Adrienne Lucas
@profalucas.bsky.social
Development/Education/Health Economist | Prof and Dept Chair, UDelaware | Research Associate, NBER | Faculty Affiliate, J-PAL | Non-Resident Fellow, CGD | she
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https://lerner.udel.edu/faculty-staff-directory/adrienne-lucas/
Happy Welcome Back Picnic @udelaware.bsky.social economics faculty, staff, PhD students, and families! Great to see everyone!
October 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Happy Welcome Back Picnic @udelaware.bsky.social economics faculty, staff, PhD students, and families! Great to see everyone!
New @wsj.com college ranking puts University of Delaware @udelaware.bsky.social at #38!
(Rumor* has it that it's due to the stellar economics department)
(* I started that rumor, just now, but we are stellar)
(Rumor* has it that it's due to the stellar economics department)
(* I started that rumor, just now, but we are stellar)
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New @wsj.com college ranking puts University of Delaware @udelaware.bsky.social at #38!
(Rumor* has it that it's due to the stellar economics department)
(* I started that rumor, just now, but we are stellar)
(Rumor* has it that it's due to the stellar economics department)
(* I started that rumor, just now, but we are stellar)
Good morning #UMinnesota! Excited to present my paper on the long run and intergenerational effects of a Chilean CCT!
September 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Good morning #UMinnesota! Excited to present my paper on the long run and intergenerational effects of a Chilean CCT!
On the (almost) 105th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment in the US, women are
* 51% of population
* 29% of House of Representatives
* 26% of Senate
* 18% of full professors at PhD granting economics departments
* 51% of population
* 29% of House of Representatives
* 26% of Senate
* 18% of full professors at PhD granting economics departments
August 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On the (almost) 105th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment in the US, women are
* 51% of population
* 29% of House of Representatives
* 26% of Senate
* 18% of full professors at PhD granting economics departments
* 51% of population
* 29% of House of Representatives
* 26% of Senate
* 18% of full professors at PhD granting economics departments
Great team representing Economics at this morning’s @udelaware.bsky.social Lerner College convocation! #JorgeSoares #ValMichelman #LizBayley @bartonwillage.com #HansHolter #NishaChikhale #ErinYetter #KatyBender Congratulations to all the Econ undergraduates!!
May 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Great team representing Economics at this morning’s @udelaware.bsky.social Lerner College convocation! #JorgeSoares #ValMichelman #LizBayley @bartonwillage.com #HansHolter #NishaChikhale #ErinYetter #KatyBender Congratulations to all the Econ undergraduates!!
Congratulations Dr. #JasonChristie! @udelaware.bsky.social latest economics PhD graduate.
May 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Congratulations Dr. #JasonChristie! @udelaware.bsky.social latest economics PhD graduate.
New @nber.org working paper "Targeted Education Transfers Reduced Long-Run and Intergenerational Ethnic Inequality in Chile" with #PatrickMcEwan & #DavidTorresIrribarra.
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
May 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New @nber.org working paper "Targeted Education Transfers Reduced Long-Run and Intergenerational Ethnic Inequality in Chile" with #PatrickMcEwan & #DavidTorresIrribarra.
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
Title summarizes it. More details: www.nber.org/papers/w33798
On reading day, graduate students present their research, and we honor outstanding faculty by putting their faces on cake— @bartonwillage.com #ThomasBridges #OlgaGorbachev. Best day of the academic year!
May 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On reading day, graduate students present their research, and we honor outstanding faculty by putting their faces on cake— @bartonwillage.com #ThomasBridges #OlgaGorbachev. Best day of the academic year!
Honored to be part of the Advisory Board Meeting of the Tanzania Institute of Education EdLab in February. Thank you @wwhglobaled.bsky.social for featuring the meeting in today's email blast!
May 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Honored to be part of the Advisory Board Meeting of the Tanzania Institute of Education EdLab in February. Thank you @wwhglobaled.bsky.social for featuring the meeting in today's email blast!
Good morning DC! Great day yesterday presenting at the World Bank (thank you for the invitation #LelysDinarteDiaz !) Today, Georgetown to collaborate with @jacobuscilliers.bsky.social & #JamesHabyarimana
May 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Good morning DC! Great day yesterday presenting at the World Bank (thank you for the invitation #LelysDinarteDiaz !) Today, Georgetown to collaborate with @jacobuscilliers.bsky.social & #JamesHabyarimana
My dog has some thoughts.
April 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My dog has some thoughts.
New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper: "When Given Discretion Teachers Did Not Shirk: Evidence from Remedial Education in Secondary Schools" with #SabrinBeg @annefitz13.bsky.social @jkerwin.bsky.social @kwrahman.com
Title summarizes it. We elaborate in the paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33242
Title summarizes it. We elaborate in the paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33242
December 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper: "When Given Discretion Teachers Did Not Shirk: Evidence from Remedial Education in Secondary Schools" with #SabrinBeg @annefitz13.bsky.social @jkerwin.bsky.social @kwrahman.com
Title summarizes it. We elaborate in the paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33242
Title summarizes it. We elaborate in the paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33242
Academically interesting and policy relevant work! #StephanieBonds presenting our work with @annefitz13.bsky.social & #SabrinBeg at the Ghana Ministry of Education National Education Week Conference on the importance of teacher refresher in-service trainings. Working paper coming soon!
November 20, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Academically interesting and policy relevant work! #StephanieBonds presenting our work with @annefitz13.bsky.social & #SabrinBeg at the Ghana Ministry of Education National Education Week Conference on the importance of teacher refresher in-service trainings. Working paper coming soon!
I’ll just be here fangirling if anyone needs me.
November 13, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I’ll just be here fangirling if anyone needs me.
Inaugural #UDelaware Economics Department #BlueHenEconomicsClub football tailgate was a great success! Thank you for organizing #EYetter #OBerchuk #JButler! #GoBlueHens!
November 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Inaugural #UDelaware Economics Department #BlueHenEconomicsClub football tailgate was a great success! Thank you for organizing #EYetter #OBerchuk #JButler! #GoBlueHens!
Great @leightjessica.bsky.social presention at #DickinsonCollege Development Economics Conference. New RCT on sustainable land management technology adoption in Ethiopia. Lots to learn!
September 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Great @leightjessica.bsky.social presention at #DickinsonCollege Development Economics Conference. New RCT on sustainable land management technology adoption in Ethiopia. Lots to learn!
Did you know AEA CSWEP is here? Well they are, and you should follow them @aeacswep.bsky.social
September 18, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Did you know AEA CSWEP is here? Well they are, and you should follow them @aeacswep.bsky.social
My #UDEconomics colleague #ManaswiniRao presenting her paper “Got (Clean) Milk?” at the annual college research showcase. Great paper and presentation!
September 16, 2024 at 7:26 PM
My #UDEconomics colleague #ManaswiniRao presenting her paper “Got (Clean) Milk?” at the annual college research showcase. Great paper and presentation!
First #MugsAndMingle of the year was a rousing success—students and faculty bring their mugs, we provide instant hot beverages, and we mingle.
📷:#AttiqueurRehman
📷:#AttiqueurRehman
September 9, 2024 at 11:04 PM
First #MugsAndMingle of the year was a rousing success—students and faculty bring their mugs, we provide instant hot beverages, and we mingle.
📷:#AttiqueurRehman
📷:#AttiqueurRehman
According to the WSJ, we (#UDelaware) are the #10 public school in the country and #26 overall!*
Go Blue Hens!
(*rankings are an arbitrary weighting of mismeasured factors, etc., etc., but we're #10, so clearly this one is brilliant!)
Go Blue Hens!
(*rankings are an arbitrary weighting of mismeasured factors, etc., etc., but we're #10, so clearly this one is brilliant!)
September 5, 2024 at 5:35 PM
According to the WSJ, we (#UDelaware) are the #10 public school in the country and #26 overall!*
Go Blue Hens!
(*rankings are an arbitrary weighting of mismeasured factors, etc., etc., but we're #10, so clearly this one is brilliant!)
Go Blue Hens!
(*rankings are an arbitrary weighting of mismeasured factors, etc., etc., but we're #10, so clearly this one is brilliant!)
Start of year 3 (of 5). Let’s do this!
August 23, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Start of year 3 (of 5). Let’s do this!
Good afternoon Dar es Salaam! Grateful to our government partners for a wonderful #WhatWorksHub Advisory Board Meeting! Policy relevant, academically interesting research forthcoming!
February 1, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Good afternoon Dar es Salaam! Grateful to our government partners for a wonderful #WhatWorksHub Advisory Board Meeting! Policy relevant, academically interesting research forthcoming!