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Disaster relief can discourage people from adapting to future disasters – for example, by reducing incentives to relocate. But in low-income settings, cash relief can also ease liquidity constraints and enable adaptation. Read today's article to learn more:

VoxDev@voxdev.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🆕 Do disaster-relief cash transfers trap people in risky areas, or help them adapt? Today on VoxDev, Muhammad Bin Khalid (Harvard) & Martin Mattsson (NUS) discuss how disaster relief enabled climate adaptation in Pakistan: https://ow.ly/XAgU50YiFE7

Are you interested in a career in quantitative social science? At NUS Economics, Finance, and Public Policy we are looking to hire several full-time pre-doc research assistants. Apply here: fass.nus.edu.sg/ecs/pre-doc-... #econ_ra

The #MeToo movement led to a 10% jump in sex crime reports and the effect lasted over 2 years. ✅ More reporting ✅ More arrests ❌ Not just more crimes ✅ Impact across race & income Social movements can change high-stakes behavior. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I can confirm, he is young, he is cool, and great coauthor and friend!

Jessica Leight@leightjessica.bsky.social · last yr.

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @siddyg88 @NUSingapore who works on topics related to development, political economy + labor

Very grateful to Peter Singer for giving a guest lecture in our class on Effective Altruism. The class was developed by Joel Chow and I and aims to explain EA principles and real world applications of these principles. Taught as an interdisciplinary course at NUS tinyurl.com/bckpychc

My paper "Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service" is now forthcoming in AEJ:Applied. It has been a great experience working with @aeajournals.bsky.social, Ben Olken, the reviewers, and @aeadata.bsky.social

AEA Journals@aeajournals.bsky.social · 2y ago

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Information Systems, Service Delivery, and Corruption: Evidence From the Bangladesh Civil Service" by Martin Mattsson. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Two misconceptions about air quality and air purifier efficacy hold back adoption of a beneficial technology. Nice summary on @voxdev.bsky.social of Chaudhury, @teevrat.bsky.social, @maulikjagnani.bsky.social, @martinmattsson.bsky.social working paper. voxdev.org/topic/energy...

Dual misbeliefs and technology adoption: Evidence from air purifiers in Bangladesh

Households in Bangladesh hold inaccurate beliefs about indoor air pollution and the effectiveness of air purifiers. Correcting both beliefs is necessary to increase the adoption and use of air purifie...

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