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    Family pressure top constraint for female workers, says study
    … article first appeared in LiveMint on October 6, 2016. New Delhi:  The fact that women in India make up nearly half … and the Institute for Financial Management and Research in India, the study explores the constraints on … than actually do, yet some very specific constraints on young women’s labor force participation keeps them out," …
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    EGC affiliates receive major research grants
    … EGC affiliates receive major research grants … January 12, 2022 | News EGC affiliates … history. Lively Minds by Anusha Sarathy & Shawn Thacker New funding for development economics research on a range of … said. “There’s also all this information on the slave trade, because the slave trader had to pay taxes.” In line …
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    Hongdi Zhao
    … and Management at Cornell University. Zhao served as a research fellow at EPoD from 2018-2019 and then moved on to … EPoD/EGC and to have experience working with so many top development economists. The experience of working EPoD/EGC is an …
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    Guillermo Noguera
    … in the Department of Economics at Yale University. His research is in international trade with a focus on global value chains. He received his … 2018. Office Hours By Appointment Only Fields of Interest Development Economics International Trade Spatial Economics …
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    Winnie van Dijk
    … Winnie van Dijk is an economist whose research uses large, linked data sets to study the causes and … econometric methods with the collection and curation of new data sets—including court filings, information collected … econometric methods with the collection and curation of new data sets—including court filings, information collected …
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    Apply now for the International & Development Economics Masters Program
    … the world. Applications are open for the International & Development Economics Masters Program class of 2026. … methods under the guidance of renowned Yale faculty. Research Opportunities : Apply your data skills through IDE Research Assistantships with renowned Yale researchers in …
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    Are cryptocurrencies currencies? Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador
    … currency and offered incentives for adopting it. A new study co-authored by EGC Affiliates David Argente and … directly from people in El Salvador and have written a new paper, published in Science magazine, that analyzes … themselves. In February 2022, in partnership with the research firm CID Gallup, they conducted an in-person survey …
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    “Strength of Will”: How Cynthia Taft Morris’s career shattered ceilings
    … of social and political factors when considering economic development.  Taft Morris never let her status as a person … chair of the Yale Economics Department, was looking for a research assistant who had a background in labor economics … out to Taft Morris’s LSE tutor, who recommended her. In New Haven, her position transformed into a spot in Yale’s …
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    Going the Last Mile (with Evidence)
    … become mud-slathered, tire-trapping impasses. The trio of development economists were often in Meriggi’s car when they … in the journal  Nature , a disproportionate amount of research into how to improve vaccination rates has focused on … outreach services are about to happen, like introducing new vaccines. They are the ones that go around the …
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    Creative destruction and catch-up growth in India
    … implicit or explicit barriers on the entry and growth of new firms, and so they might be detrimental to competition … analysis. EGC launches the new Gender and Growth Gaps research project An EGC news item from January 19, 2022, … being characterised by frictions where, for example, trade costs keep firms from acquiring customers. The second, …
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    Inequality in Latin America: Marcela Eslava, Santiago Levy, and Ana de la O on a shared vision for research and action
    … Santiago Levy, and Ana de la O on a shared vision for research and action … July 1, 2024 | Podcast Inequality in … la O on a shared vision for research and action Voices in Development: A Podcast from Yale's Economic Growth Center … research, which was based on data from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, may be persuasive to US policymakers, LACIR …
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    Image showing Marcela Eslava, Santiago Levy, and Ana de la O who featured together in an episode of the EGC Voices in Development podcast