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Danila Serra

Associate Professor of Economics

Texas A&M University

 

Over the years I have taught:

·      Economics of Corruption

·      Behavioral and Experimental Economics

·      Analysis of Economic Data

·      Intermediate Microeconomics

·      Experimental Economics (PhD)

·      Behavioral Development Economics (PhD)

·      Development Economics

·      Policy Economics

 

 

 

 

USEFUL VIDEOS

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METHODS

 

 

 

World Bank video:

What is impact evaluation?

JPAL video:

Why Randomize?

World Bank video:

How can you randomize?

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

 

Susan Dynarski on Free tuition and university enrollment

Improving college instruction through incentives

Female role models and choice of university major

 

Brownback and Sadoff (2020)

{From econimate}

Porter&Serra (2020)

 

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HEALTH

 

 

 

 

Does Diversity Matter for Health?

Alsan, Garrik and Graziani (2019)

{From econimate}

 

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To mask or not to mask

Gillespie, Jones and Linardi (2020)

 

Treatment of maternal depression

Baranov et al. (2020)

{From econimate}

 

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Rebecca Dizon-Ross on Motivating Lifestyle Changes

 

 

 

 

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LABOR

 

 

 

Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments

Stigma and take-up of labor market assistance

 

Burstzyn, Fujiwara and Pallais (2017)

{From econimate}

Osman and Speer (2020)

 

 

 

 

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GENDER, RACE, DISCRIMINATION

Cecilia Rouse on Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market

 

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Gender Gap in Career Advice

Gallen and Wasserman (2020)

 

 

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VOTING, POLITICS AND POLARIZATION

 

Canvassing and electoral outcomes

Pons (2018)

{From econimate}

 

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DEVELOPMENT

 

 

 

Esther Duflo on Social Experiments to Fight Poverty

Parents’ beliefs about their children’s academic abilities

Reshaping adolescents’ gender attitudes in India

 

Dizon-Ross (2019)

{From econimate}

Dahr, Jain and Jayachandran (2020)

 

 

 

 

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Oriana Bandiera on “Motivating Bureaucrats”

 

 

 

 

 

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Anne Karing on Social Signaling and Child Immunization in Sierra Leone

{From econimate}

 

 

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