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Forthcoming in the AER: "In-Kind Transfers as Insurance" by Lucie Gadenne, Samuel Norris, Monica Singhal, and Sandip Sukhtankar. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Congratulations Lucie Gadenne, Sam Norris, Monica Singhal & Sandip Sukhtankar! Their previous article outlines this research, showing households can benefit from in-kind transfers as they serve as insurance against price fluctuations in essential commodities ➡️ voxdev.org/topic/social-p…

I love this Max Roser manifesto: ourworldindata.org/much-better-aw…

How can we improve outcomes in education, and health in fiscally feasible ways? How can we create more high-quality jobs? Learn more in Episode 3 of my 3-part conversation with Mukesh Bansal on the Indian economy: youtube.com/watch?v=iMHzyt…

My piece in The Atlantic today: Break Up Big Econ The economics profession has become insular and status-obsessed, and not focused enough on making a positive impact on the world. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Analysing social audits for MNREGA in Jharkhand, this study by Wendy Wong finds that providing information to bureaucrats about audits in advance can be more effective in ⬇️ misappropriated expenditure and deterring corruption than unexpected audits: ideasforindia.in/topics/governa…

Brilliant The New York Times article by Megha Rajagopalan on the sinister links between sugar mills and Indian govt. insights from UVA Sandip Sukhtankar nytimes.com/2024/10/11/wor…

How can rigorous evaluations drive social impact? Join experts in the field and learn how evidence can drive sustainable growth. We’re excited to welcome distinguished speakers from around the world for Evaluating Social Programs 2024! Apply by Oct 18: linktr.ee/esp24

Check out today's post on Dev Impact by Ritika Gupta (Ritika Gupta), an econ job market candidate from UVA. Her JMP shows that affirmative action policies at top edu institutions can -vely impact non-beneficiaries from the marginalized group. UVA Economics blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevalu…

Feeling exhausted? But also “don’t have time” for a break? Lexi Schubert, my amazing PhD student on the market, delivers a beautiful and clever experiment in her JMP. Maybe some of us are working too much… Thought provoking results on the labor-leisure tradeoff.

Congratulations to J-PAL affiliated professor Sandip Sukhtankar and coauthors for winning the APSA-PSA International Partnership Award! Read about their #RCT evaluating the impact of women's help desks in Indian police stations: povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/inc…