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Posts by Ashish Sedai
I am thrilled to begin my appointment as a Visiting Scholar at SIEPR, @Stanford this Fall
A special thank you to my mentors @saumjha.bsky.social @Anita Alves Pena , @raymiller.bsky.social and @ramaa vasudevan, collaborators, and colleagues.
#Stanford #SIEPR #Economics #VisitingScholar #Research
Muchas Felicidades!! Enjoy :)
#EMH2025 indeed, great first day with interesting sessions and an excellent keynote by Molly Schnell on a lovely campus with great weather. Looking forward to tomorrow.
It was such a pleasure to join @cinchessen.bsky.social/ @uvabatten.bsky.social at the invitation of @ckronenberg.bsky.social to present this prize and to meet Ashish and all the conference participants
Christoph Kronenberg, organizer of the 2025 CINCH/UVA Batten Economics of Mental Health Workshop, prizewinner Ashish Sedai of UTexas Arlington, and Sam Eyler-Driscoll of Standard Error
Many thanks to the organizers @ckronenberg.bsky.social & @sebastiantt.bsky.social of @cinchessen.bsky.social and @uvabatten.bsky.social for hosting!
๐ We have our winner of the 2nd Standard Error Best Paper Prize at #EMHW25:
โSpousal Relationship & Adolescent Psychosocial Healthโ
by @sedai.bsky.social et al.
Their RCT finds that couples' counseling for parents boosts girlsโ confidence, schooling & mothersโ mental health.
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2025 Workshop successfully concluded with nice sessions, a great keynote by Kosali and the best paper prize.
Thanks to @sebastiantt.bsky.social for hosting and Arnold Ventures for making it possible. Safe travels to everyone.
Beyond thrill to receive the @standarderror.bsky.social best paper prize for our novel effort to improve adolescent psychosocial health through parental relationship interventions
Thank you very much to @standarderror.bsky.social for recognizing our work.
Thank you to the jury.
Yeah, this one.
Extrapolate
Ms. Rachel is lovely!
NBER Children and Families Spring Conference Call for Papers is out! Info Below!
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I think its going to be close. Whatever happens, we will still have 60% of politicians with criminal records.
Well first post here:
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Proud of the work with @raymiller.bsky.social, Lackson and Lauren.
Congrats @tonypajama.bsky.social.
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A paper around your post!
Hi #EconSky! Today at 11amEST/5pmCEST our next #WEFIDEV webinar in #Finance and #Development featuring work of @sedai.bsky.social in ๐ฎ๐ณ and Laura Aquino Arriaga in ๐ฒ๐ฝ. Full schedule on wefidev.com. Pls DM us to join the community
@seankhiggins.bsky.social, Nicola Limodio and Kim Fe Cramer
Our new paper in World Development using contextualized survey to understand how unpaid care affects time-use of men and women. Unpaid caregiving: women lose: Employment, Happiness and Life Satisfaction, what they gain: Leisure.
#econbsky #unpaidwork #care
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#Econsky ๐๐
My colleagues in quantitative marketing and I are looking to hire several pre docs at the University of Chicago Booth starting June. Please spread the word to your best students and apply.
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Here we go! Job: #EconProfessor UT Arlington Start: 09/01/24 Asst./Assoc. Prof. in Econ Arlington Apply by Dec 8: uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/25037 Must-Haves: PhD by Spring '24 Join the Fun! #Econbsky #UTAEcon #ApplyNow . Reach out for Questions.
4. Electrification and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in India - ProQuest
3. Community Electrification and Womenโs Autonomy
Friends and benefits? Endogenous rotating savings and credit associations as alternative for womenโs empowerment in India - ScienceDirect
On this remarkable day for researcher working on issues of gender, I am proud to have been working on issues of gender in developing economies. Here are my papers:
1. Does reliable electrification reduce gender differences? Evidence from India - ScienceDirect
In a world where the measure of conflict's toll is fatality, #Manipur should be in the spotlight just as much as #Israel. Let's shed light on the untold stories and work towards peace. ๐๏ธโจ #EndViolenceWithDialogue #TogetherForChange"
Short introduction: Iโm an assistant prof of Economics at the University of Texas at Arlington. My current research focuses on financial inclusion, innovation and literacy and its impact on household well-being, gendered outcomes inequality and resilience to natural disasters. #EconSky