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Development economics: empirical insights, policy

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Apr 5, 2023
Private and Social Returns to Education: Causal Effects, Displacement, and Experimental Evidence from Ghana
EconomicsPrivate returns to educationSocial returns to educationHuman capitalAbility bias
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Apr 5, 2023
The Global Crisis in Education: Low Learning, Absenteeism, and Schools' Failure to Leverage Existing Skills
EconomicsRandomized Control Trials (RCTs)External ValidityRegression Discontinuity Design (RDD)COVID-19 pandemic impact on education
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Apr 5, 2023
Introduction to Development Economics: Global Inequality, Measurement Challenges, and COVID-19 Impacts
EconomicsDevelopment EconomicsPublic SectorEmpirical MethodsGross National Income (GNI)
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Apr 5, 2023
The Neoclassical Model of Savings, Precautionary Behavior, and Empirical Puzzles in Development Economics
EconomicsNeoclassical model of savingsInter-temporal optimizationUtility functionDiscount rate (Delta)
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Apr 5, 2023
The Puzzle of Preventive Health: Demand, Incentives, and Behavioral Biases
EconomicsDemand for healthPreventive careCurative medicinePrice elasticity of demand
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Apr 5, 2023
Gender Dynamics, Information Asymmetry, and Labor Market Outcomes
EconomicsEfficient household modelsInformation flowsSocial learningBayesian updating
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Apr 5, 2023
Land Markets, Sharecropping, and Moral Hazard: The Trade-off Between Incentives and Risk Sharing
EconomicsLand marketsSharecroppingMoral hazardProperty rights
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Apr 5, 2023
Land Markets: Titling, Moral Hazard, and the Economic Implications of Property Rights
EconomicsMoral hazardLimited liabilitySharecroppingWorking capital
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Apr 5, 2023
Land Market Dynamics and the Foundations of Public Finance in Developing Economies
Economics
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Apr 5, 2023
Evaluating Poverty Targeting Methods: Community-Based Approaches vs. Self-Targeting Ordeals
EconomicsCommunity-based targetingSelf-targeting (ordeals)Poverty identificationRedistribution programs
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Apr 5, 2023
Poverty Traps Theory: The Dasgupta and Ray Model of Capacity and Involuntary Unemployment
EconomicsCapacity curveS-shaped curveGeneral equilibriumPoverty trap
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Apr 5, 2023
Public Finance in Developing Countries: Redistribution Programs and Taxation Challenges
EconomicsCash transfersIn-kind transfersDemand shockSupply shock
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Apr 5, 2023
Tax Administration, Incentives, and Causal Inference in Developing Economies
EconomicsTax Administration ReformTax Rate ReformInformation Challenges (in taxation)Corporate Taxpayers
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Apr 5, 2023
Empirical Tests of Labor Market Separation and Nominal Wage Stickiness in Developing Economies
EconomicsSeparation testHousehold labor supplyLabor demandPanel data
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Apr 5, 2023
Labor Supply Decisions: Elasticity, Poverty's Cognitive Impact, and Identity Preferences in Job Choice
EconomicsLabor Supply ElasticityLabor Demand ShocksConsumption SmoothingWage Externality
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Apr 5, 2023
Credit Constraints and Moral Hazard in Investment: A Deep Dive into Capital Markets
EconomicsMatching frictionsCredible signalsSkill assessmentsOnline job matching platforms
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Apr 5, 2023
Evaluating the Impact and Design Challenges of Microcredit and Microfinance
EconomicsAdverse selectionMoral hazardMonitoring modelsMicrocredit
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Apr 5, 2023
Poverty Traps and Graduation Programs: Empirical Evidence and Causal Inference
EconomicsPoverty trapMultiple steady statesNutrition-based poverty trapGraduation approach
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Apr 5, 2023
Behavioral Development Economics: Addressing the Euler Equation Puzzle and Psychological Dimensions of Poverty
EconomicsBehavioral Development EconomicsModernization TheoryRational ActorsPoor but Efficient (Schultz)
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Apr 5, 2023
The Psychology of Poverty: How Scarcity, Stress, and Mental Health Impact Economic Behavior
EconomicsBehavioral Development EconomicsHigh return investment opportunitiesPresent biasLoss aversion

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Private and Social Returns to Education: Causal Effects, Displacement, and Experimental Evidence from Ghana

The Global Crisis in Education: Low Learning, Absenteeism, and Schools' Failure to Leverage Existing Skills

Introduction to Development Economics: Global Inequality, Measurement Challenges, and COVID-19 Impacts

The Neoclassical Model of Savings, Precautionary Behavior, and Empirical Puzzles in Development Economics

The Puzzle of Preventive Health: Demand, Incentives, and Behavioral Biases

Gender Dynamics, Information Asymmetry, and Labor Market Outcomes

Land Markets, Sharecropping, and Moral Hazard: The Trade-off Between Incentives and Risk Sharing

Land Markets: Titling, Moral Hazard, and the Economic Implications of Property Rights

Land Market Dynamics and the Foundations of Public Finance in Developing Economies

Evaluating Poverty Targeting Methods: Community-Based Approaches vs. Self-Targeting Ordeals

Poverty Traps Theory: The Dasgupta and Ray Model of Capacity and Involuntary Unemployment

Public Finance in Developing Countries: Redistribution Programs and Taxation Challenges

Tax Administration, Incentives, and Causal Inference in Developing Economies

Empirical Tests of Labor Market Separation and Nominal Wage Stickiness in Developing Economies

Labor Supply Decisions: Elasticity, Poverty's Cognitive Impact, and Identity Preferences in Job Choice

Credit Constraints and Moral Hazard in Investment: A Deep Dive into Capital Markets

Evaluating the Impact and Design Challenges of Microcredit and Microfinance

Poverty Traps and Graduation Programs: Empirical Evidence and Causal Inference

Behavioral Development Economics: Addressing the Euler Equation Puzzle and Psychological Dimensions of Poverty

The Psychology of Poverty: How Scarcity, Stress, and Mental Health Impact Economic Behavior