Duncan Webb

Super excited to see this labour of love out in the Journal of Political Economy! 🤩

I find that getting neighbours to talk to each other about whether they would like to hire a transgender worker can on its own drastically reduce discrimination in urban India

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Can menstruation be a barrier to girls' learning in low-income settings? We've been studying this for the last few years (since early PhD days!) in Madagascar in partnership with @CARE Madagascar / CARE France. 🧵

USAID cuts in 2025 probably led to over half a million deaths

This is (provisionally) amazing news, and could save many lives

🔥Very cool paper showing that women in India are way more likely to take up a job (↑29%) in a female-only workplace, and that this can be explained by husbands' jealousy/desire for control. These are massive effects, equivalent to 2.5x increases in wage