Sandip Sukhtankar
@sandipz
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Development economist \ potter \ cricket fan \ besotted father
Joined March 2009
Our new paper is out now in Science! (@ScienceMagazine) ➡️ “Policing in patriarchy: An experimental evaluation of reforms to improve police responsiveness to women in India.” @gabi_kw @AkshayMangla @JPAL .➡️🧵.
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Police officers in stations with dedicated women’s help desks are more likely to register cases of gender-based violence.
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RT @JPAL: Congratulations to J-PAL affiliated professor @sandipz and coauthors for winning the APSA-PSA International Partnership Award! Re….
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Researchers are employing an RCT to evaluate whether the establishment of police station-level Women’s Help Desks (WHDs), as well as the deployment of additional female personnel to these WHDs,...
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We tend to make offers through April 15, and will update waitlist status as best we can once we start hearing back from the first round of admits. At this point we have limited information, so please hold off on waitlist status inquiries at least until after the Open House. n/n.
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All other waitlisted students are invited to the virtual open house. Invitations for both Open Houses will go out this week, so look out for these in your email soon. 2/n.
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Our first round of decisions for @UVAEcon Phd admissions went out on Fri Feb 28. We will have in person & virtual Open Houses on Mon Mar 24. We can host limited numbers in person, so only admitted students + those high on waitlist will receive invites for visiting C'ville. 1/n.
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For all other requirements, information, etc, please carefully go through our website, especially the FAQ page emailing us with questions. We get a high volume of enquiries and it is difficult to respond to all n/n.
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GRE waivers are not possible. Please do not email us asking for them; this is non-negotiable 5/n.
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TOEFL waivers, for international students who did not complete their undergraduate degree in an English-medium university, are possible (e.g. MA degrees in English-medium). Waiver requests are handled through the main application form, where you can upload required documents 4/n.
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Application fee waivers are available for US and international applicants. US applicants please see: Internationals from countries below (big expansion this year!) get automatic waivers – just indicate country on application form 3/n
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Our application deadline is now December 15, and we officially require 3 reference letters. You can send in updates (e.g. Fall semester transcripts) up to January 3, but all main elements of the application must be completed by December 15 2/n.
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Some announcements related to admissions to our PhD program @UVAEcon! Please see full thread below for updated information on application deadlines, application fee waivers, and TOEFL waivers. All information is also available on our updated website, 1/n.
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RT @YanagizawaD: Feeling exhausted? . But also “don’t have time” for a break?. @SchubertLexi, my amazing PhD student on the market, deliver….
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RT @s_anukriti: Check out today's post on Dev Impact by Ritika Gupta (@ritikagupta94), an econ job market candidate from UVA. Her JMP shows….
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RT @JosephTucker: Brilliant @nytimes article by @meghara on the sinister links between sugar mills and Indian govt. insights from @UVA @san….
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Western companies such as Coca-Cola buy sugar from fields where workers suffer abuses. But the country has labor laws. Where was the government?
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RT @Ideas4India: Analysing social audits for MNREGA in Jharkhand, this study by @wendynassrwong finds that providing information to bureauc….
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Even with evidence on how audits can be designed to be more effective in deterring corruption by bureaucrats, in practice, budget constraints restrict governments from being able to conduct audits...
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RT @ProfDavidDeming: My piece in @TheAtlantic today:. Break Up Big Econ.The economics profession has become insular and status-obsessed, an….
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The economics profession has become insular and status-obsessed, and not focused enough on making a positive impact on the world.
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RT @karthik_econ: How can we improve outcomes in education, and health in fiscally feasible ways? . How can we create more high-quality job….
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RT @vox_dev: Congratulations @LucieGadenne, @sambnorris, Monica Singhal & @sandipz!. Their previous article outlines this research, showing….
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While academics and policymakers prefer unconditional cash transfer to the poor, they value in-kind transfers that protect against price fluctuations
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RT @AEAjournals: Forthcoming in the AER: "In-Kind Transfers as Insurance" by Lucie Gadenne, Samuel Norris, Monica Singhal, and Sandip Sukht….
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(September 2024) - Households in developing countries often face variation in the prices of consumption goods. We develop a model demonstrating that in-kind transfers will provide insurance benefits...
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