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In #NEUDC2023 #CIDDevelopmentPerspectives "Place-based and Industrial Policies," Dani Rodrik and Gordon Hanson explored the connection between industrial policy, place-based policies, and development.

In #NEUDC2023 #CIDDevelopmentPerspectives "Social Networks," Emily Breza presented work on social networks highlighting the effectiveness of network-based selection, how networks change with respect to policy change, and new methods for analyzing networks with less data.

Last weekend, 130+ development economists presented new research about more than 40 countries on myriad topics. Here’s a micro-summary of every study presented at the North East Universities Development Consortium annual conference. cgdev.org/blog/whats-lat… by Almedina Music & me

We end our #NEUDC2023 coverage on a note of gratitude with a special thank you to the Harvard Kennedy School staff who took hospitality to another level this weekend! To all of the participants, speakers, volunteers & staff who made this an unforgettable NEUDC.

Sabareesh and I are looking for an RA to join an exciting couple of projects in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. We're working with construction workers to study access to welfare programs and coordinated labor supply decisions among networks of workers. Please apply at the link below!

Come join our team for an exciting new role with data analysis work on a large-scale randomized evaluation in Odisha! jpalsouth.asia/jobsPage?ID=11…

📢 We are hiring for a data RA position! Come work with Sandip Sukhtankar, Paul Niehaus, Karthik Muralidharan, Gaurav Chiplunkar and Kartik Srivastava : unique opportunity to work on both data analysis and data collection for a large scale RCT! 🔔 Apply: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear…

So happy to see in print!🧵Main q: how does adjusting the size of local gov't units affect service delivery? Ex-ante, not obvious! Smaller population=easier to cater to local prefs, monitor leaders, etc but may be more susceptible to elite capture, miss out on econ of scale, etc

Thanks, Milan Vaishnav! Looking forward to presenting this work at NEUDC.

We're excited to have our CID PhD ambassador Aditi Roy Bhowmick take us through #NEUDC2024 this weekend. Good luck to all our PhD affiliates presenting - Kartik Srivastava Gabriella Fleischman Oluchi Mbonu Tilman Graff Matthias Weigand & Aditi Roy Bhowmick and the organizing team Global Action for Policy (GAP) Initiative

#NEUDC2024 #NEUDC Session on Long-Run Development; Kartik Srivastava explores effects of historical feudal land grants in India and finds persistent land concentration and lower wages for female agricultural workers today and for males with mobility and migration constraints.

Thanks for the highlights and the chance to discuss a great paper Jessica Leight!

Health: Interventions adoption and impact, chaired by Manuela Angelucci. Gabriella Fleischman examines how to sustain and scale the adoption of new health behaviors in peri-urban Pakistan through a field experiment on water chlorination.

#NEUDC2024 session Trade and Spatial Econometrics presented by Oluchi Mbonu presenting about how does market segmentation affect the supply of privatized mass transit in Johannesburg, South Africa, chaired by @thetahat

Targeted school systems can boost educational attainment for disadvantaged minorities in #India, but at what cost? Join Kartik Srivastava (Harvard University) as he shares research on the potential trade-offs in network size & labor market outcomes. Register now: india.ucsd.edu/events/seminar…

📢 We close our Fall '24 seminars with Kartik Srivastava presenting his joint work on residential schooling in India and its consequences on historically disadvantaged students this Wednesday. Carolina Lopez will discuss her comments. 21st Century India Center achyuta adhvaryu Sayahnika Basu

Documenting labor market expectations before graduation, and realized outcomes in the year that follows for university students in Pakistan, from @orianabandiera, Amen Jalal, and @ninaroussille nber.org/papers/w34051