🆕 Place-based policy in India: How Special Economic Zones promoted structural change and women's employment

Today on VoxDev, @cepr.org STEG research by Johannes Gallé, Daniel Overbeck, Nadine Riedel & Tobias Seidel outlining the impact of Special Economic Zones in India:
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Gender norms are extremely persistent and constrain women's life opportunities, especially so in poor countries. In my Job Market Paper, I show that grassroots media are an effective policy instrument to address gender norms at scale. #EconJMP #EconSky

Happy to start my BlueSky existence with this beautiful post! Just published!

Just published in the Journal of Public Economics:

"Place-based policies, structural change and female labor: Evidence from India’s Special Economic Zones"

By @jojoga.bsky.social, Daniel Overbeck, Nadine Riedel, Tobias Seidel

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