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Manaswini Rao

@manaswini.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Economics University of Delaware | Development, Institutions, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Firms, India Webpage: manaswinirao.com

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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Tomorrow's virtual @gpsindiacenter.bsky.social seminar by Deepti Sharma. Registration details 👇
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
📢 Exciting talk tomorrow on environment regulations and firms' production decisions by Lakshmi Naaraayanan at @gpsindiacenter.bsky.social virtual seminar. Registration details 👇
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Registration details of our first seminar in the Winter '26 series 👇
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Mark your calendar for the winter line up of seminars at the virtual seminar series on the Indian economy @gpsindiacenter.bsky.social 👇
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
#econsky don't miss a great lineup of speakers for the virtual seminar series on the Indian Economy this Fall @gpsindiacenter.bsky.social; topics range from education, spatial labor markets, and environment 👇 details on registration and mailing list
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
#econsky we are inviting self nominations to present your work on the Indian economy at the 21st Century India Center @gpsucsd.bsky.social for slots starting Fall 2025. Here is the form forms.gle/7XoQ5dNF92by... please circulate widely!
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Self-Nomination Form for UC San Diego 21st Century India Center Seminar Series on the Indian Economy
The goal of the UC San Diego 21st Century India Center Seminar Series is to provide a platform for junior scholars to share their research on the Indian economy, engage with a community of scholars, a...
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Our paper (w/ Alain de Janvry and Betty Sadoulet) on the long run diffusion of agricultural technology (flood resistant seeds) will be out in August in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization JEBO. Working paper version and thread 👇https://manaswinirao.com/files/20220713_ss1diffusion.pdf
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
#econsky I am excited to discuss Sampreet Goraya's paper on caste identity and misallocation across Indian firms at the last seminar at the 21CIC India seminar series this academic year. Registration details 👇. Also, stay tuned for info on 2025-26 talks
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
#econsky Mark your calendar to listen to Disha Gupta (IGIDR, Mumbai) present her work on electricity subsidies and groundwater use in Punjab at @GPSIndiaCenter virtual seminar series. Grateful to Sudatta Ray for discussing. Registration details 👇
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
#econsky Join us tomorrow for our virtual seminar on the Indian economy by Chinmaya Kumar (AP @azimpremjiuniv ) on whether workers discriminate jobs based on their employers. @JUNISINGH1 will discuss the work. Registration details below and also on @GPSIndiaCenter 👇
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
#econsky next talk in the Indian economy virtual seminar is by @vaidehitandel.bsky.social (Manchester) on flooding and housing prices in Mumbai. @aradhyasood.bsky.social (UofT) will discuss. Please see registration details below.
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
#econsky Don't forget to register for this week's talk here: gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/HouseholdEnv...
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Household Environmental Attitudes with Raisa Sherif, Max Planck Institute
New research conducted in Bihar looks at the ways parents and children influence each other’s views on sustainability.
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Apurav Bhatiya @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Looking forward to discussing Raisa Sherif’s work at the @UCSDGPSIndiaCenter seminar! Join us next week! Registration link below! #econsky
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Join us next week to learn about intra-hh dynamics (parent-children) around pro-environmental behavior by Raisa Sherif at UCSD GPSIndiaCenter virtual seminar. @apuravbhatiya.bsky.social will discuss the paper. Registration details in QR code below 👇
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Sayahnika Basu @sayahnika.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Join us in a few hours to listen to @AshishKumarSed1 talk about couples therapy and gender-based labor market implications. @livia_alfonsi will discuss the paper. Details below ⬇️ @manaswini.bsky.social @gpsucsd.bsky.social
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
📢 #econsky New year new talks! Register (QR code in the image) to get the details for joining our seminar this month by Ashish Sedai @AshishKumarSed1 on couples therapy and gender-based labor market consequences. And who better to discuss than @livia_alfonsi 🙏
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Sayahnika Basu @sayahnika.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Join us in a few hours to hear about residential schooling and its effects on marginalized students in India. Details below: @manaswini.bsky.social
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
We close Fall '24 virtual seminar series on the Indian economy this Wednesday. Join us to listen to Kartik Srivastava from Harvard present his work on residential schooling and it's effects on marginalized students in India. Registration details india.ucsd.edu/events/semin...
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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 04/12/2024
Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R! stata2r.github.io
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Translating Stata to R
Learning R coming from Stata
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Colleague with watchmaking as a hobby! Can it get any cooler! Fortunate to have @bartonwillage.com as a senior colleague at #UD econ.
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Fantastic paper! #econsky take a look.
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
HUGE public service 🙏🙏
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Bubbling this up. Register here for this week's talk gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/CarbonFootpr...
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Carbon Footprint of Place-Based Economic Policies
Please join us for a virtual paper discussion presented by author Zhanhan Yu and comments made by discussant Danae Hernandez-Cortes.
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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Okay, the first Women in Econ starter pack was such a success that we quickly hit the BlueSky starter pack limit (150 accounts). But, I've got a version 2.0 with even more awesome economists you should follow! go.bsky.app/J6nhkk7
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Join us next week online at UC San Diego India Center to learn about special economic zones and their environmental impact by Zhanhan Yu followed by discussion by Danae Hernandez-Cortes. Register here: gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/CarbonFootpr...
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Carbon Footprint of Place-Based Economic Policies
Please join us for a virtual paper discussion presented by author Zhanhan Yu and comments made by discussant Danae Hernandez-Cortes.
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David McKenzie @dmckenzie.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
while clearing forests for infrastructure in India has large environmental costs, I demonstrate that it also has progressive distributional benefits especially for smaller projects in densely populated areas - today’s job market post by Sunny Mitra of Berkeley blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...
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Who benefits from deforestation for infrastructure in India? Guest post by Sayantan (Sunny) Mitra
Who benefits from deforestation for infrastructure in India? Guest post by Sayantan (Sunny) Mitra
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Adrienne Lucas @profalucas.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Inaugural #UDelaware Economics Department #BlueHenEconomicsClub football tailgate was a great success! Thank you for organizing #EYetter #OBerchuk #JButler! #GoBlueHens!
Picture of 12 people standing in front of an off-white RV.
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Please join us next week at @GPSIndiaCenter to listen to @suannaoh talk about flexible labor contracts with discussion by @soumitrashukla9 . Register here gps-ucsd.zohobackstage.com/WorkerAbsenc...
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 23/01/2024
We are back with the #21CIC @GPS_UCSD India seminar series this Winter/Spring with Yusuf Neggers (U Michigan) presenting his joint work on bureaucratic performance tomorrow (01/24) at 830 am Pacific time. Hat tip ShahBano (Occidental) for agreeing to discuss. Details tinyurl.com/mvvy3k67
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Please share widely in your networks! UDelaware is an amazing place and hiring many economists across Econ and Biden School. Happy to answer any questions.
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Manaswini Rao @manaswini.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
First post on #EconSky: Newish WP on Agri technology diffusion: we leverage experimental variation in the introduction of a new paddy variety known for flood resistance on subsequent diffusion. Read more 👇
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The role of caste in agricultural technology diffusion
Local social structures, such as the jati-caste system in India, can play an important role in the extent of diffusion of new and beneficial agricultural technologies. This article builds on an existi...
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