This is another (and probably the last) in our series of posts by PhD students on the job market – and one that is very close to home for those of us working in DC!
This is the sixth of our series of posts by PhD students on the job market.
Poor households in developing countries face large and varied risks. Many agriculture-dependent households, for example, are at risk of drought- or flood-induced crop failures or livestock deaths. The death of a family member often implies having to fund expensive burial ceremonies, and if the deceased was the household’s primary earner, replacing her/his stream of income is an even bigger problem.
My job market paper brings some good news to the impact evaluation community. First, it shows that causal inference in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) relies on weaker assumptions than was previously thought. Second, it shows that RCTs capture local treatment effects that are less local than we previously believed.
This is the third in our series of posts by PhD students on the job market.
This is the second in our series of posts by graduate students on the job market this year.
This is the first in this year’s series of posts by PhD students on the job market.
