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Pande and Coauthors in the Indian Express: How to get farmers to not burn crop residue

How to get farmers to not burn crop residue By Kelsey Jack, Namrata Kala, Rohini Pande , and Seema Jayachandran October 13, 2021 In a few weeks, millions in India will breathe much more polluted air as farmers across northern India burn stubble to clear …

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Naomi Lamoreaux

Naomi R. Lamoreaux is Stanley B. Resor Professor Emeritus of Economics and Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University, Senior Research Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic …

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Does China’s research and development funding reach the right firms?

Does China’s research and development funding reach the right firms? … Michael König … Zheng Song … Kjetil Storesletten … Fabrizio Zilibotti … Does China’s research and development funding reach the right …

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Lauren Falcao Bergquist awarded NSF CAREER Grant to study agricultural supply chains

Lauren Falcao Bergquist, Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs at Yale and an affiliate of the Economic Growth Center, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support her research on agricultural supply chains in …

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Pascual Restrepo cited in New York Times: The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes

Pascual Restrepo cited in New York Times: The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes … March 29, 2025 | In the News Pascual Restrepo cited in New York Times: The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes EGC affiliate Pascual Restrepo's …

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Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development

Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development … March 7, 2025 | News Yale researchers offer new insight into the role of women in economic development Almost fifty years after the U.N.’s establishment of International …

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Migration Subsidies: Does encouraging relocation increase welfare and productivity?

Migration Subsidies: Does encouraging relocation increase welfare and productivity? … David Lagakos … Mushfiq Mobarak … Michael E. Waugh … Migration Subsidies: Does encouraging relocation increase welfare and …

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BCURE Case: Skills training programs in South Asia

Originally published by Evidence for Policy Design in September 2016. BCURE Case: Skills training programs in South Asia … September 1, 2016 | News BCURE Case: Skills training programs in South Asia Skills training programs are promising, but they …

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How much would eliminating the “de minimis” tariff exception cost the American consumer?

How much would eliminating the “de minimis” tariff exception cost the American consumer? … February 10, 2025 | Perspectives How much would eliminating the “de minimis” tariff exception cost the American consumer? by Amit Khandelwal & Pablo Fajgelbaum On …

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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 consequences of poverty in high-income countries. Professor Van Dijk's work combines frontier econometric methods with the collection and curation of new …

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Eliana La Ferrara, Harvard Kennedy School

Eliana La Ferrara, Harvard Kennedy School … Eliana La Ferrara, Harvard Kennedy School …

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EGC affiliates awarded new grants from Yale Planetary Solutions

EGC affiliates awarded new grants from Yale Planetary Solutions … May 22, 2025 | News EGC affiliates awarded new grants from Yale Planetary Solutions Five projects led by EGC affiliates apply interdisciplinary methods to topics ranging from sustainable …

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Inclusion Economics team secures funding to expand research-policy work for more inclusive digital transformation

Inclusion Economics team secures funding to expand research-policy work for more inclusive digital transformation … May 8, 2025 | News Inclusion Economics team secures funding to expand research-policy work for more inclusive digital transformation Yale …

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Research by EGC affiliates offers perspectives on the effects of new tariffs

Research by EGC affiliates offers perspectives on the effects of new tariffs … February 3, 2025 | News Research by EGC affiliates offers perspectives on the effects of new tariffs What will steep new U.S. tariffs mean for the global economy, manufacturing …

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The Indian Express: "World’s first particulate matter trading scheme in Gujarat cut pollution by up to 30%"

The Indian Express: "World’s first particulate matter trading scheme in Gujarat cut pollution by up to 30%" … April 16, 2025 | In the News The Indian Express: "World’s first particulate matter trading scheme in Gujarat cut pollution by up to 30%" …

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