Nick Shankar
@ndylsh
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PhD student @berkeleyecon interested in development | previously @HarvardMWC / @Stanford `20.
Berkeley, CA
Joined December 2011
Estimating the impacts of large-scale unconditional cash transfers on child survival in Kenya, from @mwwalkerecon, @ndylsh, @tedmiguel, @EggerDennis, and Grady Killeen https://t.co/Bnmzovchwm
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🚨 Evidence alert: RCT from a @UCBerkeley / @UniofOxford team found that uncondit. cash xfers led to 48% ⬇️ infant deaths in Kenya. 🧢 off to team behind this study: Michael Walker, Edward Miguel (find him on Bsky), @EggerDennis, @ndylsh, & Grady Killeen https://t.co/2VsVDVX0FI
cega.berkeley.edu
Berkeley, CA (18 Aug. 2025) — With the global development community facing financial upheaval, global development goals increasingly out of reach, and the need for aid greater than ever, new...
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NEW: A new study by @Oxford_CSAE reveals that giving unconditional cash transfers to pregnant women in rural Kenya significantly reduces infant and child mortality.
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📢Bay Area Economic History Workshop is back at UC Berkeley on April, 25! PhD students working in Economic History in NoCal - apply to present and get feedback from @UCBerkeley, @ucdavis, and @Stanford faculty and peers. 🗓️Submit by March, 25. Link https://t.co/x6zI7XhZBg
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The Kenya Life Panel Survey uses 23 years of data to show not only that deworming treatments are a powerful, low-cost tool for improving lives -- but also that these had intergenerational impact. Evidence shows that under-5 mortality fell by one fifth in children of the dewormed.
🆕 Deworming improves lives across generations. Today on VoxDev, @tedmiguel @berkeleyecon, Eric Ochieng @poverty_action & Michael Walker @CEGA_UC outline key takeaways from data tracking children in Kenya since receiving deworming treatment ~20 years ago:
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What prevents Indian housewives from local flexible work opportunities? Today's job market post is a nice experiment by @suhani_jalota that randomizes offers to work at home vs work in an office & wage rates.
blogs.worldbank.org
This study demonstrates that improved childcare and transport policies, among other policies targeted to reduce practical barriers to women's employment, may not overcome all barriers preventing...
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We just published #nowcasts of global extreme #poverty to 2023. Globally, we are back to pre-pandemic rates. This means we have lost 3 years in the fight against poverty. Also, poverty in the poorest countries still exceeds pre-pandemic levels. https://t.co/wU0gHklgDJ
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In 2014, >10k households in Kenya received a one-time unconditional cash transfer. How did transfers affect non-recipient households? This @WorldBank paper reviews evidence on economic multiplier effects of cash transfers, citing our work w/@GiveDirectly: https://t.co/fSRoRKmYug
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What are the long-run effects of refugee flows? A panel of 2,500 Syrian refugees in Jordan shows that Syrian refugees were more vulnerable than Jordanian hosts in 2020 than in 2016, @svrozo, @AbedFTamim, @tedmiguel, S. Stillman, B. Palmer, E. Smith. https://t.co/X65vcZx8L7
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Abstract. This paper presents descriptive statistics from the first wave of the Syrian Refugee Life Study (S-RLS), which began in 2020. S-RLS is a longitud
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The Africa Evidence Summit is underway in Nairobi! With over 400 researchers, practitioners, and implementers in attendance, the summit is the largest global development gathering on the African continent. We'll be live-tweeting throughout the day; follow along #AES2023
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A packed house here at #AES2023 during @tedmiguel presentation on #KLPS and deworming impacts for Kenya and the world. @CEGA_UC @NIERA_EA @EvidenceAction @poverty_action
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As we gear up for the 11th Africa Evidence Summit, we focus on "inclusive and sustainable development," led by African researchers. Our mission, voiced by @dr_njuguna, will shape the conversations at #AES2023. #EvidenceInformedPolicy Find more details👉 https://t.co/6vUbrW1IEX
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A new episode of Planet Money chronicles the role of Busia, Kenya in the rise of impact evaluations in #devecon — and cites research by @tedmiguel in its discussion of the field’s “credibility revolution.” https://t.co/AKqYFdwCFT
npr.org
In the early 90s, when a young economist named Michael Kremer finished his PhD, there had been a few economic studies based on randomized trials. But they were rare. In part because randomized trials...
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Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Non-Experts for Improving Vaccine Demand" by Marcella Alsan and Sarah Eichmeyer.
aeaweb.org
(February 2024) - We experimentally vary signals and senders to identify which combination will increase vaccine demand among a disadvantaged population in the United States—Black and White men...
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DevPEC PhD Student Conference will take place on April 25-26, 2023. It's an excellent opportunity to present your work & get feedback from peers & faculty @UCBerkeley & @Stanford. Keynote speaker is Professor Marco Gonzalez Navarro @marcogleznav! Apply by March 10th #EconTwitter
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New @NBERpubs WP!📢 Multilaterals like @WorldBank @AfDB_Group fund 1000s of contracts each year to procure goods & services for infrastructure—but governments must follow donor contracting procedures. What do these do? Wolfram @TedMiguel @E_o_Hsu & I study Kenya electrification
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By the end of 2022, as many as 685 million people could be living in extreme poverty — making 2022 the second-worst year for poverty reduction in the past two decades (after 2020). Learn more in our #YearInReview: https://t.co/UgLXJ1kmPN
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The end of poverty is possible. Each country shown on this chart achieved a large decline in extreme poverty over the last generation. This is one of the most important lessons we can learn from the available data: rapid progress against poverty can be achieved.
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I was a predoc at @MarcellaAlsan’s Health Inequality Lab and learned so much from the experience. For those looking for an RA position, it’s a great opportunity to gain research skills and help make an impact on health equity!
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What will global food demand look like in 2050? While many studies examine food supply, this new @FoodSecurity_SU analysis projects some interesting demand shifts: https://t.co/8K1Ccf7OQK
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