📢 We are hiring for a data RA position! Come work with Sandip Sukhtankar, Paul Niehaus, Karthik Muralidharan, Gaurav Chiplunkar and Kartik Srivastava : unique opportunity to work on both data analysis and data collection for a large scale RCT!

🔔 Apply: povertyactionlab.org/careers/resear…

We are very excited to share that Frank Schilbach, Gautam Rao and I are run a special issue at Journal of Development Economics on a very important topic, “Mental Health and Socioeconomic Outcomes”! Deadline: 01/30/2025. Thank you Andrew Foster! #economics

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#ArthaConversations | We were delighted to launch Karthik Muralidharan's book 'Accelerating India's Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance.' This insightful read delves into the crucial role that state capacity plays in shaping India's growth bit.ly/3TSUvFm

Absolutely shocked by my recent experience with World Development. More than 13 months after a submission, with repeated enquiries about the status of the paper, I learn they were unable to find willing reviewers. So guess what - the paper has not gone for review yet !

my perspective on India's job guarantee has changed as I've learned from a decade of work with Karthik Muralidharan and Sandip Sukhtankar. we discuss here

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What do citizens seeking healthcare in🇨🇴, housing in 🇿🇦, welfare services in 🇮🇳, & due legal process in 🇲🇽 have in common? Find out in our new 📕 Cambridge University Press - Politics Element, 'Claim-Making in Comparative Perspective' (w/ Janice Gallagher & Whitney Taylor): doi.org/10.1017/978100…
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My weekend essay for Hindustan Times: The downfall of electoral bonds is long overdue. But the celebratory spirit will be short-lived. For the foreseeable future, opacity in political funding is here to stay—and the dominant ruling party will be the beneficiary hindustantimes.com/opinion/on-ele…

Today's cool young researcher #EconTwitter is Moogdho Mahzab
Stanford Woods Institute, awesome alum of Williams College who works on topics related to development, political economy + environmental economics in Bangladesh
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Using cash transfers to examine the relationship between income and child development in the Indian state of Jharkhand, from Jeff Weaver, Sandip Sukhtankar, Paul Niehaus, and Karthik Muralidharan nber.org/papers/w32093

Next BREAD Conference on Development Economics will be hosted by UCSDEcon
May 10-11, 2024 (including pre-conference junior session)
All areas of development economics considered.

Deadline: Friday, March 1st

Submit here: editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/confer…

How reforming India’s workfare programme raised private sector earnings - Karthik Muralidharan Karthik Muralidharan , Paul Niehaus Paul Niehaus (@UCSanDiego), Sandip Sukhtankar Sandip Sukhtankar (@UVA)

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CPR: 'The basis of this decision is incomprehensible and disproportionate and some of the reasons given challenge the very basis of the functioning of a research institution' (such as publishing policy reports on our website)

😊Our paper, 'Policing in Patriarchy,' (w/Akshay Mangla｜अक्षय मंगला & Sandip Sukhtankar) awarded 'Best academic research w/ societal impact' by Financial Times, recognized for “tackling a hugely important topic in a data-driven…way but w/ attention to cultural norms & contexts.” More in Akshay's thread below 👇