IPA’s weekly links
How do you returns a stolen Ethiopian crown?
The sad phasing out of a landmark support program for economists
Some emergency econometrics help and four good podcast episodes
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action A very cool job market paper and explanatory thread, from Ph.D. candidate Matthew Klein. He,
Burning man meets homo economicus, and a drinkable tax loophole
New research from Liberia on private schools, and how to communicate statistical uncertainty
Guest post by by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action Chris has been threatening it for a while but looks like he’s finally done
How to apply behavioral insights, and one thing machine learning cant’ do.
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action India’s government is hiring behavioral scientists for a new nudge unit (h/t Neela Saldanha) Cancer
Measles vaccines? You might be part of the problem, and encouraging news from Ghana on helping school kids
What if a whole subfield of research is just imaginary? And rules for productive disagreement.
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action A wonderful back and forth between David Evans and DFID Deputy Chief Economist Nick Lea,
Jobs, job meta-analysis could be better, and how to cut child poverty in half
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action First, he’s back! David Evans, ensconced in his new digs at the Center for Global
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action A lovely tribute to Dave Evans, who’s been a boon to the field, and a
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action Berk Ozler counts the numbers of men vs. women asking questions during a seminar speaker’s
An intervention that changed behavior but not attitudes, and future suggestions for the World Bank