Dahyeon Jeong
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Economist at DIME, World Bank
Joined February 2017
#econtwitter #econsky: recently used https://t.co/PkSjyiCWzY (developed by @ben_golub) as a AI assessment tool for papers + it is amazing, so wanted to share some examples of what it can do if you are curious. (It's much, much better than other free tools I've used)
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📆Oct. 15: Join @CGDev & @UChicago for a #AnnualMeetings event on lessons from research-policy collaborations that improved millions of lives. Ft: @rglenner, Michael Kremer, Muhamad Chatib Basri, @rema_nadeem, Sasha Gallant, & @glassmanamanda. RSVP: https://t.co/vz7WJQ6bRO
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Every week @stuhlmueller kicks off our team sync with some ramblings about "Elicit at 30,000 feet." This week:
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Back here with news 🔔 DIME IS HIRING 🔔 16 positions open for RAs and Field Coordinators. Apply here: https://t.co/0stQ2q5QD2 Can’t give individual guidance to applicants. Best of luck!
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Only a few days left before the deadline. Don't miss the chance to interact with researchers and policymakers doing impactful research!
The 6th World Bank–KDI School Development Impact Conference is on Nov 6–7 in Washington, D.C.! We’re more than excited to have Michael Kremer as the keynote speaker. Graduate students are welcome to submit. Deadline is Aug 29. Click the link for details.
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The 6th World Bank–KDI School Development Impact Conference is on Nov 6–7 in Washington, D.C.! We’re more than excited to have Michael Kremer as the keynote speaker. Graduate students are welcome to submit. Deadline is Aug 29. Click the link for details.
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The World Bank–KDI School 6th Development Impact Conference is hosted by the Development Impact Group in partnership with KDI School of Public Policy and Management.
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My first fieldwork 10 years ago that got me into ag and development. Grateful to those who supported me on this journey.
Boosting agricultural productivity is a key policy goal in Africa. Today's article sheds light on the important role of infrastructure.
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OK, I think ChatGPT 4o just changed grant proposal writing forever. Our problem, because of a tech and email mistake, we received notice that a huge proposal was due with less than a week notice, on a week when most of my Colombia team is on Easter holiday. 🧵
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Weekly links February 14, 2025: sharing data and the problems of poor data, polisci trends, shift-share explained, and more…
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Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting… @BerkOzler12 summarizes a new working paper that gives another reason why the average effect may be close to zero in an RCT despite it helping some people
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Mean Reversion in RCTs: It may matter for targeting…
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Tiny plastics, big problem - Gabe Englander summarizes a new paper that shows a link between marine microplastics and low birthweights in places close to the coasts
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Marine microplastic pollution lowers birth weights.
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Our paper "Local knowledge, formal evidence, and policy decisions" (with @AidanCoville and @sampskc) is out at the JDE. Many people have the intuition that policymakers prefer evidence from their own context. To what extent is this true? 1/ 🧵
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In a new working paper, @JacobusCilliers, @nour_elashmawy & I look at the use of PDS Lasso for selecting control variables in field experiments. This is an issue that in part came up through discussions a while back on Twitter, 1/5
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I'm #honored to share that I’ve been invited to deliver a #keynote lecture at the 5th Development Impact Conference in collaboration between the @KDI_SCHOOL & @WorldBank DIME! Thank you @KDI_SCHOOL & @Josh_Merfeld! Fellow #economists please submit your papers. @NU_PolicySchool
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Weekly links September 13: pricing health insurance, sharing research with subjects, cities, climate resilient ag, and more…
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#Missing 19yo Amadou "Niko" Diop, was last seen on July 14, at 10:15pm in the 10000 block of Akhtamer Drive in Great Falls. He is 6'1", 150lbs, w/ brown hair & brown eyes. Unknown clothing description. Endangered due to mental &/or physical health concerns. Call 911 w/ info.
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Colombia’s school feeding program: * Dropout rate ↓ 10-25% * Grade repetition ↓ 7-13% * High school completion ↑ 39% * Test score ↑ 0.1 standard deviations * Access to higher education ↑ 20%.
Staggered rollout of school meals in Colombia shows dropout rates fall and exam scores rise, especially at the low end of the distribution. https://t.co/UkO7i1TIvj
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Adopting a respondent-driven sampling approach to generate a diverse sample of traders to track value chains @SylvanRH ++
New working paper: "A network-driven data collection approach for agri-food value chains," with @ambler_kate @adebrauw @SylvanRH and Julia Wagner https://t.co/w9LO8316xx
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One of my tennis doubles partners who played for a while on the ATP Tour shared his undergraduate economics thesis from 1982 with me. He argued and provided empirical evidence that there was a backward-bending labor supply curve in professional tennis. @paulgp
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A large universal cash transfer in Liberia and Malawi improved food security for 1.5–2 years, driven by increased farm investment and production, from @shilpa_555, Aker, @dahyeon_jeong, Naresh Kumar, @DavidSunghoPark, @jmrtwentytwo, and @acspearot
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