
Supreet Kaur
@supKaur
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development economist at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Joined August 2012
Poorer children show cognitive fatigue faster than richer ones, and attend schools that give fewer chances to build attentional capacity. But this can be improved with simple changes at school--as we show in our Cognitive Endurance paper. Summary below! @christinalbrown @h_schof.
New NBER working paper with @supKaur @h_schof @GeetaKingdon showing:.- how formal schooling contributes to the development of fundamental cognitive skills, like attention.- attention appears to be highly malleable, at least in childhood . 🧵 (1/x).
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RT @berkeleyecon: Less than 9 hours left to make your Big Give gift to Berkeley Economics. Our students, faculty, and staff appreciate your….
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RT @NickPoole1: Bloody hell. Looking at a message from the Ukraine Library Association concerning the cancellation of their forthcoming con….
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RT @ilanabrody: Excited to share the virtual stage with these incredible scholars as we discuss Behavioral Consequences of Scarcity at 3:30….
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RT @vox_dev: .@supKaur discusses her work w/ @emilybreza & @yogitajs examining if external labour market shocks reveal the presence of ‘rat….
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RT @DrakeGatsby: You can just buy an ice cream cake whenever you want. They don’t even check if it’s your birthday or anything they just ta….
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RT @dmckenzie001: This new philanthropy organization seems like it is interested in funding work on using science and technology in informa….
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RT @HilaryHoynes: Over 400 Economists agree! Put simply, the Child Tax Credit expansion is good policy and we should make it permanent! . T….
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RT @AgencyFund: Today, we're excited to announce the SPC-Agency Fund Social Impact Fellowship, a collaboration between @agencyfund and @sou….
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RT @EPoDHarvard: EPoD affiliate @ElianaCarranza & @supKaur, @AletheiaDonald, @FGrst find that while kin networks provide a critical safety….
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Congratulations Christina on a well-deserved amazing end to the job market! Eat lots of ice cream and recover from the ptsd.
My advisors @supKaur, Chris Walters and @tedmiguel gave me the freedom (and support) to work on my JMP which during my 3rd year prospectus was deemed "too risky" by other faculty. I am so thankful for their guidance and trust.
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"We cannot continue to let inequality grow unchecked in our labor market. It is toxic to our people, to our society, and to our democracy. A higher minimum wage is an important first step to reversing it." @rothstein_jesse @hshierholz .
thehill.com
The rise in inequality over the last decades has been a choice.
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Very personal account from Barkha Dutt on being a journalist in India. She's facing up to 3 years in jail for reporting on the murder of 2 Dalit girls. Viral video calling for her hanging for reporting on #FarmersProtest, endorsed by govt party members.
washingtonpost.com
It is extraordinarily difficult to be an independent journalist today in India — a thriving democracy when it comes to the peaceful transition of power, but a distinctly diminishing democracy when it...
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