📄 Last paper for Session 6, with findings on gender biases in hiring in Uganda, by #ClaudeRaisaro @gvagrad.bsky.social on his paper:

"Hidden Gender Discrimination"

Co-authored with Elisa Macchi

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #EconDev #GenderEquality

📚 UP next: "Gender-Based Violence in Schools and Girls’ Education: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique"

by #SofiaAmaral (The World Bank)

Co-authors: Selim Gulesci, Sarita Ore, Aixa Garcia-Ramos, Maria Micaela Sviatschi, and Alejandra Ramos

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #EconDev

💡 Experimental insights on confidence and economic empowerment by #MaddieMcKelway (Dartmouth College) on her paper:

"Women's Self-Efficacy and Economic Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from India"

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #EconDev

🎉 Finally! Session 6 is about to kick off at #CEPRNovaSBE2025!

Chaired by #AlexArmand (NovaSBE & NOVAFRICA)

👇 Follow the papers in this thread:

✨ How do recipients manage aid in times of crisis?
📄 Wrapping up Session 5 with:

"Mental Accounting and Cash Transfers: Experimental Evidence from a Humanitarian Setting"

by #PatricioDalton @tilburg-university.bsky.social

Co-authors: Till Wicker and Daan van Soest

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #EconDev

"Breaking the Gang: A Preventive Approach to Reduce Recruitment in Schools"

by #MicaelaSviatschi @princetonecon.bsky.social

Co-authors: Eleno Castro, Felipe Coy, and Carlos Schmidt-Padilla

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #EconDev

🌞 Good morning from #CEPRNovaSBE2025!

We're back for Day 2 of the @cepr.org Development Economics Symposium 2025, joint with NovaSBE, NOVAFICA @erc.europa.eu.

Stay with us as we begin today's sessions and papers!

#EconDev

🔚 Wrapping up: Displacement and development policy in focus 🧩

#SimondFranklin (Queen Mary University of London, @cepr.org) presents his paper:

"No Place Like Home? Evictions from Central Slums in Addis Ababa"

Co-authors: Gharad Bryan, Tigabu Getahun & Sarah Winton

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #UrbanEcon

🏙️ What works—and for whom?

#JoaquinUrrego @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social presents his paper:

"In-situ Upgrading or Population Relocation? Slum Renewal Policies & Spillovers"

Co-authors: Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro & Raimundo Undurraga

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #UrbanPolicy

🚀 SESSION 4 kicking off at #CEPRNovaSBE2025! (A thread)

Chaired by #GiacomoDeGiorgi (University of Geneva, @cepr.org), we explore the latest research on urban displacement, refugee integration, and slum renewal policies.

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💡 Up next: "Dual Misbeliefs and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Air Purifiers in Bangladesh"

by @martinmattsson.bsky.social (National University of Singapore)

Co-authors: Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Teevrat Garg & Maulik Jagnani

#EconDev #CEPRNovaSBE2025

💡 Insights into how referrals shape firm networks and business growth by #AdamSzeidl @weareceu.bsky.social on his paper:

"Firm-to-firm Referrals"

Co-authors: Jing Cai & Wei Lin

#EconDev #CEPRNovaSBE2025

💥Up next and wrap up for session 2:

"Fighting Silent Killers: How India’s Public Healthcare Staffing Expansion Saves Lives by Improving Access and Market Quality"

by #PatrickAgte @yale.edu

Co-author: Jitendra Kumar Soni

#CEPRNovaSBE2025 #EconsDev

SESSION 2 now live at #CEPRNovaSBE2025! (Thread)

📍Room D-115 Chaired by @erikadeserranno.bsky.social (Bocconi University, NorthwesternU, @cepr.org )

This session dives into public service delivery and healthcare systems.

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🔍 Wrap-up for Session 1 with insights on how fraud detection works under limited state capacity by #LéoCzajka @pse.bsky.social on his paper:

"Fraud Detection Under Limited State Capacity: Experimental Evidence from Senegal"

Co-authors: Bassirou Sarr & Mattea Stein

#CEPRNovaSBE2025

Field evidence from Uganda on how trading networks shape firms’ tax behavior by #JustineKnebelmann @mitofficial.bsky.social
Paper: "Trading Networks and Tax Compliance: Experimental Evidence from Uganda"

Co-authors: Miguel Almunia, David Henning, Dorothy Nakyambadde, & Lin Tian

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