Supreet Kaur

development economist at UC Berkeley

[Supreet Kaur @supKaur]

Poorer children show cognitive fatigue faster than richer ones, and attend schools that give fewer chances to build attentional capacity. But this can be improved with simple changes at school--as we show in our Cognitive Endurance paper. Summary below! @christinalbrown @h_schof

[Christina Brown @christinalbrown]

New NBER working paper with @supKaur @h_schof @GeetaKingdon showing:
- how formal schooling contributes to the development of fundamental cognitive skills, like attention
- attention appears to be highly malleable, at least in childhood

https://t.co/cLHihRUQyt

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[Supreet Kaur @supKaur]

@singhns @ben_golub True I did not find it on my own ! @chrisudry is a guiding light in many things - big and small :)

[Supreet Kaur @supKaur]

Thanks Ben!

[NBER @nberpubs]

In Africa, workers get constant requests to share money with others. Shielding their income increases work attendance and earnings by over 10%. Informal insurance creates a social tax, from Eliana Carranza, @AletheiaDonald @florian_grosset and @supKaur https://t.co/1MxwFGtFyZ

[Berkeley Economics @berkeleyecon]

Less than 9 hours left to make your Big Give gift to Berkeley Economics. Our students, faculty, and staff appreciate your support and generosity! https://t.co/naG9wd89iI

[Nicholas Poole OBE Hon. FCLIP @NickPoole1]

Bloody hell. Looking at a message from the Ukraine Library Association concerning the cancellation of their forthcoming conference. it basically says "We will reschedule just as soon as we have finished vanquishing our invaders". Ukrainian Librarians, I salute you

[ilana brody @ilanabrody]

Excited to share the virtual stage with these incredible scholars as we discuss Behavioral Consequences of Scarcity at 3:30pst on Friday #SPSP2022 @ShaiDavidai @supKaur @vancejlarsen @SherryJueyuWu

[The Daily Show @TheDailyShow]

What is China doing in Africa?

If you don’t know, now you know.

[VoxDev @vox_dev]

.@supKaur discusses her work w/ @emilybreza & @yogitajs examining if external labour market shocks reveal the presence of ‘rationed’ workers. They find many rural workers turn to #selfemployment for lack of available #jobs, not visions of entrepreneurship: https://t.co/IxCUYcO6ck

[Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) @CEGA_UC]

CEGA affiliate @supKaur talks to @vox_dev about whether the self-employed in rural India are entrepreneurs willingly or because they can't find jobs.

Her research finds that unemployment in low- & middle-income countries may be much higher than we assume.
https://t.co/uFdGxvBGkO

[jon drake @DrakeGatsby]

You can just buy an ice cream cake whenever you want. They don’t even check if it’s your birthday or anything they just take your money

[David McKenzie @dmckenzie001]

This new philanthropy organization seems like it is interested in funding work on using science and technology in information and psychosocial interventions - and has Michael Kremer, @supKaur & BRAC's Munshi Sulaiman as advisors

[Hilary Hoynes @HilaryHoynes]

Over 400 Economists agree! Put simply, the Child Tax Credit expansion is good policy and we should make it permanent!

Thank you to everyone who signed.

You can find the final letter with list of signers here:
https://t.co/iK5yd7vNMI
#EconTwitter

[The Agency Fund @AgencyFund]

Today, we're excited to announce the SPC-Agency Fund Social Impact Fellowship, a collaboration between @agencyfund and @southpkcommons.

[Evidence for Policy Design @EPoDHarvard]

EPoD affiliate @ElianaCarranza & @supKaur, @AletheiaDonald, @FGrst find that while kin networks provide a critical safety net for the poor, pressure to redistribute income makes saving more difficult.

Read the @WorldBankAfrica blog post here https://t.co/IQJsTPOO4q

[NBER @nberpubs]

At least 25% of Indian rural workers can’t find jobs in lean months, helping explain why self-employment is high in poor countries and pointing to large labor market distortions, from @emilybreza, @supKaur, and Yogita Shamdasani https://t.co/Ljp83DkV4x

[Supreet Kaur @supKaur]

@R_Thaler @CassSunstein @dilipsoman @singhns @m_sendhil In defense of all these people in the video: the horns would be a lot more effective in getting traffic moving if the government hadn’t clogged things up with the traffic lights.

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

Rain

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The average minimum wage worker would need to work a staggering 79 hours a week to afford a one-bedroom rental in 95 percent of U.S. counties...in the richest country on Earth.

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.

[Supreet Kaur @supKaur]

Congratulations Christina on a well-deserved amazing end to the job market! Eat lots of ice cream and recover from the ptsd.

[Christina Brown @christinalbrown]

My advisors @supKaur, Chris Walters and @tedmiguel gave me the freedom (and support) to work on my JMP which during my 3rd year prospectus was deemed "too risky" by other faculty. I am so thankful for their guidance and trust.