Seema Jayachandran

Northwestern University - Department of Economics

Associate Professor

2003 Sheridan Road

Evanston, IL 60208

United States

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The Jeffords Effect

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The Jeffords Effect

UCLA Economics Working Paper
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 08 Jan 2005
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Campaign contributions, political parties, event study, political influence

The Jeffords Effect

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 397-425, October 2006
Posted: 28 Nov 2006
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

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Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 20-102
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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small businesses, female entrepreneurship, self-employment, informal sector

Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

CESifo Working Paper No. 8086
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Feb 2020
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w26661
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 08 May 2022
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12943
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Feb 2020
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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small businesses, female entrepreneurship, self-employment, informal sector

Microentrepreneurship in Developing Countries

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14368
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Feb 2020
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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female entrepreneurship, Informal sector, Self-employment, small businesses

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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries

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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w20380
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2023
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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The Roots of Gender Inequality in Developing Countries

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 63-88, 2015
Posted: 07 Aug 2015
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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The Price Effects of Cash versus In-Kind Transfers

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The Price Effects of Cash versus In-Kind Transfers

FRB of New York Staff Report No. 735
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 06 Aug 2015
Jesse M. Cunha, Giacomo De Giorgi and Seema Jayachandran
Naval Postgraduate School, University College London and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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price, policy

The Price Effects of Cash Versus In-Kind Transfers

NBER Working Paper No. w17456
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2023
Jesse M. Cunha, Giacomo De Giorgi and Seema Jayachandran
Naval Postgraduate School, University College London and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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The Price Effects of Cash Versus In-Kind Transfers

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8581
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Sep 2011
Jesse M. Cunha, Giacomo De Giorgi and Seema Jayachandran
Naval Postgraduate School, University College London and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Cash and In-Kind Transfers, Prices

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Odious Debt

NBER Working Paper No. w8953
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 May 2002 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2022
Michael Kremer and Seema Jayachandran
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?

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Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?

HKS Working Paper No. RWP15-019, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 15-4
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 Jun 2015
Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande and Natalia Rigol
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business-Economics Group, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Economics, Women, Business, Entrepreneurship, India

Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?

NBER Working Paper No. w21093
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2023
Erica Field, Seema Jayachandran, Rohini Pande and Natalia Rigol
Duke University, Fuqua School of Business-Economics Group, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Yale University - Economic Growth Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Reshaping Adolescents’ Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 18-07
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Dec 2018
Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran
University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Gender equality, preference formation, social norms, persuasion

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Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam

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Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam

NBER Working Paper No. w19483
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 28 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2023
Jie Bai, Jie Bai, Seema Jayachandran, Edmund J. Malesky and Benjamin A. Olken
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Duke University, Political Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Does Economic Growth Reduce Corruption? Theory and Evidence from Vietnam

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9677
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Oct 2013
Jie Bai, Seema Jayachandran, Edmund J. Malesky and Benjamin A. Olken
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Duke University, Political Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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corruption, economic growth

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Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India

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Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Jul 2015
Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran
University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Gender discrimination, Attitude formation, Intergenerational transmission, India

Intergenerational Transmission of Gender Attitudes: Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w21429
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2023
Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran
University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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The Causes and Consequences of Increased Female Education and Labor Force Participation in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w22766
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 24 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2023
Rachel Heath and Seema Jayachandran
University of Washington and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Using machine learning and qualitative interviews to design a five-question women's agency index

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 21-104
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Mar 2021
Seema Jayachandran, Monica Biradavolu and Jan Cooper
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, QualAnalytics and Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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women's empowerment, survey design, feature selection, psychometrics

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Environmental Externalities and Free-Riding in the Household

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Environmental Externalities and Free-Riding in the Household

Global Poverty Research Lab Working Paper No. 17-116
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 21 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2020
B. Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran and Sarojini Rao
Tufts University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago
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utilities, water, electricity, household, household bargaining, negative externality, externalities, consumption, free riding, intrahousehold, altruism, environment, Zambia

Environmental Externalities and Free-Riding in the Household

NBER Working Paper No. w24192
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 09 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2023
B. Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran and Sarojini Rao
Tufts University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago
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Environmental Externalities and Free-Riding in the Household

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12558
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Jan 2018
B. Kelsey Jack, Seema Jayachandran and Sarojini Rao
Tufts University - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of Chicago
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environmental externalities, intrahousehold decision-making, moral hazard, Pigouvian pricing, water use

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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

NBER Working Paper No. w15041
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Seema Jayachandran and Ilyana Kuziemko
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Why Do Mothers Breastfeed Girls Less than Boys? Evidence and Implications for Child Health in India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7321
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Jul 2009
Seema Jayachandran and Ilyana Kuziemko
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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breastfeeding, child health, child mortality, contraception, fertility, missing women, son preference

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Air Quality and Early-Life Mortality: Evidence from Indonesia's Wildfires

NBER Working Paper No. w14011
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 May 2008 Last Revised: 15 Oct 2022
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality

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Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality

NBER Working Paper No. w25681
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2023
Janjala Chirakijja, Seema Jayachandran and Pinchuan Ong
Monash University, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12195
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 May 2019
Janjala Chirakijja, Seema Jayachandran and Pinchuan Ong
Monash University, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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weather-related mortality, winter mortality, energy prices, energy poverty, fuel poverty

Inexpensive Heating Reduces Winter Mortality

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13603
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 27 Mar 2019
Janjala Chirakijja, Seema Jayachandran and Pinchuan Ong
Monash University, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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energy poverty, energy prices, fuel poverty, weather-related mortality, winter mortality

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Life Expectancy and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from Maternal Mortality Declines

NBER Working Paper No. w13947
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 17 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2022
Seema Jayachandran and Adriana Lleras-Muney
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
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Modern Medicine and the 20th Century Decline in Mortality: Evidence on the Impact of Sulfa Drugs

NBER Working Paper No. w15089
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2023
Seema Jayachandran, Adriana Lleras-Muney and Kimberly V. Smith
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Princeton University
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Improving Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation by Including a Benchmark Good

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Improving Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation by Including a Benchmark Good

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-35
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Mar 2022
Rebecca Dizon-Ross and Seema Jayachandran
University of Chicago and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Improving Willingness-to-Pay Elicitation by Including a Benchmark Good

NBER Working Paper No. w29814
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 07 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2022
Rebecca Dizon-Ross and Seema Jayachandran
University of Chicago and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index

CESifo Working Paper No. 8984
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 06 Apr 2021
Seema Jayachandran, Monica Biradavolu and Jan Cooper
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, QualAnalytics and Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Social Norms as a Barrier to Women's Employment in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w27449
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Cash for Carbon: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Deforestation

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Cash for Carbon: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Deforestation

NBER Working Paper No. w22378
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 07 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2023
Seema Jayachandran, Joost de Laat, Eric F. Lambin and Charlotte Stanton
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, The World Bank - Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Carnegie Institution for Science
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Cash for Carbon: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Deforestation

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11349
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 27 Jun 2016
Seema Jayachandran, Joost de Laat, Eric F. Lambin and Charlotte Stanton
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, The World Bank - Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Carnegie Institution for Science
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climate change, conditional cash transfers, deforestation, REDD+

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Why are Indian Children so Short?

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Why are Indian Children so Short?

NBER Working Paper No. w21036
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2023
Seema Jayachandran and Rohini Pande
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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Why are Indian Children so Short?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10503
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Mar 2015
Seema Jayachandran and Rohini Pande
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Yale University - Economic Growth Center
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development, economic growth, height, malnutrition, microeconomics

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Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India

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Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India

NBER Working Paper No. w25331
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 11 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2022
Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran
University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Reshaping Adolescents' Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13413
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Jan 2019
Diva Dhar, Tarun Jain and Seema Jayachandran
University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Gender equality, Persuasion, preference formation, Social norms

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Dads and Daughters: Disentangling Altruism and Investment Motives for Spending on Children

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Dads and Daughters: Disentangling Altruism and Investment Motives for Spending on Children

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2022-51
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Apr 2022
Rebecca Dizon-Ross and Seema Jayachandran
University of Chicago and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Dads and Daughters: Disentangling Altruism and Investment Motives for Spending on Children

NBER Working Paper No. w29912
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Rebecca Dizon-Ross and Seema Jayachandran
University of Chicago and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Fertility Decline and Missing Women

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Fertility Decline and Missing Women

NBER Working Paper No. w20272
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 24 May 2023
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Fertility Decline and Missing Women

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10049
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Sep 2014
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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desired fertility, sex selection, son preference

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How Economic Development Influences the Environment

NBER Working Paper No. w29191
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 30 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2023
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index

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Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14221
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Mar 2021
Seema Jayachandran, Monica Biradavolu and Jan Cooper
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, QualAnalytics and Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index

NBER Working Paper No. w28626
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 29 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
Seema Jayachandran, Monica Biradavolu and Jan Cooper
Northwestern University - Department of Economics, QualAnalytics and Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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The Inherent Trade-Off between the Environmental and Anti-Poverty Goals of Payments for Ecosystem Services

NBER Working Paper No. w29954
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 18 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 07 May 2023
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15961
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Monica Biradavolu, Jan Cooper and Seema Jayachandran
QualAnalytics, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Northwestern University - Department of Economics
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Selling Labor Low: Wage Responses to Productivity Shocks in Developing Countries

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 114, pp. 538-575, June 2006
Posted: 25 Jun 2006
Seema Jayachandran
Northwestern University - Department of Economics

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