@hsternberg
PhD Candidate in Economics @TUM&FAU | MSc in Development Economics from Göttingen | Inequality, Gender, Social Preferences | Guardian of the Kelp by night https://sites.google.com/view/henrikesternberg/about
The Nazis stopped Jewish doctors from practising, so thousands of them left the country (my great grandfather was one of them). So many left that this was a good natural experiment for estimating the causal effect of losing doctors on infant mortality (& thousands died)
Recently accepted by #QJE: “Insuring peace: Index-based livestock insurance, droughts, and conflict,” by Gehring (@kaigehring.bsky.social) and Schaudt (@paulschaudt.bskz.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Rare sighting in the latest JDE #econtwitter #econsky: a paper about Somalia!
Brar et al. show that an intervention targeting gender norms shifts support for gender-equitable norms + aspirations; novel lab-in-the-field evidence of enhanced ability to withstand peer pressure
Abstract of "Women's Power in the Household": We examine women's household power in low- and middle-income countries, synthesizing theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence on its measurement, determinants, and consequences. We define women's household power as their influence over household choices, distinguishing it from broader empowerment concepts. We review economic models, including unitary, collective, and bargaining frameworks, and map these to empirical approaches. We then discuss measurement methods such as structural estimation of consumption allocation, survey measures, and laboratory experiments. On the determinants of women's power, we find that some approaches, such as transfers targeted to women, show mixed results, while others, such as increasing women's control over their earnings, show clearer positive impacts. On the effects of women's power, we pay special attention to children's human capital. Few studies provide strong evidence that mothers invest more in children than fathers do, but collectively the evidence suggests such an effect. We conclude by highlighting research and methodological gaps.
New NBER working paper with Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs.
I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap.
NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605
Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
Excited to post the latest version of my JMP: The female labor supply constraints of spousal jealousy bit.ly/4nn9apn
I use two field experiments to study the role of spousal jealousy in constraining married women’s employment. More below 👇:
We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving."
Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.
🆕 Demand for ‘safe space’: How women-only transit cars reduced harassment while reinforcing harmful gender norms in Brazil
@fkondylis.bsky.social (World Bank), Arianna Legovini, @katevyborny.bsky.social, Astrid Zwager & Luiza Andrade (@devinnovationlab.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/infras...
📢 New paper in the Economic Journal (@resmedia.bsky.social):
👉 Differences in patience can account for substantial regional variation in educational achievement within countries
Data on Facebook interests allow us to derive regional measures of patience
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@jisteinert.bsky.social, Andreas Landmann, and I are organizing a Bavarian PhD Workshop in Development Economics in July! Goal is to strengthen the regional network among PhD students in Bavaria who work on DevEcon. Please spread the word and apply/drop by! :) Deadline May 4.
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Ever look around at your friends/colleagues/neighbors all having kids at the same time as you + feel like you should do what they do? Fascinating new paper in AEJ-App shows us that you're not alone, + those peer influences matter! @BarbaraBoelmann #econtwitter #econsky
In addition to being morally wrong this is also just plain old wrong as shown by research by @kevinshih.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Out today in World Development Perspectives: Our paper on #ethics & #equity failures faced by research staff collecting data in LMIC contexts
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@tum.de @garciahdezana.bsky.social
USAID What’s Happening & Why it Matters
What can you do about the assault on USAID?
Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Holy forking shirt balls
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
Today's #econjmp by @rollykapoor.bsky.social is an RCT with women seeking jobs in Delhi. Matching them with other job-searching women and coordinating interview times makes them much more likely to show up for an interview & job-seeking together then persists blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
I am on the #EconJobMarket !
🚨 JMP Alert 🚨
Individuals fail to incorporate information held by their spouses. Is it because they are generally reluctant to learn from their spouse?
In my #JMP, I show: NO! It's because communication is challenging in the absence of expertise.
🧵below:
Excited to share my #JMP!🎉
"Do NGOs Matter for Development? Evidence from Pakistan"
NGOs often fill gaps left by limited public spending on health, education, etc.📚🏥But do NGOs truly move the needle on development? Let’s dive in!👇🧵[/10]
(www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pe7oz...)
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