org/topic/health/c…

We are inviting applications for a short-term research internship! Project Leads: Akanksha Aggarwal (Delhi University) Anwesha Bhattacharya (Harvard University) Dr. Bhavya Srivastava (World Bank Group) More details & apply here: harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dg… Bhavya Srivastava