Seema Jayachandran

@seema_econ

Development economist. Tweets mostly about economics + other social science research that catches my fancy.

Chicago, IL
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Joined August 2016
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 29

    Lessons for US health care from India’s rural "employment guarantee" program. My NYT Economic View column.

    4 replies 57 retweets 85 likes
  2. 9 hours ago
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    The photo is of the gorgeous view* of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline from the RA's office in the Kellogg Global Hub. *Periscope-assisted.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    Come join the exciting development econ group at Northwestern as a full-time RA, start date June 2018. Apply thru J-PAL. Great prep for PhD.

    2 replies 26 retweets 19 likes
  4. Retweeted
    Nov 18
    Replying to

    's paper on stunting in India is the one I've talked about most in the last few months

    1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
  5. Nov 18

    Interested in early childhood educ or women's employment in India? Come work w/ & me as RA in Bangalore starting June 2018.

    It's that time of year! J-PAL's annual recruitment drive starts Monday - with more than 130 open research, policy, education, and training jobs at J-PAL and partner orgs. Check out our Careers page for more info: .
    16 retweets 35 likes
  6. Retweeted
    Nov 17

    Validating claims with an RCT increases NGO donation. Journal of Development Effectiveness:

    2 replies 28 retweets 19 likes
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    Nov 16

    Article by on examples how policymakers can apply lessons from evaluations conducted in other parts of the world

    9 retweets 14 likes
  8. Retweeted
    Nov 15

    Quiz time! Can you guess what & colleagues found in Uganda when they offered farmers $$ to NOT cut down trees?

    2 replies 4 retweets 1 like
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    Nov 15

    A great, but depressing paper by Female surgeons are punished for surgery deaths, while male surgeons aren't

    1 reply 67 retweets 67 likes
  10. Nov 9
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    It's a full-time job selecting + editing research papers, think pieces, etc. for Science + writing synopses of them. Based in DC or Cambridge UK. PhD in social science required.

    1 retweet 6 likes
  11. Nov 9

    Hey econ job market candidates! Like writing? Here's a high-impact job. You'll read/curate/improve a broad range of research.

    is hiring a social sciences editor. You'll shape how Science covers econ, poli sci, psych, etc. Spread the word!
    1 reply 43 retweets 60 likes
  12. Nov 7

    Welcome to Twitter to my economics colleagues, (Matt Notowidigdo) & (both tenured...)

    What good is tenure if I can’t spend time on Twitter?
    1 reply 1 retweet 18 likes
  13. Retweeted
    Nov 6

    Dear US friends: here's Australian mass shootings 1979-2016 (via ). See if you can figure out when we passed our gun reforms.

    211 replies 1,679 retweets 2,050 likes
  14. Nov 6
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    I didn't realize that all 3 authors of "Frontier Culture" are on Twitter. "and coauthors" = & .

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  15. Nov 6

    How the "American frontier" culture emerged, and its persistence. Very creative paper by and coauthors.

    5 replies 63 retweets 156 likes
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    Nov 4

    84% of voters who can vote until 8p are white, 49% who can only vote until 7p are people of color. Demand Cobb Co

    283 replies 5,710 retweets 4,875 likes
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    Nov 3

    Fantastic presentation today at of this paper by on intra-household inefficiencies

    1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
  18. Retweeted
    Nov 1

    Important to focus on market power in distribution chain—insightful research by Lauren Bergquist

    9 retweets 16 likes
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    Oct 31

    Great job market paper by on the effects of noise on productivity and cognitive function

    25 retweets 47 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Oct 30

    If you're worried about American democracy, the best single thing you can do is to ensure that you+everyone you know are registered to vote--and actually do vote, every election, every time.

    2 replies 51 retweets 86 likes
  21. Retweeted
    Oct 28

    "Free-riding in the household": Evidence from electricity consumption in Zambia! by Jack, , & Rao

    2 replies 19 retweets 23 likes

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