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in school learning economics; he/him
Chicago, IL
Joined February 2015
had the great opportunity today to share some preliminary findings with important SME stakeholders here in Kampala — always wonderful to get feedback and insights from context experts!
USSIA hosts representatives from the International Growth Research Center (IGC) as they present their research findings on casual labour sharing in urban Uganda. The discussions highlight the importance of formalizing casual work-sharing systems to promote economic growth,
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Forthcoming in the AER: "The Value of Clean Water: Experimental Evidence from Rural India" by Fiona Burlig, Amir Jina, and Anant Sudarshan.
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(Forthcoming Article) - Over 2 billion people lack clean drinking water. Existing solutions face high costs (piped water) or low demand (point-ofuse chlorine). Using a 60,000 household cluster-rand...
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Do poverty traps exist? @ed_jee's study of 27 RCTs finds they're real but rare. Though fixed costs make traps common, forward-looking behavior & productivity differences mean they only affect 25% of households. Read more: https://t.co/dIx7XdnJoO
#UChicago #EconJobMarket
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@haruka__uchida studies labor & education. Her JMP runs 2 field experiments to measure & disentangle forms of discrimination. She finds that hiding applicant names changes representation without reducing quality. Read more: https://t.co/DzSnXBT0FZ
#UChicago #EconJobMarket
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Through 2 field experiments, @RebeccaWuRX shows that correcting misbeliefs about demand elasticity and their abilities helps workers in LMICs secure jobs and overcome reputation barriers in online labor markets. Read more: https://t.co/7s7xmIjqm0
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@AshtonPEcon is an environmental economist. His JMP shows that enhancing the visibility of environmental goods boosts WTP by up to 87% due to social rewards. These social rewards decrease rapidly in good commonness. Read more: https://t.co/tpGB1eO2JC
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- No Mike Evans - No Chris Godwin - No Emeka Egbuka - No Bucky Irving This may just be the Baker Mayfield MVP game
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Actors, by Carlos Almaraz, 1987, 📸 by Robert Deutsch
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Guessing The CW never imagined it would get a game like this when it picked up the ACC’s D package a couple years ago. No. 18 USF at No. 5 Miami next week.
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hell yeah I can
Can someone point me to a single Chinese invention that was made readily and cheaply available to everyone??
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Not trying to be an annoying resistance lib. Not trying to vote shame anyone. But
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost *14M* lives thru 2030. https://t.co/AFVhYRKvcQ
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Passed on Luka for Bagley, traded Hali to build around Fox, trade Fox a short time later for the Chicago bulls 9 seed roster. Amazing franchise
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THEY'RE LEAVING RAFA'S FOOTPRINT ON COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER FOREVER
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Sacramento gave up 2 top 10 PGs and got the 2023 Chicago Bulls in return.
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There’s no shortage of innovation or ambition in carbon removal. But ambition alone won’t unlock a $250 billion market. There’s a disconnect. Billions in potential, growing urgency, real innovation and yet most buyers are still on the sidelines. @WSJ just explored this
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Expanding electricity access is a critical development priority. 📢 On Thursday May 15th, we will release our new #VoxDevLit on Electricity Infrastructure. Register here for the launch event with Senior Editor @RobynMeeks4 (@DukeSanford):
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History made at home 🇨🇮 Eliakim Coulibaly becomes the first player from Cote d’Ivoire to win a Challenger title! #ATPChallenger
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As I meet people from aid agencies around the world this week I will be making the case for a radical simplification in how we do aid: fewer countries, fewer projects, radically simpler programs. It was key takeaway from my time in govt. Read why.
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With major cuts to foreign assistance announced or anticipated in the US, the UK, and across the EU, and in the World Bank’s subsidized lending program, we must urgently work to get the most out of...
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