Sher Afghan Asad
@sherafghan_asad
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Behavioral and Public Economist | Assistant Professor @LifeAtLUMS | Ph.D. @ISUEconomics | Scholar @FulbrightPrgrm | Formerly Research Associate @CERPakistan
Lahore, Pakistan
Joined February 2012
Forthcoming in the JEL: "Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner’s Guide" by Andrew Baker, Brantly Callaway, Scott Cunningham, Andrew Goodman-Bacon, and Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna.
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(Forthcoming Article) - Difference-in-differences (DiD) is arguably the most popular quasi-experimental research design. Its canonical form, with two groups and two periods, is well-understood....
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Congratulations to Dr. @sherafghan_asad (Assistant Professor, CNM Department of Economics, LUMS), Dr. Hadia Majid (Chair and Associate Professor, CNM Department of Economics, LUMS) and Dr. Husnain Fateh Ahmad (Associate Professor, Sewanee) on the publication of their article.
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📖 Dive into the full paper for all the details on methodology, linguistic analysis & policy implications! 👉
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🔍 Why it matters Even “benign” unsolicited contact can carry big social/reputational costs for women in patriarchal settings. So while e-commerce may solve one barrier, subtle non‐price frictions still persist.
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📱 Non‐price interactions Female buyers were far more likely to get unsolicited messages, calls & friend requests—mostly from male accounts. And male sellers’ language was measurably more verbose, enthusiastic & even flirtatious when chatting with female buyers.
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💸 Pecuniary outcomes Contrary to many offline studies, women paid the same prices and received the same product quality as men, with no evidence of gender‐based price gouging or shoddy goods. Digital platforms really can level the playing field!
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🚀 Our new research is out in the Journal of Development Economics! How fair are digital marketplaces when it comes to gender? 🤔 We ran an audit‐style experiment on Facebook Marketplace in Pakistan to find out. #econtwitter #genderecon @husnain_fateh
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Publication Day! Our edited volume is now available online:
Congratulations to Ammara Maqsood, Chris Moffat, @fizzahsajjad and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Lahore in Motion published today. Read and download free at: https://t.co/CayNvlLQde
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In @CDPRPak & @The_IGC 's latest Insights for Change article, @sherafghan_asad discusses why tax compliance in Pakistan is so low & how behavioural insights can be leveraged to shift social norms and engage citizens. You can read the article here. https://t.co/KRK0E7f03b
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How do NGOs impact development? My #JMP featured on the @WorldBank Development Impact blog explores this question. Read it here: https://t.co/SxqJ0mGeEv 🔗to full paper:
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Check out today's post on Development Impact by Sarah Shaukat (@_sarahshaukat), an econ job market candidate from Tufts. Using data from Pakistan, her JMP shows that NGOs positively influence development outcomes. https://t.co/uG0qZCTMpa
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#EconTwitter @econ_ra @JPAL_SA 📢JOB OPENING ALERT📢 Raymond Robertson (@BushSchool), Hamna Ahmed (@Lahore_School) & I are hiring a full time Research Manager in Lahore, Pakistan. - Exciting project on women's inclusion in the Green Transition. - Apply by Nov 30. Please RT!
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Come work with us! We (@TradeDiversion @GGowrisankaran, Pietro Tebaldi, and I) are hiring pre-docs to start in summer 2025. @econ_ra @predoc_org
Update: Columbia Economics and the Program for Economic Research have opened applications for pre-doctoral Staff Associate positions in Economics! Interested in learning more? View position details and apply at: https://t.co/7Mw6UayYt8
@econ_ra @predoc_org #econra #econpredoc
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Finally, on my way to London and attend this conference. Sad for missing the first day, but I'm looking forward to the rest of the conference and presenting my work to this very exciting audience.
We are excited for the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) conference to start tomorrow. First of all, thank you to @LSEnews @LSEGeography for helping us put on the conference in a beautiful campus location in a fantastic city! #afe2024 @Econ_4_Everyone @Sefi_Roth_
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Watch the latest episode of Let's Talk Development, where @pakimannie and @sherafghan_asad discuss the digital transformation in tax administration in Pakistan. Watch the full podcast now: https://t.co/D3V0ZUJXEV
@IGC_Pakistan @The_IGC
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We are looking for a research associate based in Peshawar, Pakistan, to work on an exciting RCT experiment. Please share. @EconomicsLUMS @HaqMahbub @econ_ra
https://t.co/HTGjz8MnqG
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Posted 3:31:23 PM. Project DescriptionThis project involves a collaboration of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Want to learn how to measure the effectiveness of programs dedicated to poverty alleviation? Consider #DEDP MicroMasters courses with @MITxCourses: https://t.co/YUWMvw0RC4
#EconTwitter
micromasters.mit.edu
Grapple with some of the world’s most pressing problems from a rigorous, data-driven perspective developed by Nobel prize winners Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee. Complete three core courses and...
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My coauthors & I are recruiting a summer research assistant for an experiment on the promise of remote work for refugees. Please share w/ potential candidates 🙏 Main reqs are Stata, SurveyCTO, & good management/communication skills #EconTwitter
https://t.co/kcfcUadKNA
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Come work with me at the LSE next year on exciting projects in development, labor and political economy. Deadline to apply: 20 April 2024 https://t.co/aNFH0ZdqGq
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I am shocked this got published. Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, offers immense potential to push the research frontiers, but this is just plain dumb!
Academic journals are publishing peer reviewed papers with content generated by ChatGPT 🤦 This is embarrassing. Here's how you can use ChatGPT smartly to avoid this kind of embarrassment 👇
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