Abhradeep Maiti

Why fund highly novel research?

I forgot from whom in my feed I got this from, but anyway, this network analyzer is crazy efficient. It gives you ideas for accounts to follow based on your own followees. I just added 50 accounts or so.

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The Fraudulent Science of Success Business schools are in the grips of a scandal that threatens to undermine their most influential research—and the credibility of an entire field.

In 2023, Harvard Business School suspended a star professor over charges of research misconduct.

As it happens, one of her papers also had funny data from a *different* B-school superstar -- a "mad, fraudulent unicorn,” per @jamesheathers.bsky.social... (1/3)

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Abstract of paper: attending better middle schools negatively affects GPA, on-time graduation, choice of academic vs vocational programs, and aspirations for the marginal student (RD design).

Abstract of paper: attending better high schools positively affects human capital accumulation and mental health for the marginal student (RD design).

In the same issue of EJ, both RD designs.

#1: better middle schools negatively affect GPA, graduation, academic vs vocational programs, and aspirations for marginal students.

#2: better high schools positively affect human capital accumulation and mental health for marginal students.

🤷 #Econsky

With or without him? Experimental evidence on cash grants and gender-sensitive trainings in Tunisia Is it possible to stimulate women’s income-generating activities by relaxing their financial and human capital constraints? Does involving husbands he…

This is an RCT of a cash grant and training program targeting women in Tunisia. One of the key findings is that the program stimulated women's income-generating activities, but only when partners were NOT involved in the training. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Title and abstract of "The Lost Generation? Labor Market Outcomes for Post-Great Recession Entrants", published in the Journal of Human Resources

Excited to have this paper in print! "The Lost Generation? Labor Market Outcomes for Post-Great Recession Entrants"

It is now old enough that it is already time to update the results...

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If you are a fan of IPUMS Global Health data like IPUMS-DHS be sure to check out IPUMS-MICS. The extract system has over 900 variables from 88 countries, drawn from over 200 samples and 1000+ datasets! mics.ipums.org/mics/

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Glad to be on this site. Thanks @hesss.bsky.social for the invite.