Shahe Emran
shahe-emran-econ.bsky.social
Shahe Emran
@shahe-emran-econ.bsky.social
I am a development economist, with interests in both theoretical and empirical work, especially the interaction between theory and data.
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Read the full paper: "𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹: 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆" by Ahsan, Emran, Mohammed, Murphy, & Shilpi (Dec 2025). #Economics #Education #SocialMobility (13/14). Link: tinyurl.com/ykjf7ur2
<p>When Ranks Fail: New Evidence on Intergenerational Educational Mobility</p>
Many recent studies on intergenerational educational mobility adopted the rank-rank model popularized by the work of Chetty et al. (2014, QJE) on income mobilit
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December 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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To understand if we are truly equalizing educational opportunity, we need measures that aren't distorted by the "lumpy" nature of education data. (13/14)
December 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Is the popular rank-rank model (Chetty et al., 2014) valid for measuring educational mobility?
While rank-based measures of mobility work well for continuous variables such as income, they face intractable challenges when applied to discrete variables, such as years of schooling. #Econsky (1/14)
December 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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🔗 𝙊𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨: doi.org/10.1016/j.je... 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙! 📝💬👏
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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🚨 🎉 I’m thrilled to share that our paper, “𝙄𝙨 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙮? 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙞𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙤𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖” (with amazing coauthors @shahe-emran-econ.bsky.social and Forhad Shilpi), has recently been published in the 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫 & 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!!! 🚀 🚀 🚀
December 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Thanks for sharing! This is still a preliminary draft, and any comments would be greatly appreciated!
New evidence that short-term rentals--like those on Airbnb--increase neighborhood rodent infestations, traffic collisions, and crime.
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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My interview with Joe Stiglitz in which we talk about, among other things, how bankruptcy and intellectual property laws were structured to make billionaires richer cepr.net/publications...
The Economy After the September Jobs Report
The September jobs report shows weak job growth, higher unemployment, and a cooling labor market driven mostly by healthcare gains.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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𝗞𝗼𝗵𝗲𝗶 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗮 (NUS) will present his paper 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮. #EconSky #AcademicSky #Socsky Join us!

Title: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦

Time: 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 || 𝟰 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 || 𝟭𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮

Registration: 👉 tinyurl.com/ekdw93ma

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October 17, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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A hearty congratulations to Philippe Aghion, Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt for winning this year's Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences! Great work, deservedly recognized.
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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2025 was awarded "for having explained innovation-driven economic growth" with one half to Joel Mokyr "for having identified ...
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October 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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In Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, @drodrik.bsky.social presents new, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues.

Publishing November 4. Learn more and preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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📢 𝗭𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿 (Princeton U) will present his paper on college mobility on 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. #EconSky #AcademicSky #Socsky Join us!

Title: 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬

Time: 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 || 𝟰 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 || 𝟭𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮

Registration: 👉 tinyurl.com/ekdw93ma

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September 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Proposed cuts to NIH and NSF threaten to shut down labs, end promising clinical trials, and stall the progress that millions of families are counting on. Listen to Gwen. #sciencesavedme
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Gwen
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September 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Evidence from the matrilineal tribe of West Sumatra (Minangkabau) confirms the fundamental role of gender norms, where boys were crowded out, not girls! This highlights that educational policies must consider potential bottlenecks & social norms for equitable outcomes. Paper: tinyurl.com/3s6sn6xy
Public Primary School Expansion, Gender-based Crowding Out, and Intergenerational Educational Mobility
Using full-count census data from Indonesia and a difference-in-difference design, we analyze the effects of primary school expansion on intergenerational educa
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August 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Facing the bottleneck, boys crowded out girls at the secondary level, irrespective of a girl’s family background. Labor market returns don't explain this. Instead, we find strong evidence that #SocialNorms, specifically son preference in a patrilineal society, drives this crowding out.
August 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Does large-scale public primary school construction improve educational mobility in developing countries? No credible evidence on this. We estimate the effects of 61k primary schools in Indonesia. Short answer: improved mobility for disadvantaged sons, but not for daughters. Why? #Econsky
August 3, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Thank you, @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social, for reviewing my new book, The Origins of Inequality and Policies to Contain It. A very thoughtful piece.
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Joseph Stiglitz – inequality is not an inevitable consequence of capitalism - LSE Review of Books
In The Origins of Inequality and Policies to Contain It, Joseph Stiglitz draws writings from across his career intoa framework for understanding inequality.
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July 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 (𝗠𝗜𝗧) [ annastansbury.bsky.social ] will present on June 20, 2025. #EconSky Join us!

Title: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮

Time: 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 || 𝟰 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 || 𝟭𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮

Registration: 👉https://sites.google.com/view/rnim-seminar/home?authuser=0
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June 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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📢 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 (𝗠𝗜𝗧) will present on June 20, 2025. Please join the seminar!

Title: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮

Time: 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗘𝗦𝗧 || 𝟰 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗘𝗧 || 𝟭𝟬 𝗣𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮

Registration: 👉https://sites.google.com/view/rnim-seminar/home?authuser=0
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June 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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📢 Join the RNIM Seminar on May 23 to learn about Dr. Forhad Shilpi's latest research on Intergenerational Mobility.

Title: Opportunity and Risk

Time: 10 AM EST || 4 PM CET || 10 PM China

Registration: 👉 sites.google.com/view/rnim-se...

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May 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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📢 Announcing a virtual seminar on May 23 at 10 AM (EST). Dr. Forhad Shilpi (DRG,World Bank) will present her latest research paper, 'Opportunity and Risk.' All are welcome!

Register here:👉 sites.google.com/view/rnim-se...
#Intergenerational-Mobility #Academic #Seminar #Economics #Sociology
RNIM Seminar
The Research Network on Intergenerational Mobility (RNIM) is an initiative by scholars working on intergenerational mobility. The aim of the network is to provide a platform for both senior and junior...
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May 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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🚀 Excited to share that our paper, "𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻," is now officially published in the 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘𝙨 with 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴! 📚🌍

Link 👉: doi.org/10.1016/j.jd...
April 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM