… This article first appeared in Ideas for India on May 2, 2018.   Pande & … Bernhardt , Natalia Rigol & Erica Field This article first appeared in Ideas for India on May 2, 2018.   Several … are female) and randomly assign them to be offered either cash or in-kind grants, worth either US$100 or US$200, or to …

… School of Economics. At its founding in 1961, EGC was the first research center dedicated to quantitative analysis of … Africa, emphasizing the criticality of research on both food supply and distribution. She describes  her work as focusing on "how to get food from areas of surplus to areas of deficit, from times of …

… insights from Postdoctoral scholars: EGC holds this year's first Postdoc Retreat … November 6, 2024 | News Economic … insights from Postdoctoral scholars: EGC holds this year's first Postdoc Retreat The October 4 event featured EGC … their research with the EGC community on October 4 – the first of a series of Postdoctoral Retreats. The vibrant …

… of women's studies in the United States, and, later, a key player in the ongoing struggle to create a level … for women in academia, securing funding for many of the first women’s studies departments and research centers at … “[Mariam] took me in hand and became a mentor within the first 10 minutes,” Strober said. “Not only did she tell me …

… successful stint at USAID, Goldfarb joined the EGC as the first female economics faculty member at Yale. Later, she would go on to become an influential health … and delight”: Marsha Goldfarb's experience as Yale’s first female economics professor Had Marsha Goldfarb’s summer …

… This article first appeared on the IGC on February 23, 2018.   Vocational … Flickr by Charity Troyer Moore & Rohini Pande This article first appeared on the IGC on February 23, 2018.   Skill India … benefits Obtaining a phone number or SIM Finding food Finding medical help Using public transport Figure 3 …

… for Policy Design , June 6, 2019.   India Launches World's First Particulate Emission Trading … June 6, 2019 | News India Launches World's First Particulate Emission Trading The pilot program is the …   The Indian state of Gujarat has launched the world’s first emissions trading system for particulate pollution, in …

… implication of increased global inequality; introducing  Cash-on-Delivery  (or outcomes-based) foreign aid; and … Birdsall was introduced to economics during one of her first jobs out of graduate school: as a social science … supportive of graduate students who were women. Later in her career after she joined the American Economic …

… financing and access programs, including large conditional cash transfer programs, the impact of scholarships on school … Gender & Growth Gaps Project Ishan Tankha Research Summary Cash transfers to poor rural villages – do they affect food prices? How? Orazio Attanasio & Elena Pastorino Research …

… in economics and lobbied her way into becoming one of the first women on the economics faculty at both American … allow her to be a teaching fellow. She was also one of the first woman tutors at one of Harvard’s houses. After … ways of blocking women from good jobs,” Taft Morris would later write. “When we met with the kind of stupidities I have …

… response to the current outbreak. Over a Year after the First Covid-19 Lockdown, Migrants Remain Vulnerable By Jenna … less restrictive lockdowns and two months of free food for poor households. This is encouraging, but additional … were more likely to report being unemployed, reducing food consumption, mortgaging or selling assets, spending down …

… and the development of Development Economics  During its first decade, the Economic Growth Center commissioned some of … policy in a university setting. “When the Growth Center first started, development was new to economics – we had … to take hold. Simon Kuznets , the Harvard economist and later Nobel laureate, frequented the Ford Foundation’s …