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Intimate partner violence in African households is lowest when both the husband and the wife report that they make decisions jointly. This new paper by and colleagues explores why.
Read more here: ow.ly/CKwf50NMyUI
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#econtwitter Have you ever been asked by a reviewer to provide your data and code as part of the review process? If so, how did you respond?
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A safe and effective RSV vaccine would be a huge deal, and exciting to hear we're close. RSV is responsible for the worst and scariest days of my life.
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ICWAE is inviting applications for the second cohort of its mentoring program for women agricultural economists from the Global South. They are also seeking mentors! Please consider applying. iaae-agecon.org/page/award-icw
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Brilliant Doug Gollin at Oxford and at the similarly brilliant STEG () typically puts these things far more precise than I do. See a great overview paper: steg.cepr.org/publications/a 3/9
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The Sanjaya Lall Prize for 2021 has been awarded to Alexandra Panman for ‘How effective are informal property rights in cities? Reexamining the relationship between informality and housing quality in Dar es Salaam’. Free access to read here: bit.ly/SanjayaLall2021
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Our paper on the myths around the feminization of agriculture is now out and open access. We argue that while a focus on the fem of ag can be useful, it often misses important other changes occurring in rural areas.
doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.
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The #ICWAE has announced a mentorship program for women agricultural economists from the global South. The advisory committee led by is working closely with who will be providing the mentoring program.
Here is how to apply: iaae-agecon.org/news/598187/AW
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Being part of the Women's Project in Arkansas in the 1989-90 shaped my life and my work. This online exhibit shows how women were organizing to end racism, sexism, and homophobia and promote economic justice.
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🌟NEW! The paper ‘Spousal Concordance in Joint and Separate Households: Survey Evidence from #Nepal’ by , (CSAE), & has been published in the as OPEN ACCESS.
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Published open access! Our mixed methods analysis shows the need to understand agency over time and to distinguish how poverty and patriarchy contribute to women’s disempowerment. Great to collaborate with , R. Pradhan and .
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And now a second reason to read papers outside my field! I enjoyed hearing about this research while it was in process and glad to see it in print. Congrats Simon!
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Was February's winter storm in Texas unprecedented?
In a paper for Environmental Research Letters, #RiceEngineering professor @jdossgollin asks if the freeze was a statistical anomaly or if it should have been expected. bit.ly/3fAB7I8
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In this paper, highlights 5 areas that pose challenges: focus on individuals, narrow definition of households, questions driven by available data, data collected that isn't analysed, & the need to include social norms & structural constraints.
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For 30 years, feminist economists have influenced work on household & intrahousehold economics in the areas of modelling households, data collection, & hearing women’s voices.
But what potential perils should feminist economists look out for in their research?
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🌟NEW! The paper ‘Diffusion and Dilution: The Power and Perils of Integrating Feminist Perspectives Into Household Economics’, by (), has been published in .
Read it here:👇
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OK #Texas #TexasBlackout #Energy #Infrastructure folks:
New preprint "How unprecedented was the February 2021 Texas cold snap?" with of , of , and Vijay Modi
eartharxiv.org/repository/vie
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Fabulous piece by my colleague Simukai Chigudu on how colonialism continues to impact his life. The long read will make you look forward to the book.
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Fabulous piece by my colleague Simukai Chigudu on how colonialism continues to impact his life. The long read will make you look forward to the book.
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Sometimes I read outside of my usual areas of interest based on the authors of the publication -
Supporting Dr. Jill Biden and claiming my right to be called Dr. Cheryl Doss since I earned a Ph.D.
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Workshop on publishing for social scientists writing on agricultural development!
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Ruth Meinzen-Dick and I have developed a conceptual framework for analyzing women's land tenure security.
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Using data from 6 African countries, we show that ownership, management, and economic (control over output) rights to land are often not held by the same person.
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In our new paper (available open access) we show how the transitions to adulthood are different for young men and women under different conditions of structural and rural transformation.
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#NewBlog , , Caitlin Kieran & Simone Passarelli find women were much more likely to report owning assets or making decisions than men were to recognize these roles in household surveys.
More insights & evidence from Bangladesh 👉 ow.ly/gJdD50B2IA3
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Always great to collaborate with Jemimah on issues of rural African women.
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Read our latest paper on the intersection between #gender, #COVID-19 and #foodsecurity co-authored with @Cheryl_Doss and @HelenaMika. We argue that policy responses to COVID-19 have to address the gendered structures causing inequality in #foodsystems. agrigender.net
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Interesting piece on using spot phone calls as part of a time use survey. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117
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A strong statement from feminist economists on black lives matter.
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Please read and share IAFFE's statement in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter here: iaffe.org/statement-soli
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Excellent piece by one of my colleagues. Oxford still has a long way to go to address issues of structural racism.
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As one of Oxford's few black professors, let me tell you why I care about Rhodes | My op-ed in @guardian #RhodesMustFall #BlackintheIvory #BlackLivesMatter
theguardian.com/commentisfree/
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The International Association of Agricultural Economists has just launched an Thanks to Uma Lele and Madhu Khanna for getting this started. International Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (ICWAE). iaae-agecon.org/icwae
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Just relaunched ODS! Take a look -- we invite submissions on a range of development studies issues, especially from people based in the global South.
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Looking forward to reading this -- and encouraging my colleagues working on health issues to read this also, especially those who don't think that they are interested in politics.
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My 1st book, The Political Life of an Epidemic: Cholera, Crisis and Citizenship in Zimbabwe. Out 30th Jan with @CUPAcademic
“a devastating account of an epidemic, a sophisticated analysis of the political economy of Zimbabwe & of the shortcomings of humanitarian aid”
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It was an honor to give the Presidential address for IAFFE at the ASSA meetings on Friday.
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IAFFE President Cheryl Doss giving her address on feminist thought in household and inter-household economics, and how we feminist economists can make sure our voices are heard. #ASSA2020
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Agnes Quisumbing and I have a new paper out on rural households (and it is open access). It is a synthesis of what we know about rural households and sets an agenda for future work. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11
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I'm happy to be in Togo for the launch of this report -- focusing on gender equality in rural Africa. It is great to see this issue getting support from so many policy makers.
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Rhiannon Pyburn introducing the framework and key goals of the upcoming publication on #gender research.
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