Zain Chaudhry
@zainchaudhry.bsky.social
Economist @ DIME, World Bank. Behavioral and Development Economics.
www.zainchaudhry.com
www.zainchaudhry.com
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💥New Working Paper!💥 Women in Peru🇵🇪 spend 3 to 4 hours per day more than men in unpaid domestic and care work, regardless of their labour force participation. With colleagues @mcgill.ca and GRADE, we wanted to see whether beliefs about gender norms could help explain this pattern.
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
💥New Working Paper!💥 Women in Peru🇵🇪 spend 3 to 4 hours per day more than men in unpaid domestic and care work, regardless of their labour force participation. With colleagues @mcgill.ca and GRADE, we wanted to see whether beliefs about gender norms could help explain this pattern.
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New paper with @instrumenthull.bsky.social and Michal Kolesár on leniency/judge IV designs.
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New paper with @instrumenthull.bsky.social and Michal Kolesár on leniency/judge IV designs.
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
This article is targeted for the Journal of Economic Perspectives, and so we wrote it with the goal of being accessible to a wide range of users, including advanced undergrads!🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2511.03572
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Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
September 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Many interventions “work” in small trials but fail at scale
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
Also, EdTech often promises much, but delivers little
In a new paper (bit.ly/3JKLgVn)
@karthik-econ.bsky.social
& I show how personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software can sharply improve learning outcomes at scale🧵1/16
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Identifying the effect of subtitling in comparing English to math skills in European countries that do and do not use subtitles, from Frauke Baumeister, Eric A. Hanushek, and Ludger Woessmann https://www.nber.org/papers/w33984
July 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Identifying the effect of subtitling in comparing English to math skills in European countries that do and do not use subtitles, from Frauke Baumeister, Eric A. Hanushek, and Ludger Woessmann https://www.nber.org/papers/w33984
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Our work now published showing how better AI can improve both accuracy and diversity in hiring relative to supervised learning tools and status-quo human hiring.
Li, @lindseyraymond.bsky.social & @peterbergman.bsky.social show that incorporating exploration into an interview screening algorithm improves demographic diversity & hiring efficiency, while traditional supervised learning-only tools improve hiring rates at the expense of minority applicants.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Our work now published showing how better AI can improve both accuracy and diversity in hiring relative to supervised learning tools and status-quo human hiring.
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The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
Aerial view westward over the Blatten deposit and the newly formed lake upstream! 🧊🌊
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
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In the most recent issue of @restatjournal.bsky.social (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...), we (Kaspar Wuthrich and @karthik-econ.bsky.social) provide guidance on how to analyze and design experiments with factorial designs (or cross-cuts). A 🧵 below:
May 28, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In the most recent issue of @restatjournal.bsky.social (direct.mit.edu/rest/article...), we (Kaspar Wuthrich and @karthik-econ.bsky.social) provide guidance on how to analyze and design experiments with factorial designs (or cross-cuts). A 🧵 below:
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Forthcoming in the AER: "Mission Motivation and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan" by Muhammad Yasir Khan. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Mission Motivation and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper studies, through a randomized field experiment involving community
health workers in Pakistan, if public sector organizations can improve worker performance
by inves...
www.aeaweb.org
April 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Forthcoming in the AER: "Mission Motivation and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan" by Muhammad Yasir Khan. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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This is a pretty remarkable set of results. I got fixated on adults in this, since it seems like a big change!
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
March 16, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is a pretty remarkable set of results. I got fixated on adults in this, since it seems like a big change!
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
One fact that I discovered by digging into the original reports is that this masks some pretty interesting heterogeneity:
www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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This figure shows the key result on profits: over 2 years men and women have similar average and quantile treatment effects, with profits growing $61-65/month (for a $750 training). After 7 years, treatment effects on profits for men are $148/month, vs $39/month for women. 2/3
March 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This figure shows the key result on profits: over 2 years men and women have similar average and quantile treatment effects, with profits growing $61-65/month (for a $750 training). After 7 years, treatment effects on profits for men are $148/month, vs $39/month for women. 2/3
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In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
Personal initiative training continues to yield positive benefits after 7 years, but impacts vary with gender
blogs.worldbank.org
March 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's blog, I summarize 7-7.5 year impacts of a RCT we did in Togo that tested personal initiative (PI) training against a control and traditional business training. PI training has large and growing impacts for men, which diverge from those for women 1/3 blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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We streamlined six new DID-like estimators and created this tutorial for implementation in R.
yiqingxu.org/packages/fec...
Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them.
yiqingxu.org/packages/fec...
Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them.
February 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
We streamlined six new DID-like estimators and created this tutorial for implementation in R.
yiqingxu.org/packages/fec...
Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them.
yiqingxu.org/packages/fec...
Hope you no longer need to spend months figuring out what these estimators are and how to use them.
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@Antoinedeeb.bsky.social and I have new paper and Stata commands, to estimate & predict treatment-effect heterogeneity in multi-site RCTs! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Estimators computed by multisite_varITT multisite_regITT and multisite_varLATE Stata packages, available from SSC.
Estimators computed by multisite_varITT multisite_regITT and multisite_varLATE Stata packages, available from SSC.
February 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
@Antoinedeeb.bsky.social and I have new paper and Stata commands, to estimate & predict treatment-effect heterogeneity in multi-site RCTs! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Estimators computed by multisite_varITT multisite_regITT and multisite_varLATE Stata packages, available from SSC.
Estimators computed by multisite_varITT multisite_regITT and multisite_varLATE Stata packages, available from SSC.
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I’ve created a dashboard that projects potential GDP losses for countries if ongoing tariff escalations trigger a global trade war.
I’ll be updating it soon with the latest data.
alashkar.pages.iu.edu/GlobalTariff...
I’ll be updating it soon with the latest data.
alashkar.pages.iu.edu/GlobalTariff...
February 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I’ve created a dashboard that projects potential GDP losses for countries if ongoing tariff escalations trigger a global trade war.
I’ll be updating it soon with the latest data.
alashkar.pages.iu.edu/GlobalTariff...
I’ll be updating it soon with the latest data.
alashkar.pages.iu.edu/GlobalTariff...
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🚨 Oprea (2024 AER) argued that prospect theory choice anomalies were not due to risk, but due to complexity-driven mistakes.
But this new analysis convinces me that Oprea (2024) is substantially wrong. In my opinion, the paper should be retracted.
But this new analysis convinces me that Oprea (2024) is substantially wrong. In my opinion, the paper should be retracted.
A new working paper with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social and Robert Walatka, just submitted to SSRN.
The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.
The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.
The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
February 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
🚨 Oprea (2024 AER) argued that prospect theory choice anomalies were not due to risk, but due to complexity-driven mistakes.
But this new analysis convinces me that Oprea (2024) is substantially wrong. In my opinion, the paper should be retracted.
But this new analysis convinces me that Oprea (2024) is substantially wrong. In my opinion, the paper should be retracted.
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The Great Recession widened income gaps between alumni of elite and less selective universities, in part because prestigious firms narrowed their recruiting strategies to focus on the elites.
New in AEJ: Policy from UIUC's Russell Weinsten:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
New in AEJ: Policy from UIUC's Russell Weinsten:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
January 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Great Recession widened income gaps between alumni of elite and less selective universities, in part because prestigious firms narrowed their recruiting strategies to focus on the elites.
New in AEJ: Policy from UIUC's Russell Weinsten:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
New in AEJ: Policy from UIUC's Russell Weinsten:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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We recently added several analyses to our paper on the employment effects of a $1000/month guaranteed income. 🚨
These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage/ divorce and benefits, among other outcomes.
Read on for results! 1/
These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage/ divorce and benefits, among other outcomes.
Read on for results! 1/
January 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
We recently added several analyses to our paper on the employment effects of a $1000/month guaranteed income. 🚨
These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage/ divorce and benefits, among other outcomes.
Read on for results! 1/
These new analyses include, for the first time, administrative data on income and employment and results for marriage/ divorce and benefits, among other outcomes.
Read on for results! 1/
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Living closer to the resettlement sites of ethnic minorities in Malaysia reduced voter’s preference for ethno-nationalistic politics by improving economic outcomes and enhancing the frequency of casual inter-ethnic contact in shared public spaces.
🆕 How does interacting with other ethnicities shape political attitudes?
Today on VoxDev, @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social and @gedeonlim89.bsky.social explore the impacts of living closer to resettlement sites of ethnic minorities in Malaysia: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
Today on VoxDev, @chuncheekokecon.bsky.social and @gedeonlim89.bsky.social explore the impacts of living closer to resettlement sites of ethnic minorities in Malaysia: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
How does interacting with other ethnicities shape political attitudes?
Living closer to the resettlement sites of ethnic minorities in Malaysia reduced voter’s preference for ethno-nationalistic politics by improving economic outcomes and enhancing the frequency of casua...
voxdev.org
January 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Living closer to the resettlement sites of ethnic minorities in Malaysia reduced voter’s preference for ethno-nationalistic politics by improving economic outcomes and enhancing the frequency of casual inter-ethnic contact in shared public spaces.
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The LA wildfires have given landlords an opportunity to raise rents. California has anti-price-gouging regulation that might prevent that.
If you want to step beyond Econ 101, here’s a recent Econometrica paper that shows how price caps can raise welfare.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3...
If you want to step beyond Econ 101, here’s a recent Econometrica paper that shows how price caps can raise welfare.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Econometrica | Econometric Society Journal | Wiley Online Library
Policymakers frequently use price regulations as a response to inequality in the markets they control. In this paper, we examine the optimal structure of such policies from the perspective of mechani...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The LA wildfires have given landlords an opportunity to raise rents. California has anti-price-gouging regulation that might prevent that.
If you want to step beyond Econ 101, here’s a recent Econometrica paper that shows how price caps can raise welfare.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3...
If you want to step beyond Econ 101, here’s a recent Econometrica paper that shows how price caps can raise welfare.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3...
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Here we go.
Lecture 1: Introduction
psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
I will add lectures in a proper GitHub repo later and polish them further.
Hope these will find people in need!
Lecture 1: Introduction
psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
I will add lectures in a proper GitHub repo later and polish them further.
Hope these will find people in need!
December 29, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Here we go.
Lecture 1: Introduction
psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
I will add lectures in a proper GitHub repo later and polish them further.
Hope these will find people in need!
Lecture 1: Introduction
psantanna.com/DiD/01_Intro...
I will add lectures in a proper GitHub repo later and polish them further.
Hope these will find people in need!
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We've significantly updated our paper on modeling + measuring systemic discrimination! Check it out:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ab5yx...
(cc @aleximas.bsky.social + @aislinnbohren.bsky.social!)
A short 🧵 on what's new...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ab5yx...
(cc @aleximas.bsky.social + @aislinnbohren.bsky.social!)
A short 🧵 on what's new...
December 15, 2024 at 3:20 PM
We've significantly updated our paper on modeling + measuring systemic discrimination! Check it out:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ab5yx...
(cc @aleximas.bsky.social + @aislinnbohren.bsky.social!)
A short 🧵 on what's new...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ab5yx...
(cc @aleximas.bsky.social + @aislinnbohren.bsky.social!)
A short 🧵 on what's new...
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New @cgdev.org policy paper:
*MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out.
We examine why, and how to go faster.
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*MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out.
We examine why, and how to go faster.
🧵
December 16, 2024 at 11:37 AM
New @cgdev.org policy paper:
*MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out.
We examine why, and how to go faster.
🧵
*MALARIA VACCINES* are a huge scientific breakthrough. But the world is dragging its feet on rolling them out.
We examine why, and how to go faster.
🧵
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A practical guide to recent econometric advances with shift-share instruments, from Kirill Borusyak, Peter Hull, and Xavier Jaravel https://www.nber.org/papers/w33236
December 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
A practical guide to recent econometric advances with shift-share instruments, from Kirill Borusyak, Peter Hull, and Xavier Jaravel https://www.nber.org/papers/w33236
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📣 Our paper "How to improve education outcomes most efficiently" was recently published in the Journal of Development Economics! Co-authored w/ @daveevansphd.bsky.social Filmer Glennerster Sabarwal Rogers. Rewarding to see this work inform research & policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 9, 2024 at 9:07 PM
📣 Our paper "How to improve education outcomes most efficiently" was recently published in the Journal of Development Economics! Co-authored w/ @daveevansphd.bsky.social Filmer Glennerster Sabarwal Rogers. Rewarding to see this work inform research & policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...