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EGC Quarterly Newsletter, June 2020

… a world where the spoils of growth often benefit the rich. Attanasio and Meghir , for instance, evaluate the role of early childhood … Development mini-conference Publications Attanasio, Meghir et al. on the determinants of early childhood development; …

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Orazio Attanasio delivers the LAMES BBVA Lecture at the LACEA 2022 Annual Meeting

… Orazio Attanasio delivers the LAMES BBVA Lecture at the LACEA 2022 Annual Meeting … December 6, 2022 | News Orazio Attanasio delivers the LAMES BBVA Lecture at the LACEA 2022 … Evidence from Colombia and India EGC affiliate Orazio Attanasio of Yale Economics delivered the LAMES BBVA …

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Costas Meghir

… Costas Meghir is the Douglas A. Warner III Professor of Economics at … allocation of resources, and on human capital and early childhood development (ECD). He is involved in … of Tharaka Nithi Preschool Randomized Controlled Trial Intervention Project Kenyatta University Women’s Economic …

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Bergemann et al.: "The Economics of Social Data"

… Bergemann et al.: "The Economics of Social Data" … Bergemann et al.: "The Economics of Social Data" Abstract A data …

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Smith et al.: "Sources of U.S. Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, and Future"

… Smith et al.: "Sources of U.S. Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, and Future" … Smith et al.: "Sources of U.S. Wealth Inequality: Past, Present, and …

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Mobarak et al., 2025: "Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms Out-Perform Surveys and Community Knowledge?"

… Mobarak et al., 2025: "Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When Do Algorithms … … Raymond P. Guiteras … Mushfiq Mobarak … Mobarak et al., 2025: "Scalable Targeting of Social Protection: When …

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Rosenzweig et al.: "Identifying the Costs of a Public Health Success: Arsenic Well Water"

… Rosenzweig et al.: "Identifying the Costs of a Public Health Success: Arsenic Well Water" … Rosenzweig et al.: "Identifying the Costs of a Public Health Success: …

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Pande et al.: "How can Skill India improve outcomes for female trainees?"

… Pande et al.: "How can Skill India improve outcomes for female trainees?" … Pande et al.: "How can Skill India improve outcomes for female …

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Maggi et al.: "Choked by Red Tape? The Political Economy of Wasteful Trade Barriers"

… Maggi et al.: "Choked by Red Tape? The Political Economy of Wasteful Trade Barriers" … Maggi et al.: "Choked by Red Tape? The Political Economy of Wasteful …

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A roundup of all the research from the NEUDC 2022 development economics conference

… lessons," which allow teachers more flexibility. ( Beg et al. ) #RCT Parental aspirations for their children matter, … institutional capacity and was better implemented.” ( Attanasio et al. ) #FE #IV In Kenya, “performance-contingent …

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Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #8: Understanding Fertility Decline

… in recent years. (See related published paper by Kim et al. (2024) titled " Status Externalities in Education and Low … ; Conference Program & Speaker Bios ; Professor Costas Meghir on the economics of early childhood development ] On …

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Attanasio et al.: "From Quantity to Quality: Delivering a Home-Based Parenting Intervention Through China’s Family Planning Cadres"

… Attanasio et al.: "From Quantity to Quality: Delivering a Home-Based Parenting Intervention Through China’s Family Planning Cadres" … …

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Mobarak et al.: "Why are vaccination rates lower in low and middle income countries, and what can we do about it?"

… Mobarak et al.: "Why are vaccination rates lower in low and middle … income countries, and what can we do about it?" … Mobarak et al.: "Why are vaccination rates lower in low and middle …

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Gender gaps and structural transformation in a new development era

… processes in LMICs and deconstruct their distributional impacts by gender. We were interested in understanding how … Rohini Pande opened the discussion by reflecting on how early research on structural transformation focused on shifts … social issue — they're a macroeconomic issue that belongs early in the growth conversation…. There are more levers for …

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Barboni et al., 2024: "Hold the Phone: The Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Connecting Indian Women to Digital Technology"

… Barboni et al., 2024: "Hold the Phone: The Short- and Long-Run Impacts of Connecting Indian Women to Digital Technology" … … Schaner … Aruj Shukla … Charity Troyer Moore … Barboni et al., 2024: "Hold the Phone: The Short- and Long-Run …

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