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Nava Ashraf
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Professor of Economics @LSEEcon| Founder and Director, The Altruistic Capital Lab altruisticcapitallab.org
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Jul 30, 2020
    Still reeling from the death of my dear friend Emmanuel Farhi. Emmanuel had a tender and compassionate heart; he saw the mystery in things & sought out their poetry. He was a true feminist (a testament to his amazing mother). May his memory be a blessing to us all.
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Oct 14, 2019
    I’m admitting to tears right now. My first year of the PhD, Michael Kremer blew my world open with the idea that we could do rigorous development work in the field to test creative ideas. He, Abhijit, & Esther have inspired & mentored me and so many others-CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!
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    The Nobel Prize
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    Oct 14, 2019
    BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” #NobelPrize
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Sep 5, 2021
    This moves me back to when the Iranian revolution had just happened and my father managed to get all our family, including my baby sister and me, age 4, to safety, to Spain and then to Canada, with nothing but our suitcases…1/2
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    Khyber Khan
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    Sep 3, 2021
    Daughters comforting their father, uprooted from his home…sacrificed the vibrance of homeland to give his daughters a safe refuge in a lonely, concrete world #kabul #london #afghans #refugees
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Dec 25, 2022
    How powerful and moving to see men, in Iran and now Afghanistan, standing up for their sisters, their friends, their partners in this enterprise of life ✨✨✨
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    Shabnam Nasimi
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    Dec 24, 2022
    Incredible scenes in Afghanistan today as male students walk out of their university exam in protest against Taliban’s decision to BAN women & girls from university. The time is now for men across the country to rise and stand in solidarity!
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Apr 29, 2022
    Come join the amazing @orianabandiera and myself to grow the Altruistic Capital Lab as a predoc! Lots of opportunities to take part in @LSEEcon, great benefits and visa sponsorship. Projects you’d be working on in the link: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/44…
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Aug 3, 2020
    Grateful to @thecrimson for capturing Emmanuel so beautifully:
    Economics Professor Emmanuel Farhi, Who Wielded His Intellect for Public Good, Dies at 41 | News |...
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    Nava Ashraf
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    May 7, 2023
    Just 11 days left to apply for a PreDoc with @orianabandiera and myself at LSE! We sponsor visas and have an extraordinary research team that you would join @VirginiaMinni @AlexiaDelf @MartinaZanella7 @econ_ra jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/47…
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Apr 20, 2021
    Replying to @betsylevyp @rbkhoury and @economeager
    This pushback against attempting to set boundaries may be the main reason why so many women in our profession decide to coauthor with other women (rather than the alternative reason given, that women coauthoring with each other get more credit than if they coauthor with men)
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Oct 29, 2022
    Fantastic thread, especially for those of us who weren’t really exposed to academia before grad school.
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    Chris Blattman
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    Jun 22, 2022
    Like any profession, economics has a hidden curriculum—for how to succeed (plus how to help others succeed). @marcfbellemare's new book pulls back the curtain. A thread on some of my favorite advice and insights from the book. mitpress.mit.edu/books/doing-ec…
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Apr 8, 2019
    Congratulations to two of the most talented and caring people I know, whose joint work on the role of social relationships in economics has inspired a whole generation of applied economists: eeassoc.org/index.php?site… @orianabandiera @ImranRasul3
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Feb 21, 2024
    Come work with the brilliant @orianabandiera and myself as a predoc Fellow at the LSE Altruistic Capital Lab @STICERD_LSE . Just over a week left to apply! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/41…
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Apr 14, 2022
    Congrats to my fantastic colleague @economeager for well-deserved recognition!
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    AEA Information
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    Apr 14, 2022
    Congratulations to the winners of the 2022 AEJ Best Paper Awards! Check out the winning papers here: aeaweb.org/news/2022-aej-…
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Sep 5, 2021
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    What gratitude we as the daughters have to these brave fathers who lost so much and sacrificed so we could be safe in a scary world 2/2
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    Nava Ashraf
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    Jul 9, 2022
    Replying to @seema_econ and @diva_dhar
    When I was graduating from Stanford, a fellow Iranian grad’s dad asked what my plans are. I said I hoped to get a PhD. He said “what fool is going to marry a woman with a PhD? I’ve already told my daughter to stop at a master’s”. I told him I only needed one fool