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Amber Peterman

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Amber Peterman

@a_peterman

@UNICEFEval @TransferProjct & @CGDev NR fellow | Research: #Gender, violence & economic empowerment | would rather be climbing mountains | 🌱-based

Nairobi

Joined May 2013

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Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Apr 18, 2025
Lots of chatter about the @NetflixUK show "Adolescence" driving 🌍 conversations about violence ~ but is it "more than talk"? 🆕 review out in WBRO suggests yes: Of 21 rigorous studies, 64-71% show promising impacts on attitudes, norms & behaviors shorturl.at/B78ZZ
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Feb 1, 2023
If “your RA”: * conducted your literature review * spent months on location collecting data * wrote tons of code cleaning or analyzing your data * did all the time consuming things you did not have time for They deserve to be a co-author, not a thank you footnote!
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Aug 30, 2024
I've run ~30+ large-scale surveys over the last decade, but still finding @S_Stantcheva's @AnnualReviews "How to Run Surveys" super helpful! 80+ pgs of Appendix examples are 🙌🏾~ social desirability, vignettes, info treatments? She's got you covered! annualreviews.org/content/journa…
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Jun 9, 2020
Imagine being a young #URM scholar & knowing that #gatekeepers for career success - who have the last decision on what topics & research is published - in #Top5 look like this . . . It's 2020 & it's time for change! #BlackinIvory #EconTwitter #EconHasARaceProblem
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Feb 6, 2022
"We the undersigned know John Comaroff to be an excellent colleague, advisor & committed university citizen ..." ~open letter signed by 38 @Harvard faculty re: sexual harassment sanctions again Comaroff, it "effects on our ability to advise our own students.” via @thecrimson
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Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Oct 3, 2022
Do cash transfers increase mental health & emotional wellbeing? 💵 = 😀 Good news --> on aggregate, mostly yes [**with some caveats] Hard to keep up with *all* the reviews - so a 🧵of recent pubs 2020 - onward /
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Oct 10, 2022
OK—I’ll bite. While I agree with some of the points made in this thread—I disagree w/ the overall statement: “It's hard to conclude that cash transfers have a solid evidence base” There is certainly more than one way to read the evidence—so here’s my take: 1/n
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Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Jul 11, 2024
#EconTwitter #EconAdvice: Giving good presentations is really hard! Recently came across this great advice from @economeager on public speaking for academic economists [esp for grad students] ~ everyone should read this! 👇🏾 mfr.osf.io/render?url=htt…
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Feb 20, 2023
👋🏾 Recently I've gotten a bunch of requests - so I put it together for easy sharing: "Opportunities for African and global south grad students & scholars" Mentorship, grad school app guidance, grants etc. ➡️ Please use, download & share around! docs.google.com/document/d/1E7…
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Oct 12, 2022
🔥 Childcare expansion in Indonesia 🇮🇩 led to a estimated 11% ⬆️total factor productivity for manufacturing plants per additional preschool per 1,000 children Triple diff w/ data from 2002 - 2014 by Cali, Johnson Perova [@wb_research] & @ryandiansyah documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099…
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Mar 11, 2022
Honored to collaborate w/ gender & social protection experts from around the 🌍 for the @ScienceMagazine special issue on the 2-year #COVID19 anniversary We call for investment in gender-responsive social protection systems & evidence --> short 🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Sep 27, 2024
"Men can cook" --> a gender-sensitive graduation program ⬆️ gender equitable attitudes, but were sustained only w/ additional men's engagement groups 🇪🇹 @dogilligan @leightjessica @m_mulford @IFPRI @IFPRI_ESARO et al. in @WorldDevJournal #EconTwitter sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Feb 19, 2021
"Just accepted" at #EDCC = Díaz [@GRADEPeru @UofMaryland] & Saldarriaga [@PSEinfo] examine impact of Peru's 🇵🇪 Juntos cash transfer on intimate partner violence --> They find decreases of 25-30%, with reduction in men's alcohol use a possible mechanism journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/71…
Amber Peterman
@a_peterman
Aug 9, 2019
Neighbors asked if I work as a "gamer" because they see me in front of my multiple screens at odd hours of morning/night . . . They seemed a little let down that I'm just a researcher & often coordinating with Africa time zones - I lost some cool points🤷‍♀️