@dev_a_patel

Now: Post-Doc at Harvard/MIT Next: Assistant Professor in Economics & IBES at Brown

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Job Alert! 📢: I'm looking for an RA in Bangladesh to work with me on a project studying climate change. Anyone interested should send me an email ([email protected]) for more information. Thank you! @econ_ra
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Breaking the trend 👊💥…I joined the wall of former Chief Economists of the IMF 😀
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No matter how many times I listen to talks by the amazing @PikaGoldin, I always learn so much more!
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Career and Family | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/books/ha…

Career and Family

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in EconomicsA renowned economic historian traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between...

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@IMFNews29 Jun 2021
Meet Rohini Pande, a Yale economist known for groundbreaking work in international development, gender economics, anti-corruption, and more. She’s featured in #FandD’s newest “People in Economics” profile: bit.ly/3y9w9JN
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One hundred years of data are drawn together in @PikaGoldin’s monumental exploration of gender equity. Career and Family traces a century of efforts at achieving equality, and reveals why we still have a long way to go. press.princeton.edu/books/ha… #PUPRights #TheOnlineBookFair 3/5

Career and Family

Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in EconomicsA renowned economic historian traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between...

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QJE@QJEHarvard27 May 2021
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Measuring the Equilibrium Impacts of Credit: Evidence from the Indian Microfinance Crisis,” by Breza (@emilybreza) and Kinnan (@cynthia_kinnan): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjab016

Measuring the Equilibrium Impacts of Credit: Evidence from the Indian Microfinance Crisis*

Abstract. In October 2010, the state government of Andhra Pradesh, India, issued an emergency ordinance, bringing microfinance activities in the state to a

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Thinking of my niece who rides the bus to school in Buenos Aires every day wearing a green bandana. Huge victory for a generation of Argentine women.
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@nytimes30 Dec 2020
Breaking News: Argentina legalized abortion, delivering a landmark victory to Latin America’s growing women’s-rights movement. nyti.ms/38EhPxO

Argentina Legalizes Abortion, a Milestone in a Conservative Region (Published 2020)

The Senate vote on Wednesday was a major victory for Latin America’s growing feminist movement, and its ripple effects are likely to be widespread.

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This must-read JMP by the brilliant and kind @AugustinBerge11 is a tour de force
Augustin Bergeron@ABergeron_econ19 Nov 2020
My job market paper features on the Development Impact Blog! If you're interested in how tax rates and enforcement interact and what it means for tax policy in low-capacity states, then take a look at the post 👇
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Many kudos to the amazing, brilliant, and always inspiring @PikaGoldin for winning the Nemmers Prize in Economics for her pathbreaking work into gender, labor markets, education, and economic history - a big day for Harvard economics in dire times. nemmers.northwestern.edu/pri…
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Tomorrow is the economics Nobel Prize announcement. I think it would be a good year for Claudia Goldin @PikaGoldin 🤞 #EconTwitter what do you think?
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As people in poor countries get richer, they have a *greater* tendency to emigrate. I just released two major studies, one joint with @MariapiaMendola, exploring this remarkable phenomenon. Long-read summary here: cgdev.org/blog/emigration-ri… Topline in this thread —>

Emigration Rises Along with Economic Development. Aid Agencies Should Face This, but Not Fear It

As people in poor countries get richer, they are more likely to emigrate—despite many governments' attempts to use development assistance to deter emigration. Read CGD's new work on the relationship...

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Rest in peace Emmanuel Farhi. A brilliant researcher, an insatiable mind, and a wonderful person & friend. Au revoir, cher ami. scholar.harvard.edu/farhi/ho…
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New version of our paper, "Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India." Class discussions on gender equality increased support for gender equality by a lot. The effect was still present 2 years later. bit.ly/2QGHIGu
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Ciao, Alberto.. Remembering Alberto Alesina's research, contributions, and life with @EliasPapaioann2 at @voxeu (@HKS @Harvard @Unibocconi) voxeu.org/article/alberto-al…
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I am at a loss of words...my goodness...Alberto brought a larger-than-life spirit to this profession, our department, and all the students he mentored throughout his career. No way to describe the magnitude of this loss...RIP.
David Wessel
@davidmwessel24 May 2020
From @Cutler_econ Dear economist friends. I am very sad to report that Alberto Alesina passed away today. Apparently, he was hiking with his beloved wife Susan and had a heart attack. He was a great treasure whom we shall all miss.
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On the economics of gender in the 21st century, Marianne Bertrand's Ely Lecture is magisterial as you'd expect. These figures show just two of the fresh and counterintuitive facts that she documents. And explains. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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Super fascinating paper showing that private role models are complements but public role models are substitutes to prosocial behavior
Martin Abel@martinabel_econ29 Apr 2020
New WP: Experiment testing effects of private vs public role models during COVID-19. Surprising result: positive private (citizens volunteering) and negative public (politicians mismanaging crisis) role models increase in donations and volunteering.[1/8] dropbox.com/s/3918qas0c9u6d2…
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This good reporting reminded me that most people in developing countries were, before COVID19, already struggling. nytimes.com/2020/04/30/world… Strugglers are the new poor of this century cgdev.org/blog/strugglers-ne… @noralustig @anitnath @chrmeyer

Millions Had Risen Out of Poverty. Coronavirus Is Pulling Them Back. (Published 2020)

Experts say that for the first time since 1998, global poverty will increase. At least a half billion people could slip into destitution by the end of the year.

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Many kudos and heartfelt congratulations to my amazing colleague Melissa Dell for her incredibly insightful and careful research and well-deserved Clark Medal!
Stefanie Stantcheva
@S_Stantcheva28 Apr 2020
Huge congratulations to my wonderful colleague Melissa Dell for willing the 2020 John Bates Clark Medal! @Harvard @InequalityHKS
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