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Jessica Leight
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Development economist, @Yale / @UniofOxford / @MIT. Asso editor, REHO + CER. Editorial board member, BMC Public Health + PloS One. Structural transformation, agriculture, gender, IPV. Views my own

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d
Plus lots, lots more - check out his work!
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Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Economics Stockholm School of Economics. Email: [email protected] Here is my CV.
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d
A third WP joint w/ Caggese, Chiavari, Villegas-Sanchez uses GE framework to examine effects of temp on firm-level demand, productivity, + input allocation efficiency in Italy; findings suggest large negative effect of extreme temps on firm productivity
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d
A second paper joint w/@andrea_chiavari explores the effects of technological change biased toward intangible capital, + finds this leads to higher investment adjustment costs for firms
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d
mainly explained by differences in access to credit
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d
One published paper in the Journal of Monetary Economics shows that firms owned by ind from historically disadvantaged castes in India have a higher average revenue product of capital (ARPK) relative to firms owned by high-castes:

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @SampreetGoraya @handels_ss who works on topics related to firms, entrepreneurship + productivity

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d
Plus lots, lots more! Check out her work
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d
And fascinating WIP just presented at NEUDC shows that land consolidation in Colombia following on a process of trade liberalization leads to ⬆️ unemployment

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d
Evidence around cost-effectiveness of fortified foods in addressing vitamin A inadequacy
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d
Another paper extends the changes-in-changes model to identify the average treatment effect in the presence of attrition
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d
One published paper in @J_HumanResource joint w/@DaliaAGhanem shows that the most common tests around attrition in field experiments is not a test of internal validity in general
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @KaOrtizb
@usd_business who works on topics related to labor, agriculture + applied econometrics

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d
If you're interested , please let me know either here or via email and I will see about aggregating some sessions! Only abstract needed for submission, though you must also be an Ashecon member

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d
#econtwitter #econsky: I'm again organizing sessions for Ashecon this upcoming June (in Minneapolis, in-person only) focused on IPV/VAW in low- and middle-income countries; for myself, particularly interested in a session around intersections between IPV and health outcomes

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 14d
Paper is here: www.nber.org/papers/....
The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 14d
Banger of a new study #econtwitter #econsky shows exposure to a field-specific incidence of faculty sexual harassment ⬇️ degree completion in that discipline - for both men and women - 4 years later

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d
Plus lots more policy-relevant research in the macro sphere - check out her work!
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I am an Economist at the International Monetary Fund, specializing in development economics with a focus on social protection, labor markets, and migration. I hold a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where my research examined the dynamics of poverty,
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d
Another paper shows long-term effects of cash transfers on youth mobility, particularly youth mobility for marriage, in Malawi
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d
A handbook chapter explores the potential of linking social protection to complementary services
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d
One published paper joint w/ @ashudirect + other @PublicPolicyUNC colleagues shows that in both Malawi + Zimbabwe, cash transfers affect measures of economic preferences (incl intertemporal choice)
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @MarwaIbPhD @IMFNews who works on topics related to social protection, migration + labor

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
+ @TilmanGraff presents fascinating findings around high rates of depreciation in the capital stock in Uganda, with implications for macro estimates of capital stock + the returns to capital

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
@KaOrtizb shows that land consolidation in Colombia following on a process of trade liberalization leads to ⬆️ unemployment

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
de Vries presented a newly calibrated model of industrialization in sub-Saharan Africa vis-a-vis Asia joint w/@eb_mensah @kunalsen5 @hagen_kruse

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
In the next session on structural transformation, I presented evidence around the large positive (but heterogeneous) effects of a graduation model intervention on IDPs in Somalia
joint w/ @NKarachiwalla

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
@Sarah_Winton_ shows that granting research permits to Jordanian refugees in Syria leads to re-sorting with Jordanians exiting occupations that are highly exposed to refugees + showing upskilling into other occupations

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
@Katlamity shows that population flows during Partition are preditive of current patterns of economic activity in India today

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
Philip shows that slum redevelopment in India frequently leads to permanent displacement (to other slums) as targeted housing is not constructed in the original slums

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
@melesemesay shows that areas in Ethiopia that experienced historic patterns of resettlement show ⬆️ violence when ethnicity becomes more salient

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 17d
Starting my #econtwitter #econsky recap 🧵 for #neudc2025 @TuftsEconomics! First session: displaced persons. Tamim shows that a housing subsidy for Syrian refugees in Jordan had only minor positive economic effects + led to a deterioration in relations btw hosts + refugees