Working Papers
Working Paper
Dev Patel and Justin Sandefur. “A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital”
Dev Patel and Justin Sandefur. “A Rosetta Stone for Human Capital”
John J. Conlon and Dev Patel. “What Jobs Come to Mind? Stereotypes about Fields of Study”
John J. Conlon and Dev Patel. “What Jobs Come to Mind? Stereotypes about Fields of Study”
Environmental Beliefs and Adaptation to Climate Change
I examine the causes and consequences of environmental beliefs. Rice farmers in Bangladesh must learn about their soil’s salinity to choose the appropriate seed. Comparing expectations to agronomic readings, I document both significant over- and...
Floods
Floods threaten a quarter of the world's population, most of whom live in poor countries. How do floods impact economic development, and how do households adapt? To answer these questions, I first combine methods from geophysics and machine learning in...