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    Aakash Bhalothia
    Aakash Bhalothia is currently a PhD Student in Economics at the University of California San Diego. Bhalothia served as a predoctoral associate for Inclusion Economics from 2020-2021, working mainly on the IVRS project, which focused on investigating the …
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    Aakash Bhalothia
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    Towards Gender Equality Newsletter Issue #2: Closing the Digital Gender Gap
    … Bringing Work Home: Flexible Work Arrangements as Gateway Jobs for Women in West Bengal (2024) In a field experiment … by men for whom 3G coverage has also provided better opportunities. Goldberg & Chiplunkar [Summary] Goldberg & … alone; it is a necessity in navigating the new economic opportunities, complexities, and implications in a digitally …
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    Understanding gender gaps in pandemic recoveries for displaced migrants in India
    … including millions of urban laborers who lost their jobs and returned to the countryside. Following a nationwide … throughout the pandemic, often balancing economic opportunities against the health risks posed by the virus. … The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Jobs and Opportunity Initiative The Center on Gender Equity …
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    Men with face masks walking down a highway. Photo by Hema K. Pillalamarri, Flickr.
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    Hongdi Zhao
    Hongdi Zhao is currently a PhD Student in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. Zhao served as a research fellow at EPoD from 2018-2019 and then moved on to be a pre-doctoral associate at Inclusion Economics from 2019-2020. At IE, Zhao …
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    Hongdi Zhao
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    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun
    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun   graduated from Yale with a BS in Economics and Cognitive Science in December 2022, and worked for EGC during the Spring 2023 semester as a Research and Program Assistant. She assisted with a wide range of EGC operations, …
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    Aintzane Aboitiz Braun
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    On 'Time Poverty'
    … on March 29, 2017.   Nepali women have greater access to jobs than their counterparts in other South Asian countries, … time constraints—and how to optimize women’s labor market opportunities while taking into consideration their unpaid … that there is a lot of nuance in the link between economic opportunities, social norms, and the choices that men and …
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    Okuyiga and Lakshmi Ratan in NextBillion: What the Backlash to Trade Liberalization Means for Business Growth and Global Inequality
    … from foreign entities and the greater ease of shifting jobs from high- to low-wage parts of the world, some … economies. But whatever its ultimate impact, the missed opportunities created by a slowdown in trade for smaller and … more equitably take advantage of emerging global economic opportunities. For instance Bangladesh, as the world’s …
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    Noah Robinson
    Noah Robinson graduated with a degree in economics from Yale University in May 2023. He was an intern with the Economic Growth Center as well as the Economics Department and worked with Yale faculty to circulate their research and messages to a wider …
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    Noah Robinson
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    Pande and Coauthors: The Mobile Phone Gender Gap: Why Does it Matter and What Can We Do?
    … help job seekers connect to networks and learn about job opportunities. They help buyers and sellers access the best … help job seekers connect to networks and learn about job opportunities. They help buyers and sellers access the best … help job seekers connect to networks and learn about job opportunities. They help buyers and sellers access the best …
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    Indian women gathered in a circle using a mobile phone. EPoD Harvard Flickr
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    Rohini Pande appointed the Heinz Professor of Economics
    … such as by strengthening women’s economic and political opportunities, ensuring that environmental regulations work … such as by strengthening women’s economic and political opportunities, ensuring that environmental regulations work … such as by strengthening women’s economic and political opportunities, ensuring that environmental regulations work …
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    Empowering Women through Public Policy in Bihar, India
    … financial inclusion also expand rural women’s job opportunities? Authors Garg, Jorgensen, Troyer-Moore, … the government-supported Bank Sakhi positions offer vital opportunities for rural women's employment and financial …
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    An interior view of a white-walled building, looking out at a young woman standing in the doorway. Ishan Tankha
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    Event Recap: Development and Organizations
    Event Recap: Development and Organizations … March 5, 2025 | News Event Recap: Development and Organizations On February 28, 2025, EGC hosted a mini-conference highlighting research from early- and mid-career scholars, building on themes from the 34th …
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    A group photo of attendees at the 2025 Kuznets mini-conference Julia Luckett
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    EGC Incubation Fund offers flexible pilot funding to promising projects by Yale researchers and collaborators
    … to take advantage of high-potential, time-sensitive opportunities for impact. Photo by Rahul D'silva via Shutterstock New EGC Incubation Fund supports unique opportunities for impact at Yale by Adena Spingarn The … Director Rohini Pande noted, "For development economists, opportunities for innovative, high-potential research and …
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    Farmers harvesting rice in rice field in india. Photo by Rahul D'silva via Shutterstock
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    Looking back on the "Women and the Digital Economy" event
    … challenges Indian women face, ranging from lack of job opportunities in rural areas to women’s limited digital and … India has made impressive progress in improving women’s opportunities along many fronts. For example, it has entirely … Economic barriers – due to women’s more limited access to jobs and resources – as well as normative barriers, including …
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    Attendees of the "Women and the Digital Economy" event engaged in a discussion