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#EconTwitter Any econ JMCs working on insurance topics (not just health insurance!) want feedback on their JMPs? I am assigning working papers for a referee report assignment in my PhD class & would be happy to use JMPs & pass along (my curated) feedback from the class & me!

An amazing speaker and one of India's most well published economist! This is also an amazing project!

Happy to announce my commitment to the Illinois Athletics finance department for the 2024 season after a redshirt year as an NBER health and aging postdoc

Join us this Thursday for Ritika Sethi 's presentation on how school #segregation affects the #racial gap in course-taking between White and Black #Students! Register to receive the zoom link🗓: sites.google.com/view/phd-evs20… #EconTwitter #AppliedMicro #Education #phdlife

In another new DP this week, Forshaw (Rachel Forshaw), Olkers, Sethi (Ritika Sethi) and Sovani test the reproducibility and replicability of Dincecco et al. (2022), on the effects of pre-colonial interestate warefare and long-run development in India. econpapers.repec.org/paper/zbwi4rdp…

I have 2 students going on the job market this coming year. I have made it PAINFULLY clear that their objectives 1, 2, and 3 are to get jobs that MAKE THEM HAPPY. If you are going on the market take time for introspection about what you want in your life - all parts of it

#2023appam Ritika Sethi discusses how best to encourage use of disposable menstrual products in India.

Stable, supportive relationships between caregivers and children are essential to quality early childhood ed. But turnover in #ECE is 12 percentage points higher than other fields, according to new estimates from HCEO member Flavio Cunha and Marcos Lee. nber.org/papers/w31869

During my undergrad, a friend and I randomly showed up at Prof's office. We weren't even in his uni. We told him we want to work on game theory/ mech design/ social choice. Instead of kicking us out of his office (which he should have), he gave us stuff to work on and mentored us

My migration story was made into a major Hollywood movie. The screenwriters took some artistic liberties (e.g., I flew over rather than took the route indicated in the movie), it captures the gist of my struggle (e.g. I did fly economy): imdb.com/title/tt045487…

Just Accepted new paper, "Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families" by Rossella Calvi and Ajinkya Keskar. zurl.co/Z2ln

Kudos to Tarun Jain तरुण जैन for writing one of the coolest papers ever.

Big thanks to Econ That Matters for featuring the story of my paper! This is the first blog post I wrote and I hope you will enjoy reading it😀Also, don't miss out on their other blog entries as well!! Lots of fascinating works by brilliant development econ PhD students

A fun sidequest successfully achieved to our theory conference :)

News is out! See y'all at @ashecon in June (: Special thanks to those who made this happen Maura Coughlin Rice Economics Dalio Philanthropies Cedars-Sinai Academic Medicine @CommonwealthFnd and Arnold Ventures

Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is Ajinkya Keskar Binghamton University who works on topics related to gender, family + development ajinkyakeskar.com

NBER SI was full of learning & fun! With this diffusion between innovation and entrepreneurship bootcamps, I’m excited to see how ideas turn into projects & conversations into collaboration :)

Ritika Sethi JMP: "Ignorance is Bliss? Evaluating the Impact of Rank Non-Disclosure on High School Course Choice" Website: ritikasethi.com

🚨🚨Hiring! Hiring a pre-doc to work with me starting July. Can promise exposure to a variety of projects, mentorship and support for PhD apps, and an excellent acad environment at ISB Hyderabad. Apply now! Will review from Jan 1 and respond by Feb 1 isb.edu/en/careers/aca…

It is ESSENTIAL to remember that between a third and a half of people have NO inner monologue or dialogue. They don’t debate with themselves, they have no inner conversations – they exist in a blur of images and sensations and feelings. And they are all around you…