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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

And lots more fascinating work in progress - check out his work!

Elijah Kipchumba

Elijah Kipchumba PhD CandidateTrinity College Dublin

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

And new evidence about the effects of a livelihoods program modified to target persons with disabilities in Uganda shows that the program does encourage switching from casual labor to more productive work, ⬇️ social interaction but does not ⬇️ stigma
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

More evidence from Somalia that a role model intervention in middle school has positive effects on girls' and boys' attitudes toward gender equity when delivered by female role model, but no effects on educ aspirations. Joint w/@danilaserra_eco @EconCath
docs.iza.org/dp17261...

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

Evidence from Tanzania: while self-reported socioemotional skills show a gender gap (in favor of men), behavioral measures show few, + smaller gaps - suggesting underlying pattern is men's overestimation of own skills! joint w/@rchlcassidy @claradelav
tinyurl.com/mw5vcyf4

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

One paper in JAE assesses effects of variously sized business grants vis-a-vis UCTs in Somalia; findings suggest business grants have larger effects on business ownership + income vis-a-vis UCT; medium-size grantsmost cost-effective. W/@munshisulaiman
tinyurl.com/2atcu758

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @KipkechElijah, a brand-new PhD from @tcdeconomics: congratulate him! Have been seeing Elijah's work for years, was excited to meet him for the first time this year + now feature him here

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 1d

Banger headline

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 5d

Paper is here, from Clay et al.

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 5d

Stumbled across this fascinating paper today about the long-run effects of an early (the first?) community health intervention, a tuberculosis detection program in none other than Framingham, MA! (Close to where I grew up). . .⬆️ case detection, but no effects on mortality

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 6d

An unfortunate byproduct of the rapid ascension of AI is a tendency for people to often use AI as a summary term for "anything related to computing" and I find this to be extremely confusing.

If you're talking about AI, explain exactly what you're referring to!

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d

Exciting work in progress on violence and policing, and lots more - check out her work!

Julia Rizzotto

Júlia Sbroglio Rizzotto Postdoctoral Researcher at USP 📧 [email protected]

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d

And evidence from PISA data that bullying has negative effects on student performance as well (but not psychological bullying)
link.springer.com/ar...

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d

Another paper joint w/Aniceto França shows that in Brazilian schools, the school disciplinary climate significantly affects student performance (particularly the climate in reading classes)
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d

One fascinating new paper published in REHO shows that there is a positive relationship between daily temperature and incidence of domestic violence (using administrative data from Brazil)
link.springer.com/ar...

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 8d

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @jurizzotto @feausp who works on topics related to education + domestic violence, particularly in Brazil

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d

Five year old to me as he came running in last night with a huge smile: toDAY is the day I finally got HOMEWORK!
Never seen a little boy so happy to have hoomework

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d

Links here
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Unveiling the Cosmic Race: Skin tone and intergenerational economic disparities in Latin America and the Caribbean

This paper examines how skin tone shapes intergenerational economic disparities across 25 Latin American and Caribbean countries. First, it analyzes t…

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d

And this paper by @julia_jarame @aalvarezgallo highlights continuity in social stratification: students w/indigenous or Afro-Colombian surnames are still enrolled in lower-quality schools today, w/higher representation in better schools of students w/surnames linked to elites

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 11d

Two brand-new fascinating articles on the LAC region newly accepted in the JDE #econtwitter #econsky. . .first, this banger of a title for a paper by @billywoom that shows that skin tone, even within self-reported ethnoracial identity categories, predicts outcomes

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d

Real picture of my kids running around the house at "bedtime".

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d

Check out her work!

Aditi Singh

Aditi Singh is a PhD Candidate at the Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d

And her jmp shows that w/ onset of Green Revolution in India, districts characterized by higher potential wheat + rice yield more likely to adopt new varieties - but also show ⬇️ crop diversity, ⬇️ availability of protein, and ⬇️ height for individuals born in the period

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d

Another paper joint with @SarahVincent_ finds that exposure to campaigns of forced sterilization for men in India did not affect fertility, but has persistent effects in ⬆️ violence, particularly violence against women

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d

One working paper shows that ⬆️ minority representation (from caste-based political parties) in India ⬆️ the probability of a formal loan for low-caste households

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 15d

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @AditiSingh095, a newly minted PhD (congrats!) from @ubcVSE who works on topics related to development, political economy + history

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