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
New WP w/ @raissafabregas @antoniaavazquez
An AI-powered mental health app improves mental health (depression, anxiety, stress, wellbeing) by 0.3 SD at 6 months, with other positive impacts: tiny.cc/rz71101 1/
"comments that criticize or correct a published study are 20% to 40% less likely than regular papers to have a female author"
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Abstract. This paper examines the authorship of postpublication criticisms in the scientific literature, with a focus on gender differences. Bibliometrics from journals in the natural and social scien...doi.org
AI-powered mental health apps are all the rage.
But do they work?
This new experiment on women in Mexico says they do!
Additional household income reduces children's involvement in the child protection system. Just Accepted new paper by Katherine Rittenhouse zurl.co/ZvcCp
Abstract. I provide new evidence of the effects of income on child maltreatment. I exploit a discontinuity in child-related tax benefits, which results in
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
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.
