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Aditi Bhowmick

@adibmk.bsky.social
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women and the economy 👩🏽‍💻 currently phd at harvardkennedy www.aditibhowmick.com

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Using surnames, we show that colonial-era hierarchies continue to shape access to Colombia’s best schools and elite social networks, limiting intergenerational mobility through both education and marriage. Read today's article to learn more:
Historical ancestry and access to school quality today
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
🙋🏽‍♀️Are you a woman aspiring to make your mark in politics? Or know someone who is? Thaenkoodu: a non partisan political training program that will train women to run, lead and win in the local body elections of Tamil Nadu (2026) Nomination form here: forms.office.com/r/recRzvs9jg
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Forcibly displaced population inflows generally have neutral or positive effects on native employment and wages, though informal workers and other vulnerable groups may face short-term challenges. voxdev.org/voxdevlit/refugees-and-o…
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David Evans @daveevansphd.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Sometimes nudges backfire. www.cgdev.org/publication/...
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Interesting given all the tech bro podcasts I’ve been seeing that have been questioning getting an in person degree…
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Things i wouldnt be able to do in India - land at 11:50 pm and get into an uber without being stressed out myself and stressing my dad out even more re: safety
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 24/11/2025
The sharp decline in US teenagers’ aspiration to get married and have kids… …is happening almost entirely among girls, not boys. At some point maybe men will start trying harder to understand that. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... | HT @conradhackett.bsky.social @pewresearch.org
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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🆕 Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts Today on VoxDev w/ Elliott Ash, @samasher.bsky.social, @adibmk.bsky.social, Sandeep Bhupatiraju, Daniel Chen, Tanaya Devi, Christoph Goessmann, @novosad.bsky.social & Bilal Siddiqi: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
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Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts
Analysis of over five million criminal cases in India finds no in-group bias in acquittal decisions based on shared religion, gender, or caste – contrasting with patterns documented in other countries...
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Garance Genicot @ggenicot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
4/ Beyond marriage & fertility, we find poorer living standards and adverse health outcomes for mothers of firstborn daughters, including: ⚠️ Higher HIV prevalence ⚠️ Greater acceptance of intimate partner violence (IPV)
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Garance Genicot @ggenicot.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
1/ 🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨 Excited to share our latest research: “Female Firstborn and Family Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa”! on how firstborn daughters influence family structure, marriage, and fertility @mariahdb.bsky.social #EconSky #DevelopmentEconomics #EconPhD www.nber.org/papers/w33505 ⬇️
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Firstborn Daughters and Family Structure in Sub-Saharan Africa
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
FLFP: Bangalore metro morning rush edition (ladies compartment) Also so silly of me deciding to hop in the metro at 9 am 😂
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
when not doing economics… equally slow & trying btw but brings me joy 😊
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Ray Fisman @rfisman.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
#econsky Is it possible to get a measure of keyword search frequency (e.g., Google Trends) by city for India, ideally going back 10 years or so? Grateful for any leads.
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Done with my last ever written exam for life (I think…) and now to churn out some papers 📝 on ⚡️ 👴🏽👩🏽‍🏭👩🏽‍🌾 🇮🇳 till Christmas!
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Malik A. Hussain @malikaltaf.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
📊 New JMP: Religious resistance to smallpox vaccination in colonial India (1868-78): Districts with ⬆️ Hindu population had 0.89-1.98pp ⬇️ vaccination rates, with lasting demographic effects. Using temple desecration sites as IV. Paper: malikahussain.github.io/job_market_p... #EconHistory #EconSky
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Gpt 4o made me a quiz based on my labor econ notes for my field final exam. Not bad at all! I know I should be studying instead of experimenting w GPT atm #EconSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Labor gpt quiz
Here’s a set of quiz questions based on the lecture summaries above. The questions range across key themes and concepts discussed. General Understanding 1. True/False: Monopsony power in labor market...
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Finally read this instead of studying for my labor final (albeit the Lazear 1991 reference). Key 💡 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...
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Opinion | If DOGE Treats Government Like a Business, It Could Be a Disaster (Gift Article)
A lot of what the government does is hard to quantify and involves complicated tasks that inevitably require bureaucratic coordination and, yes, inefficiency.
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Neat chart commissioned by presidential election candidate Fremont circa 1856. Spotted in a museum in Harper’s Ferry WV
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Alice Evans @draliceevans.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Happy International Men’s Day! 🥳 Icymi: what’s hurting the least educated men? And how might that change? open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
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Gabriel Kreindler @thetahat.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
📢📢📢 🌇🌇🌇 🚌🚌🚌 I am hiring a predoctoral fellow to work on projects in urban transportation, spatial and development, using a mix of quantitative and experimental tools. Please share and/or apply! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13401
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Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (Prof Kreindler)
Professor Gabriel Kreindler is seeking a predoctoral fellow. The fellow will work on projects in the areas of urban, spatial and development economics, which involve structural modeling and estimation...
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Aditi Bhowmick @adibmk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Wow this is the paper I was waiting for this whole time!
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Crazy interesting paper in many ways: 1) Voice-enabled GPT-4o conducted 2 hour interviews of 1,052 people 2) GPT-4o agents were given the transcripts & prompted to simulate the people 3) The agents were given surveys & tasks. They achieved 85% accuracy in simulating interviewees real answers!
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