Unveiling Trail Making Test: visual and manual trajectories indexing multiple executive processes

Submitted by Mark Senanu Ku… on
EfD Authors:
Petroni, Agustin

AbstractThe Trail Making Test (TMT) is one of the most popular neuropsychological tests for executive functions (EFs) assessment. It presents several strengths: it is sensitive to executive dysfunction, it is easy to understand, and has a short administration. However, it has important limitations. First, the underlying EFs articulated during the task are not well discriminated, which makes it a test with low specificity. Second, the pen-and-paper version presents one trial per condition which introduces high variability.

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Droughts and rural households’ wellbeing: evidence from Mexico

Submitted by Mark Senanu Ku… on
EfD Authors:
Lopez Feldman, Alejandro

Climate change could increase the frequency and duration of droughts that affect Mexico. This is particularly worrisome because many agricultural communities in the country are poor and with limited capacities for adaptation. This study estimated the impact of droughts on rural households’ wellbeing in Mexico, specifically on per capita earnings, poverty, and children’s school attendance. To do this, we focused our empirical analysis on the effects of the 2011 drought, one of the worst droughts that have affected Mexico in the past 70 years.

Peer Reviewed
Climate Change

Students’ non-cognitive skills in times of crisis: COVID-19 in Mexico

Submitted by Mark Senanu Ku… on
EfD Authors:
Lopez Feldman, Alejandro

The COVID-19 pandemic caused serious disruptions in the school systems throughout the world. In this work we look at the effect that the pandemic had in non-cognitive skills of students in Mexico. Few studies have looked at this relationship and the studies available have looked at the effects on children in high-income countries. Our results show that growth mindset declined, while social awareness and self-management improved during the pandemic.

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Behavioral Economics – Policy Impact and Future Directions

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Behavioral economics - a field based in collaborations among economists and psychologists - focuses on integrating a nuanced understanding of behavior into models of decision-making. Since the mid-20th century, this growing field has produced research in numerous domains and has influenced policymaking, research, and marketing. However, little has been done to assess these contributions and review evidence of their use in the policy arena.

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Policy Design

Building Human and Institutional Capacity – brief actionable research agenda

Submitted by Petra Hansson on
EfD Authors:
Muchapondwa, Edwin

Assessment of individual, organizational, and institutional capacities is important to accelerate the pace of transition to a low-carbon economy. Human and Institutional Capacity is part of a larger initiative to identify the most promising research issues to support an actionable low-carbon transition in the Global South. 

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Policy Design
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