Prankur Gupta
@prankur432
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Economist, maybe
Seattle, WA
Joined August 2009
This is finally out! Please give it a read. Appreciate any feedback :)
Our paper (joint w/@prankur432 and @ana_canedog) on the impacts of emergency cash transfers during COVID-19 is out! We find that a one-time-only transfer had substantial impacts on mental health. Thanks also to @megan_morris112, who did a fantastic job as a RA.
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Very excited to annnounce publication of our study with @GiveDirectly and @IDinsight "Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months"
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1/ Thrilled to have our (@prankur432, @lukusem, @danstein_econ+) paper on $1000 cash transfers to refugees Kiryandongo, Uganda out in @WorldDevJournal this week. https://t.co/h9XsMKeJKU
Starting a week with a good spring in my step. Our paper with the @IDinsight team (@DanStein_econ @hlanthorn @prankur432 et al) is out in World Development. A couple of things on this paper
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It was great to work on this project with these awesome folks. Lots of learning and lots of fun! Please give it a read :)
Starting a week with a good spring in my step. Our paper with the @IDinsight team (@DanStein_econ @hlanthorn @prankur432 et al) is out in World Development. A couple of things on this paper
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More threads to follow but some good weekend news for @DanStein_econ, @lukusem, @prankur432, Rico, Kyla, & me. This @IDinsight evaluation of @GiveDirectly's work in Kiryandongo, #Uganda is now out in @WorldDevJournal: https://t.co/p3wPhdLmEC cc @JWPaller @databrewer
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Chandrayaan-3 Mission: 'India🇮🇳, I reached my destination and you too!' : Chandrayaan-3 Chandrayaan-3 has successfully soft-landed on the moon 🌖!. Congratulations, India🇮🇳! #Chandrayaan_3
#Ch3
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#AshutoshGowariker played an NRI - Mohan in episode America Return (Vapasi) of #ZeeTV anthology #YuleLoveStories (1993-94). He comes to meet his Kaveri Amma (late Kishori Ballal herself) Do you think this inspired him to make #Swades (2004)? #ShahRuhKhan Here's an edited clip 👇
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Releasing today in Patna at 12.30, & available at https://t.co/fFMOPblB5G from then on. Highlight: barely 20% of children enrolled in a random sample of 81 schools in Bihar were present on the day of the survey. Abysmal! @JJSSBIHAR @EduEmergency
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1/5 Impressed with recent “evidence” of rapid poverty decline in India? Think again! New paper in @Ideas4India by Drèze & @anmol_smnch demystifies best study so far: a World Bank study based on “correcting” the biased CPHS dataset by adjusting weights. https://t.co/38MMKgdizK
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Attempts have been made to estimate poverty in India with biased survey data, by adjusting household weights to remove the bias. Based on simulation exercises with artificially contaminated household...
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Hello, @jinyeong_son and I are trying to put together a session on "Fertility and Maternal Health" for #SEA2023 . It is a little end minute, but if anyone is interested, please reach out! #EconTwitter
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Self awareness
You do nothing when you have a lot of work to do. What is the name for it?
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Recent short paper in the @JPubEcon : "Emergency Cash Transfers for Informal Workers: Impact Evidence from Mexico" Vol 219 (Mar 2023) by Ana P. Cañedo (@ana_canedog ), Raissa Fabregas (@raissafabregas ), & Prankur Gupta (@prankur432 ) https://t.co/yLbBK9VHQx
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My thoughts on the suicide of an IITB fresher: This feels personal 'cause I have been through that phase. I entered IITD in 2016, understood a little bit of English, couldn't speak it at all, had no acquaintances who've been there before, was a naive and introverted kid (contd)
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Social security: back to square one after 20 years? (Source: Budget Papers.)
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Here is a (limited time) ungated link: https://t.co/k1khi6TnL8
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Shocking: One third of primary schools in Jharkhand have a single teacher, and almost 90% of children in single-teacher schools are Dalits and Adivasis. On this and more, check Gloom in the Classroom, available from tomorrow 10 AM at https://t.co/fFMOPbCE7G
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51 eminent economists write to the Finance Minister, for the *third* time, arguing for a major increase in expenditure on social security pensions and maternity entitlements. Long overdue!
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“preparing for” is key :)
Unpopular opinion. IIT engineers preparing for UPSC are far better at humanities and social science than treehuggers from Oxford, Harvard and Yale.
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A secular, vegan, environment friendly king who always keeps his queen first. What a role model for New India ! 🇮🇳👏 @imVkohli
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