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Boosting academic achievement: The role of teacher expectations, information and classroom peers 🇵🇰 Last week, Minahil A. Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa, Ronak Jain Harvard Department of Economics & Vatsal Khandelwal Department of Economics, Oxford explored the impacts of three interventions in Pakistan: voxdev.org/topic/educatio…
❗️New working paper 'The Signaling Effects of Fiscal Announcements' from our own Francesco Zanetti , and Leonardo Melosi, Anna Rog and Hiroshi Morita. Read more from CEPR...
🌟NEW Episode 11 of the CSAE Research #Podcasts! 'General Equilibrium Effects of Cash Transfers in Kenya (Frisch Medal Award 2024)'. Dennis Egger speaks to Stefan Dercon about the research behind the The Econometric Society Frisch Medal Award winning paper. 🎧csae.ox.ac.uk/general-equili…
I cannot wait to welcome over 50 researchers in matching theory to MATCH-UP workshop next week hosted by Department of Economics, Oxford & St Catz, Oxford. Programme & logistics: dcs.gla.ac.uk/research/algor…. Shout if you want to be included at the last minute! Thanks: Maison Française d'Oxford& European Research Council (ERC) (+OpenAI:))
Do one time large cash grants given to a small group really make a difference to the wider community? Dennis Egger and Stefan Dercon discuss the effects of a GiveDirectly💸 project in Kenya in the CSAE Research Podcasts series. youtu.be/p-MKlFw6uMU?si…
Starting Monday: Department of Economics, Oxford summer school, incl foundations of #ML for #economics: maxkasy.github.io/home/ML_Oxford… New this year: 1) Intro to supervised learning using #python: maxkasy.github.io/home/files/tea… 2) Transformers for language processing maxkasy.github.io/home/files/tea…
Call for Papers is out for the STEG Annual Conf. & Theme Workshops CEPR. Held Department of Economics, Oxford, Jan 8-11, 25. Submit by Oct 6. Broad topic range: structural transf., trade & spatial, industrial policies, political econ. Happy to organise this round w/ Gabriel Ulyssea & Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis🙌
Despite dangers of lead exposure, the UK has no programme to address child lead poisoning. With UKRI funding, Francis DiTraglia will co-lead the development of a test to monitor blood-lead levels in kids, paving the way for nationwide screening. Learn more: bit.ly/3MC1PB8