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Behavioral & Development Economist @UChi_Economics.
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When it’s all worth it. First time being back in clinics in Sierra Leone since 2019. Social signals ‘bracelets’ for childhood vaccines are now being scaled. Many new learnings talking to nurses and caregivers - things that I couldn’t have anticipated when we did the RCT. ❤️💉
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Ed's job market paper is a tour de force: 27 RCTs harmonized, fundamental identification challenges solved, and the clearest empirical evidence we have on poverty traps. Brilliant work from one of the most thoughtful, ambitious, and technically gifted young economists!
Do poverty traps exist? @ed_jee's study of 27 RCTs finds they're real but rare. Though fixed costs make traps common, forward-looking behavior & productivity differences mean they only affect 25% of households.

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