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Pande and Coauthors: Impersonal Government is Good

… face. This requires the government to invest in a data infrastructure that will allow it to go from passive to … brings huge benefits to citizens who can directly access data without filing requests. Citizens also benefit indirectly as researchers begin to use this data for a range of purposes, including to evaluate policy. …

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The three layers of buy-in needed for active transparency

… Accountability Initiative argued that in countries where data was open and useable for change, three tiers of society … servants and state and federal administrators who saw open data as a way of improving efficiency provided the ‘middle … “middle layer” a broad recognition of the value of open data, or at least a willingness to learn. It remains up to …

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Research Fellow - USC

… promising interventions. Strong candidates will have sound data and analytical skills and training in economics and … support field activities with both implementation and data inputs, and support Dr. Schaner’s work more broadly. The … surveys) for analysis Participate in survey design and data collection activities, including designing and coding …

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Development, Trade, and Markets Economics Research Fellow (Tobin Fellow)

… drafting and coding of surveys, cleaning and analyzing data, and preparing results for presentation and publication. … One project will use tens of millions of daily shipment data to examine the welfare impacts of direct-to-consumer … grant proposals and budgets, cleaning and analyzing data, and preparing results for presentation and publication. …

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Sun Kyoung Lee uses data to trace the roots of urban segregation

… Sun Kyoung Lee uses data to trace the roots of urban segregation … Sun Kyoung Lee uses data to trace the roots of urban segregation American cities … historic influx of Black migrants from the South. Lee’s data allowed her to observe how the opening of a subway … were created quickly but endure to this day. Lee's data shows how, in the previously mixed neighborhoods of …

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Event Recap: Trade Reform, Exchange Rates, and Economic History

… in shaping the effects of trade policy. Using detailed data on discretionary import restrictions in Argentina … Fragmentation: Evidence from the Cold War.” Using new data compiled from East German statistical yearbooks and … among a small group. Calibrated to U.S.–China sectoral data from 1991 to 2019, the model accounts for both rising …

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Alida Zimmerman
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HGIS de las Indias - Enciclopedia

… the Bourbon period, as well as information about the data tables and the meaning of their values. the workflow connecting the tables in which data are compiled and the resulting outputs (data and archive publication). the “Atlas” services (WebGIS) …

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HGIS de las Indias - Encyclopedia

… the Bourbon period, as well as information about the data tables and the meaning of their values. the workflow connecting the tables in which data are compiled and the resulting outputs (data and archive publication). the “Atlas” services (WebGIS) …

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Gujarat Pollution Audits and Environmental Inspections

… for auditor accuracy was added. The researchers collected data from several sources to evaluate the intervention, … reporting and the pollution response of plants. Two data sources are used to measure accuracy. First, audit … water pollutants and air pollutants. The second source of data for auditor accuracy is the backchecks, which were …

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Measuring Time Use in Rural India: Design and Validation of a Low-Cost Survey Module

… Design and Validation of a Low-Cost Survey Module Time use data facilitate deeper understanding of individual labor … care and home production. However, traditional time use data collection methods are time consuming, expensive and … a novel, low-cost and effective way to collect time use data in developing economies, including both single and …

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Ishan Tankha
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Crabgrass Frontier Revisited in New York: Through the Lens of 21st Century Data

… Revisited in New York: Through the Lens of 21st Century Data … Revisited in New York: Through the Lens of 21st Century Data Thu, Apr 29 2021, 12 - 1pm Economic History Lunch Sun … Revisited in New York: Through the Lens of 21st Century Data …

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EGC-CMF Survey in Tamil Nadu, India

… EGC-CMF Survey in Tamil Nadu, India The survey is an open data resource for researchers – the product of the … at LEAD at Krea University in Chennai, India. brand Data on economic mobility available to researchers The … areas of in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Data collection for the survey was completed in 2010 and has …

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EGC affiliates in USC's Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics: A Tough Call: How Can We Close the Gender Gap in Mobile Phone Use in India?

… capita averaged across 2014, 2015, and 2016). According to data from Intermedia’s 2015 and 2016 Financial Inclusion … capita averaged across 2014, 2015, and 2016). According to data from Intermedia’s 2015 and 2016 Financial Inclusion … capita averaged across 2014, 2015, and 2016). According to data from Intermedia’s 2015 and 2016 Financial Inclusion …

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To get the right policy, ask the right question

… with researchers to work more iteratively ensured that data from the world’s largest public works program is … with the Government of India to make administrative data from Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee … Informatics Center on what would become the MGNREGA Public Data Portal, we identified factors that had effectively …

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Vineet Gupta

… Alerts dissemination intervention as well as analyzing data from Emissions Trading Scheme project. Vineet will be … Alerts dissemination intervention as well as analyzing data from Emissions Trading Scheme project. Vineet will be … Alerts dissemination intervention as well as analyzing data from Emissions Trading Scheme project. Vineet will be …

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