
Molly Lipscomb
@MollyMLipscomb
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Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Batten School, University of Virginia Interests: Electricity, Water, Sanitation.
Charlottesville, VA
Joined July 2018
RT @MollyMLipscomb: We are hiring at UVA Batten's Social Innovation Center! The Associate Director position is similar to a predoc with ab….
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VoxDev just published a blog post on a project that I have been working on with Joe Kaboski, Virgiliu Midrigan, and Carolyn Pelnik--we show that the elasticity of supply of investment goods matters a lot for the impact of increased access to finance in alleviating poverty traps.
Grants & finance in #Uganda alleviate poverty traps associated with lumpy investments, but the impact depends on investment good supply. 🆕 by Joseph Kaboski @nd_econ, @MollyMLipscomb @UVABatten, @virgiliu79 @NYUFASEcon & @CarolynPelnik @FletcherSchool:
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RT @JohnHolbein1: Economists!. @UVABatten is hiring! . Come work with a great group, including @ianhsolomon, @jayshimshack, @MollyMLipscom….
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RT @AugsburgBritta: What makes @GuiterasEcon join Twitter? #EconToiletPapers! New hashtag -- credit to Raymond! Only 2 days to go until the….
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We are still accepting applications for Associate Director of the Center for Social Innovation @ UVA. Please encourage your friends, students and colleagues to apply!.
I was recently appointed Director of the Center for Social Innovation@ UVA. We are looking for an Associate Director. This would be a great pre-doc for an Econ BA with a bit of experience or an MPP. Please encourage interested candidates to apply:
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RT @AugsburgBritta: ‘Sanitation and Development’ on the agenda, including a workshop in October by the @ADBI, @TheIFS, @BMGF and JDE Specia….
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ADBI is planning a sanitation and development workshop in October and @AugsburgBritta and I are co-editing a special issue of JDE with Andrew Foster following the workshop. Submit by August 1
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Please let your grad students on the market know--Batten is hiring two 2 year post-docs, see the announcement below:.
Calling all #PhDs ! @UVABatten is searching for 2 Post-Docs in #Diversity #Equity & #Inclusion - apply today! @APSAtweets @monkeycageblog @MPSA @isanet @NEAecon @PAReview.
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My research with Laura Schechter on mobile money and savings for sanitation is now featured on VoxDev!.
Evidence from mental accounting nudges in Dakar suggests companies should explore using mobile money savings technologies to market their services and increase their competitiveness.M Lipscomb @MollyMLipscomb @UVABatten L Schechter @LauraASchechter @UW_AAE.
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Particularly relevant research this week, with Hurricane Florence on the way-- @timothybeatty , @jayshimshack and Richard Volpe show that households fail to follow government advice prior to hurricanes.
Sales of emergency supplies before and after hurricanes show surprising patterns and differ markedly across socio-demographic groups. Results do not appear consistent with government advice. Full paper at Booth / Kilts SSRN page: .
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