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Supreet Kaur

@supKaur

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development economist at UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA
Joined August 2012
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Supreet Kaur
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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.
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Christina Brown
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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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Thanks Ben!.
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RT @nberpubs: In Africa, workers get constant requests to share money with others. Shielding their income increases work attendance and ear….
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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 @TheDailyShow: What is China doing in Africa?. If you don’t know, now you know.
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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 @CEGA_UC: CEGA affiliate @supKaur talks to @vox_dev about whether the self-employed in rural India are entrepreneurs willingly or becaus….
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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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RT @nberpubs: At least 25% of Indian rural workers can’t find jobs in lean months, helping explain why self-employment is high in poor coun….
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RT @konstructivizm: Rain
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RT @RBReich: The average minimum wage worker would need to work a staggering 79 hours a week to afford a one-bedroom rental in 95 percent o….
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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.
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Christina Brown
4 years
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 .
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thehill.com
The rise in inequality over the last decades has been a choice.
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Supreet Kaur
4 years
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.
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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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