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Job market links, the health benefits of marriage equality, social safety nets, and more

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Submitted by David McKenzie On Thu, 12/15/2011

·         Another development student on the job market, Melissa Dell, has her work on Mexican drug trafficking covered here [1]; and on colonial institutions in Chris Blattman’s blog [2].

·         Something else for job market candidates to worry about – the economics of what you signal by what you wear to that job interview – at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative [3]

·         Al Roth [4] on why so many undergrad econ majors go into consulting and finance – they are just much better at recruiting efficiently.

·         Tim Ogden urges [5] RCT researchers to avoid overpromising on the Financial Access Blog.

·         IEG meta-review [6] of nearly 150 impact evaluations of social safety net programs.

·         The benefits of marriage equality – better health for gay men according to article in American Journal of Public Health, summarized here [7].

·         More links can be found by following David on twitter (@dmckenzie001); Berk is also on twitter (@BerkOzler12).

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Source URL (retrieved on 04/26/2018 - 21:55): http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/job-market-links-the-health-benefits-of-marriage-equality-social-safety-nets-and-more?page=8

Links:
[1] http://rigotnomics.blogspot.com/2011/12/melissa-dell-and-mexican-war-on-drugs.html
[2] http://chrisblattman.com/2011/11/26/the-persistence-of-colonial-institutions/
[3] http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/2011/12/what-not-to-wear-assa-edition.html#more
[4] http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2011/12/role-of-recruiting-in-hiring-and-career.html
[5] http://financialaccess.org/node/3826
[6] http://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/content/dam/ieg/ssn/ssn_meta_review.pdf
[7] http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/cums-sml121411.php
[8] http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/category/tags/links