Surveying recent research on changing culture and social norms in developing countries and proposing a simple framework to interpret these changes, from Eliana La Ferrara and David H. Yanagizawa-Drott www.nber.org/papers/w34784
Additional household income reduces children's involvement in the child protection system. Just Accepted new paper by Katherine Rittenhouse zurl.co/ZvcCp
Submit your development economics papers to the BREAD Mexico conference! Submission deadline is Jun 19. Conference is Oct 23-24 at ITAM in Mexico City. bread-mexico-2026.github.io
AI-powered mental health apps are all the rage.
But do they work?
This new experiment on women in Mexico says they do!
The @aefpweb.bsky.social EdDev group meets F Feb 13, 11am EST. Presenters:
@isaacahimbisibwe.bsky.social: "Academic Outcomes of a Gender Quota Policy in University STEM Programs"
@roohgulzari.bsky.social: "Improving Parental Engagement in Foundational Learning"
Join us! Contact me for Zoom link.