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    A brief history of EGC
    … surplus model, the land surplus model, the Latin American economy, the African economy, natural resource-rich … have been many changes, but we’ve always held fast to research and teaching as was mentioned by the Chair. We kept … things like the Leitner Program, which is trying to put Political Science & Economics together. I guess I suffer from …
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    “Strength of Will”: How Cynthia Taft Morris’s career shattered ceilings
    … pioneering insights into the importance of social and political factors when considering economic development.  … 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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    Cynthia Taft Morris as a graduate of Vassar in 1949. Photo courtesy David Taft Morris
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    The Robert E. Evenson Fund
    … data collection and travel to less developed countries by new Yale economics faculty and graduate students. Robert … developed countries. His work was important in turning development economics into an empirically-based science. … email your request for funding, including description of research and travel budget, to egc@yale.edu. Professor …
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    Adaolisa Ezekobe
    … carbon policies, carbon offset markets and sustainable development. Adaolisa graduated from the Yale MA … from the Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. Adaolisa's research interests lie in development, climate change and … from the Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. Adaolisa's research interests lie in development, climate change and …
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    Headshot of Adaolisa Ezekobe
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    Caste and the Indian Economy
    … Caste and the Indian Economy … Kaivan Munshi … Caste and the Indian Economy …
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    Journal of Economic Literature
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    Nicholas Ryan
    … has caused many environmental problems in turn. Nick’s research measures how energy use and pollution emissions … Ryan ShutterStock Rationing the Commons Journal of Political Economy (Jan 2022) Holding Up Green Energy Discussion Paper …
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    How Marsha Goldfarb established a place for women in economics at Yale
    … Chile in the summer of 1970. She completed her thesis research on the Chilean economy while studying at Northwestern. Photo courtesy Marsha … she interned at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). There, she was assigned to work with …
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    Goldfarb at a museum in Santiago, Chile in the summer of 1970. She completed her thesis research on the Chilean economy while studying at Northwestern. Photo courtesy Marsha Goldfarb
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    Diana Van Patten
    … Professor Diana Van Patten’s interests include economic development, international trade, and economic history. Prof. … Professor Diana Van Patten’s interests include economic development, international trade, and economic history. Prof. … Economics Department. Vestal McIntyre Fields of Interest Development Economics Economic History International Trade …
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    Portrait of Diana Van Patten outside Vestal McIntyre
    Diana Van Patten joins the Yale School Management faculty and EGC, Fall 2021.
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    Orazio Attanasio is one of nine Yale Professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    … academy honors excellence and convenes leaders to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the … our understanding of important economic issues." His research interests include household consumption; saving and … choices.  "My recent research has been focused on child development, measurement issues in economics, and inequality. …
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    EGC in developing countries
    … on contributions of EGC international alumni to research and scholarship in developing countries, please …
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    Michael Peters
    … of Economics at Yale University. He is a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for … he focuses on economic growth and long-run economic development. He has worked on theories of firm-dynamics, …
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    Michael Peters
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    Measuring local governance capacity in Nepal
    … government power to local officials remedy long-standing political and economic inequities? The Research and Evidence for Nepal's Transition (RENT) program … Responsiveness Nepal's transition to federalism empowered new political actors with the potential to be responsive to …
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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 … its GDP by 16% to 60% by 2025 if women participated in the economy at par with men. IMF director Christine Lagarde also …
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    Women working in a field - Photo Mint Mint