Palaash Bhargava
@palaashbhargava.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Chicago
Development and Labour Economist focusing on Social Networks and Education.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/palaashbhargava
Development and Labour Economist focusing on Social Networks and Education.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/palaashbhargava
Reposted by Palaash Bhargava
Ancestral origins of attention to environmental issues
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@arxiv-econ-gn.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow César Barilla and @palaashbhargava.bsky.social
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@arxiv-econ-gn.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow César Barilla and @palaashbhargava.bsky.social
Ancestral origins of attention to environmental issues
How does the climatic experience of previous generations affect today's attention to environmental questions? Using self-reported beliefs and environmental themes in folklore, we show empirically…
doi.org
September 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ancestral origins of attention to environmental issues
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@arxiv-econ-gn.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow César Barilla and @palaashbhargava.bsky.social
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
@arxiv-econ-gn.bsky.social preprint by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow César Barilla and @palaashbhargava.bsky.social
1/ Ever wondered if your ethnic ancestors' climatic experiences shape how you think about the environment today? 🌍🔥
In a new WP with Cesar Barilla, we find a U-shaped link between ancestral climate variability & attention to the environment today.
#Climate #Culture #EconSky
In a new WP with Cesar Barilla, we find a U-shaped link between ancestral climate variability & attention to the environment today.
#Climate #Culture #EconSky
March 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Reposted by Palaash Bhargava
How parents are affected when their child goes to college or receives a grant, from Palaash Bhargava, @econsandy.bsky.social, Jeff Denning, Robert W. Fairlie, and Oded Gurantz https://www.nber.org/papers/w33497
February 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
How parents are affected when their child goes to college or receives a grant, from Palaash Bhargava, @econsandy.bsky.social, Jeff Denning, Robert W. Fairlie, and Oded Gurantz https://www.nber.org/papers/w33497
Reposted by Palaash Bhargava
How are parents affected by their kid going to college? How are they affected when their kid gets a scholarship or grant?
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
February 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
How are parents affected by their kid going to college? How are they affected when their kid gets a scholarship or grant?
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
New working paper with @palaashbhargava.bsky.social @econsandy.bsky.social @odedgurantz.bsky.social and Rob Fairlie
www.nber.org/papers/w33497
Thanks for the bump, @sweiwang.bsky.social !
@palaashbhargava.bsky.social JMP two-tier randomized deskmate matching in India to target isolate students and finds key tradeoff: within classroom, benefits from low-low pairing but high-low pairing better for social cohesion at classroom level palaashbhargava.github.io/Updated_JM_B... #econjmp
December 25, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Thanks for the bump, @sweiwang.bsky.social !
This is such an important point that often gets ignored from a policy perspective. I think one way of making meaningful headway is to lean into sociological responses and be wary of policy recommendations based on the actual level of randomization.
Also, peer effects are deeply annoying for policy analysis because they imply:
the partial equilibrium results in many papers (estimated impacts of a given teacher/school/policy)
don't necessarily equal
the general equilibrium impacts (once kids re-sort in response to policy changes).
the partial equilibrium results in many papers (estimated impacts of a given teacher/school/policy)
don't necessarily equal
the general equilibrium impacts (once kids re-sort in response to policy changes).
I asked my students what topic in our economics of education class was most important for education policy.
Nearly all of them chose "peer effects".
(Perhaps reflecting my own evolution from ignoring peer effects to thinking they explain a huge fraction of education phenomena.)
Nearly all of them chose "peer effects".
(Perhaps reflecting my own evolution from ignoring peer effects to thinking they explain a huge fraction of education phenomena.)
December 18, 2024 at 5:04 PM
This is such an important point that often gets ignored from a policy perspective. I think one way of making meaningful headway is to lean into sociological responses and be wary of policy recommendations based on the actual level of randomization.
Posting a little late but new blogpost from World Bank Development Impact on my job market paper.
Peer matching interventions often require a nuanced understanding of how direct vs general equilibrium effects can operate differently.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
#EconSky
Peer matching interventions often require a nuanced understanding of how direct vs general equilibrium effects can operate differently.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
#EconSky
To pair or not to pair isolated students with more popular peers? Trade-offs in deskmate plans for socio-emotional growth. Guest post by Palaash Bhargava
blogs.worldbank.org
December 12, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Posting a little late but new blogpost from World Bank Development Impact on my job market paper.
Peer matching interventions often require a nuanced understanding of how direct vs general equilibrium effects can operate differently.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
#EconSky
Peer matching interventions often require a nuanced understanding of how direct vs general equilibrium effects can operate differently.
blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
#EconSky
Reposted by Palaash Bhargava
Today’s #econjmp post is by @palaashbhargava.bsky.social, who does a RCT in India to examine how peer interactions work within and across classrooms. He shows tradeoffs from pairing isolated kids with popular kids vs each other blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Palaash Bhargava (@palaashbhargava.bsky.social)
PhD student at Columbia University
Development and Labour Economist focusing on Social Networks and Education.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/palaashbhargava
palaashbhargava.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Today’s #econjmp post is by @palaashbhargava.bsky.social, who does a RCT in India to examine how peer interactions work within and across classrooms. He shows tradeoffs from pairing isolated kids with popular kids vs each other blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
1/ 🤔 Ever wondered if pairing socially isolated students with popular peers helps or hurts their outcomes?
My job market paper explores this through a large-scale RCT across Indian schools.
Thread below 🧵
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #JMP
My job market paper explores this through a large-scale RCT across Indian schools.
Thread below 🧵
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #JMP
November 27, 2024 at 1:45 AM
1/ 🤔 Ever wondered if pairing socially isolated students with popular peers helps or hurts their outcomes?
My job market paper explores this through a large-scale RCT across Indian schools.
Thread below 🧵
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #JMP
My job market paper explores this through a large-scale RCT across Indian schools.
Thread below 🧵
#EconSky #EconJobMarket #JMP