MoSPI – contributing to data and evidence for tracking gender gaps in the labour markets - Dr Saurabh Garg, Secretary, MoSPI, speaking at the Policy Roundtable -Jobs and Gendered Gaps in India - organised by Yale-EGC, Inclusion Economics and IEG (1/2)

"Women in Leadership (WiL) in Economics"- A JOINT WORKSHOP BY IEG - YALE - IEIC held at IEG Institute of Economic Growth on August 9, 2024. Yale University Yale Economic Growth Center

What impact do special interest groups have on international regulatory cooperation? In AEA Journals, EGC's Giovanni Maggi & Ralph Ossa (University of Zurich) examine the role of lobbying on international regulatory agreements and the resulting welfare effects. Read: egc.yale.edu/research/maggi…

Final Reminder: Firms, Trade, and Development Conference #CallForPapers Submission deadline: Friday, August 16 #FirmsTradeDev 2024 will be held in person Yale Department of Economics Oct 24-25, hosted by EGC & International Growth Centre. Info & submission link ⬇️ egc.yale.edu/events/firms-t…

Which strategies work to improve the quality of public preschools? In new research published in JPE, Yale University's Orazio Attanasio (Orazio Attanasio) + coauthors partnered w/ the Colombian govt to evaluate a nationwide expansion of its preschool program: economics.yale.edu/news/240814/ne…

SSRC Mercury Project researchers Bhattacharya (Harvard Kennedy School), @oorvii (Inclusion Economics India Centre), Jorgensen & Moore (Yale Department of Economics) share how they built tools to measure susceptibility to inaccurate information in rural India. ssrc.org/mercury-projec…

Are employers optimizing their 401(k) match? NEW research by Tobin Faculty Affiliate Cormac O'Dea O’Dea & Yale University PhD student Guillermo Carranza, together w/ coauthors Fiona Greig & Anna Madamba (Vanguard) and Taha Choukhmane & Lawrence Schmidt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)): tobin.yale.edu/news/240821/ar…

What impact do special interest groups have on international regulatory cooperation? EGC's Giovanni Maggi & Ralph Ossa (University of Zurich) examine the role of lobbying on international regulatory agreements and the resulting welfare effects: egc.yale.edu/research/maggi…

"We need to make digital finance available to women in ways that work for them and unlocks their potential." EGC's Rohini Pande shares research on women's opportunities that connect to personal story on BBC StoryWorks: bbc.com/storyworks/adv… Yale Department of Economics

Growing up in Brazil, Mayara Felix benefitted from a policy that enabled her father to work as a security guard. Now, as a Yale Department of Economics faculty member, she conducts research to quantify the benefits of domestic outsourcing on the labor market. Read more: egc.yale.edu/research/spotl…

The Department of Economics is excited to welcome five new professors to its faculty this fall, and one new Postdoctoral Associate who will later join as a faculty member. Read more about their background and research interests here: economics.yale.edu/news/240829/de…

Incoming Yale Department of Economics faculty member Mayara Felix's “Employment Valuation Surveys” data collection initiative is supported by the EGC incubation fund, which provides funding for developmental economics researchers at Yale. Read more about Mayara's work: egc.yale.edu/research/spotl…

"We need to make digital finance available to women in ways that work for them and unlocks their potential." EGC's Rohini Pande shares research on women's opportunities that connect to personal story on BBC StoryWorks: bbc.com/storyworks/adv… Yale South Asian Studies Council

What does it take to get vaccines to more people in LMIC nations? The short answer – nurses on motorbikes with vaccine-stocked coolers and basic community mobilization. Read research from Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale School of Management Yale Department of Economics Y-RISE) in #SierraLeone: egc.yale.edu/about/perspect…