Testing whether the arrival of mass media triggers a decline in fertility, a central prediction of modernization theory, from Rachel Glennerster, Joanna Murray, and @victorpouliquen.bsky.social www.nber.org/papers/w34829
New DIAL Working Paper :
"Mass media and #contraception use: an experimental test of modernization theory in #Burkina Faso"
by Rachel Glennerster @rglenner.bsky.social, Joanna Murray and Victor Pouliquen @victorpouliquen.bsky.social
ideas.repec.org/p/dia/wpaper...
The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. It’s pathetic and scandalous.
📢 Join us on Wednesday!
In the 3rd session of our webinar series on tax and digitalisation, co-hosted with the World Bank, we look at the risks and opportunities #AI presents in building more efficient tax systems.
Register here 👉 ow.ly/ruoG50WcmjL
#TaxPolicy #Tax #Digitalisation
When 3 of my BFFs (aka co-authors 😀) are on a panel together, I know it's going to be 🔥🔥🔥
Join @victorpouliquen.bsky.social Gabe Tourek, Fabrizio Santoro (+Joseph Eloi-whom I hope to meet soon) to learn about the use of AI in tax systems
Tomorrow Weds June 25 10am EST
Register: ow.ly/ruoG50WcmjL
Evidence from J-PAL affiliates @rglenner.bsky.social &
@victorpouliquen.bsky.social and coauthor Joanna Murray’s evaluation suggested that an intensive family planning radio campaign can increase ⬆️ modern contraception use and decrease ⬇️ misperceptions about contraceptive methods.
It's been a while since I did a standard lit review thread, but here's one for #econsky #econtwitter about an important literature that's been growing recently: the effect of supply- and demand-side interventions on fertility in LMICs
Another recent huge trial from @rglenner @VictorPouliquen in Burkina Faso conducts 2-level randomization: community-level randomization to intensive family planning campaign + household randomization to radio receipt. W/o the campaign, accessing the radio ⬇️ contraceptive use
Evidence from J-PAL affiliates @rglenner.bsky.social & @victorpouliquen.bsky.social & coauthor Joanna Murray suggests family planning radio campaigns can⬇️ barriers to contraception use. DMI scaled up a mass media campaign in Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 and 7 other African countries:
📻 DMI scaled up a radio-based family planning campaign across Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 & 7 East African countries based on evidence from J-PAL affiliates @rglenner.bsky.social
& @victorpouliquen.bsky.social & coauthor Joanna Murray. Learn about the journey from research to action:
Just received this from Yale. It would be useful for students to have a tutorial on what they are allowed to say, and what they're not allowed to say.
"We can heal the sick and save children’s lives, all inexpensively... We properly honor a firefighter who saves a single child, but three cheers for us as taxpayers for rescuing millions of children around the world from AIDS, starvation and disease.
That is, until January."
-- Nick Kristof
Barring any last minute change, the 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada are going into effect tomorrow
What should these countries (and, tomorrow, the European Union) do? 🧵
As Trump cuts USAID spending on malaria, TB, maternal health, as well as Demographic & Health Surveys
What does this mean for global health?
www.ggd.world/p/aid-saves-...
1/ 🚨 New paper! 🚨
How do the economic trajectories of children of immigrants vary across 15 high-income countries? We study intergenerational mobility of immigrants, using individual-level linked parent-child data across Europe, North America, and beyond. 🧵👇 #EconSky
USAID What’s Happening & Why it Matters
What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Les baisses dans le budget de l'Etat en une image!
ça ↘️ partout sauf sur le régalien
(la ↗️ de l'écologie n'est lié qu'à une ↗️ des compensations versées aux fournisseurs de renouvelables)
Comme dit un Ministre de Bercy : «C'est l'Etat qui porte tout l'effort [...], ce n'est pas raisonnable»!
Cela semble absurde, et j’ai été choqué la première fois que je l’ai compris, mais la France – il n'y a pas d'autre mot – est bien un paradis fiscal pour milliardaire
Explications détaillées 🧵
DHS surveys—essential to global health infrastructure—make you describe a project before you can download data.
My students are reporting nobody is responding anymore.
1. If you have DHS data downloaded, hang on to it!
2. Has anyone started consolidating these in case they disappear completely?
Time for tariffs on oligarchs
If Tesla wants to sell cars in Canada and Mexico, then Musk should have to pay some tax in Canada and Mexico
Not only a highly sensible approach to trade in general, but also the best response to the absurd Trump tariffs
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Exploring the impact of a new address system to improve air quality in The Gambia.
Led by @victorpouliquen.bsky.social, the project with Kanifing Municipal Council uses Google Plus Codes to ensure the proper delivery of public services.
www.essex.ac.uk/news/2025/01...
Monday evening in Zurich: Public Keynote Lecture by Prof. Karthik Muralidharan about the role of state capacity in global poverty reduction.
Prof Muralidharan is a brilliant thinker and an inspiring speaker. Don't miss it!
6:30pm, Rämistrasse 59, Room G-01.
www.ced.uzh.ch/events/2024-...
The good thing about the new unstable political situation in France is that we can now play the same games than our european friends who went through the same shit.
So who will last the longest: our new PM François Bayrou or this lettuce?
Poster that advertises the 3rd Essex PhD Conference in Applied Economics. It will take place March 20th-21st, 2025 with Keynote Speakers Imran Rasul and Ben Etheridge. Website: https://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/03/20/3rd-essex-phd-conference-in-applied-economics Link to apply: https://essex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_efdvjerfe9xDiqG
#EconPhD students in Applied Economics:
The Essex PhD conference is a friendly environment in which to present, discuss, receive feedback, and connect with peers.
Apply by January 3:
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
I hope to meet you there.
#EconSky @econphd.bsky.social
A chart in three parts showing data on child mortality to make the points that "The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. All three statements are true at the same time."
The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.
All three statements are true at the same time. Understanding this is key to solving big global problems.
We believe data & research can help us understand both the problems we face & the progress that’s possible. 🧵
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🙋. Thank you Seema !
