Vaishnavi Surendra
vaishnavisur.bsky.social
Vaishnavi Surendra
@vaishnavisur.bsky.social
Economist | Postdoc Researcher at Precision Development (PxD)

https://www.vaishnavisurendra.com/
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Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.

Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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In today’s @hindustan-times.bsky.social:

“Crossing the red lines on the right to free speech,” a.k.a. “Does the Constitution only protect ‘patriotic’ speech?” —

www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/cros...
www.hindustantimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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🚨PhD alert! In light of everything happening in the world, the Econ Department at Imperial College is conducting a second round of admissions for fall 2025! Applications due April 30, offers in mid-May. Please spread the word! More details:

#EconPhD @mondpanther.bsky.social @samasher.bsky.social
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April 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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We are thrilled to share the program for the WEFIDEV-RFS-@cepr.org Conference on #Finance and #Development, with an RFS dual submission! Thanks everyone for contributing. See you in March at LSE!

Organized w @giorgiabarboni.bsky.social, Kim Fe Cramer, Nicola Limodio

www.wefidev.com/2025-confere...
WEFIDEV - 2025 CONFERENCE PROGRAM
www.wefidev.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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I'll be teaching Development Economics to PhD students later this year and really psyched for it.

If you feel inclined to be a giant upon whose shoulders I could stand, I'd love to see the PhD dev syllabus from a class you think worked well.
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February 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Thanks for highlighting my work, @leightjessica.bsky.social !
Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vivmzpwk4x6he42sadwdykee" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@vaishnavisur.bsky.social @vaishnavisur currently at PxD who works on topics related to climate change, agriculture + gender
www.vaishnavisurendr...
February 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Long-overdue on 2024 recap of cool young researcher! #econtwitter #econsky My favorite part of social media + it's exciting to highlight a year's worth of exciting researchers. (Given cross-platform posting, won't link to the original 🧵s but direct to researcher sites)
January 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Our penultimate #econjmp is by Luisa Cefala (Berkeley), who shows how farmer workers can be reluctant to share skills when technology is rival - workers don't share row planting skill but do share composting knowledge. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
When sharing is not caring: Knowledge Hoarding as a Barrier to Agricultural Innovation. Guest post by Luisa Cefala.
blogs.worldbank.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Save the date! Announcing the inaugural BIG SKY WORKSHOP on the Economics of Agriculture and the Environment

Hosted by Montana State University and PERC in Bozeman, MT -- June 19-20, 2025

Call for abstracts in January. Travel funding available for grad students

www.bigskyworkshop.net
December 11, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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Respondents who received evening surveys (4pm-8pm) were 2.8 percentage points less likely than respondents who received morning surveys (6am-12pm) to self-report IPV - today's #econjmp by Katherine Theiss (Fordham) on how survey methods affect IPV estimates blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Uncounted: how survey implementation methods miss 3 million annual cases of intimate partner violence worldwide. Guest post by Katherine Theiss
blogs.worldbank.org
December 6, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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Trying out this starter pack thing. Ag/Dev economists, let me know who I've missed!

#EconSky

go.bsky.app/Fhdu7mW
November 17, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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Okay, the first Women in Econ starter pack was such a success that we quickly hit the BlueSky starter pack limit (150 accounts). But, I've got a version 2.0 with even more awesome economists you should follow!

go.bsky.app/J6nhkk7
I’ve made a Women in Econ starter pack (s/o @vinisingh.bsky.social for sparking the idea!). Share, follow, and comment below if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/LqBPkQZ
November 13, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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"We find that violence against women is common, that most violence against women is not reported to the police, that violence by husbands is less likely to be reported than violence by others, & that the reporting of violence has not improved over the last decade & a half"
www.epw.in/journal/2024...
Violence against Women in India
Understanding trends in the extent of violence against women can be helpful in challenging violence against women and gender inequality. In this paper, we compare the incidence of violence, as measure...
www.epw.in
September 26, 2024 at 4:48 PM
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Updated lists of #DevEcon people. Added 70ish people. Bluesky nuked my list at one point so if you got dropped, it was not intentional. Please let me know if you would like to be added, or if there is anyone I'm missing!

Part 1 go.bsky.app/7dWAEXe and part 2 go.bsky.app/2RbAeCP
September 13, 2024 at 10:06 AM