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Tag: Job Market Paper

Does Commodity Price Volatility Drive Migration?

Yu Na Lee is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota; she is … More

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Ethiopia, Job Market Paper, Migration, Risk

Let Her Live? Women’s Electoral Success and Girl Survival in India

Nabaneeta Biswas is a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Georgia Terry College of Business and is currently … More

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Gender, India, Job Market Paper, Public Sector & Governance

From Knowledge to Action in an Information Experiment: What’s the Weakest Link?

Tanvi Rao is a PhD candidate at Cornell’s Dyson School and a TCI Scholar; she is currently on the job market. Providing information … More

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Education, India, Job Market Paper, Methods

You’re Approved! Insured Loans Improve Credit Access and Technology Adoption of Ghanaian Farmers

Khushbu Mishra is a PhD Candidate in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics at Ohio State University and is currently on … More

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Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Gender, Ghana, Insurance, Job Market Paper

What happens when cash transfers end? Sustained impacts on productive investments in Niger

Quentin Stoeffler is a Post-doctoral Scholar in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis. … More

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Job Market Paper, Niger, Social

Should bureaucrats in capital cities decide exactly how much aid a villager receives?

Andrew Simons is a PhD candidate at Cornell’s Dyson School and is currently on the job market. Who should have … More

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Aid, Ethiopia, Job Market Paper, Poverty, Public Sector & Governance

Who’s at risk? Biophysical and market forces shape crop nutrient content

Leah Bevis is a PhD candidate at Cornell’s Dyson School and is currently on the job market. Worldwide, over 800 … More

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Environment, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Job Market Paper, Nutrition, Uganda

Productivity repercussions of contract work in India

Vidhya Soundararajan is a PhD candidate in Cornell’s Dyson School and is currently on the job market. Firms are hiring … More

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India, Job Market Paper, Labor, Social

Improving agricultural productivity while sequestering carbon

Julia Berazneva is a PhD candidate at Cornell’s Dyson School and is currently on the job market. For the majority of the … More

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Climate Change, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Job Market Paper, Kenya, Poverty

The hidden local costs of deforestation in the tropics*

Teevrat Garg is a PhD candidate at Cornell’s Dyson School and is currently on the job market. The debate over deforestation … More

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Climate Change, Environment, Health, Indonesia, Job Market Paper

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