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Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

Rebecca Lynn Thornton

Professor

Education

Economics, Ph.D., Harvard University

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, Economics
Associate Professor, Women & Gender in Global Perspectives
Associate Professor, Center for African Studies

Recent Publications

Buhl-Wiggers, J., Kerwin, J. T., Muñoz-Morales, J., Smith, J., & Thornton, R. (2024). Some children left behind: Variation in the effects of an educational intervention. Journal of Econometrics, 243(1-2), Article 105256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2021.12.010

Ghosh, P., & Thornton, R. (Accepted/In press). The mother-in-law effect: Heterogeneous impacts of counseling on family planning take-up in Jordan. Review of Economics of the Household. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-024-09714-9

Kamei, A., Sato, R., & Thornton, R. (2023). Factors associated with knowledge and use of home pregnancy test kits in Uganda. PLOS Global Public Health, 3(7), Article e0002165. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0002165

Kleemans, M., & Thornton, R. L. (2023). Fully Promoted: The Distribution and Determinants of Full Professorship in the Economics Profession. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 113, 467-472. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20231122

Cawley, J., Daly, M., & Thornton, R. (2022). The effect of beverage taxes on youth consumption and body mass index: Evidence from Mauritius. Health Economics (United Kingdom), 31(6), 1033-1045. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4497

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Illinois Global Institute Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity

201 Coble Hall, MC-401

801 S. Wright Street

Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 333-1994

Email: wggp@illinois.edu

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