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### Working Paper

Dev Patel and Justin Sandefur. “[A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital](/publications/rosetta-stone-human-capital)”



 

 

Dev Patel and Justin Sandefur. “[A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital](/publications/rosetta-stone-human-capital)”



 

 

 

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 Understanding the causes and consequences of international differences in human capital is a central concern of economics. But how can we accurately measure the global distribution of skills when people in different countries take different tests? We... 

 

 

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John J. Conlon and Dev Patel. “[What Jobs Come to Mind? Stereotypes about Fields of Study](/publications/what-jobs-come-mind-stereotypes-about-fields-study)”



 

 

John J. Conlon and Dev Patel. “[What Jobs Come to Mind? Stereotypes about Fields of Study](/publications/what-jobs-come-mind-stereotypes-about-fields-study)”



 

 

 

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 We document that US freshmen hold systematic misperceptions about the relationship between college majors and occupations. Students stereotype fields of study, greatly exaggerating the likelihood that majors lead to their distinctive jobs (e.g., counselor... 

 

 

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### 2021

Dev Patel, Arvind Subramanian, and Justin Sandefur. 2021. “[The New Era of Unconditional Convergence](/publications/new-era-unconditional-convergence)”. Journal of Development Economics, 152



 

 

Dev Patel, Arvind Subramanian, and Justin Sandefur. 2021. “[The New Era of Unconditional Convergence](/publications/new-era-unconditional-convergence)”. Journal of Development Economics, 152



 

 

 

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 The central fact that has motivated the empirics of economic growth—namely unconditional divergence—is no longer true and has not been so for decades. Across a range of data sources, poorer countries have in fact been catching up with richer ones, albeit... 

 

 

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Girija Bahety, Sebastian Bauhoff, Dev Patel, and James Potter. 2021. “[Texts Don’t Nudge: An Adaptive Trial to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in India](/publications/texts-dont-nudge-adaptive-trial-prevent-spread-covid-19-india-0)”. Journal of Development Economics, 153



 

 

Girija Bahety, Sebastian Bauhoff, Dev Patel, and James Potter. 2021. “[Texts Don’t Nudge: An Adaptive Trial to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in India](/publications/texts-dont-nudge-adaptive-trial-prevent-spread-covid-19-india-0)”. Journal of Development Economics, 153



 

 

 

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 We conduct an adaptive randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a SMS-based information campaign on the adoption of social distancing and handwashing in rural Bihar, India, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. We test 10 arms that vary in... 

 

 

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