Research
Publications
Information Bypass: Using Low-Cost Technological Innovations to Curb Leakages in Welfare Programs, with Sheetal Sekhri and Mrithyunjayan Nilayamgode, Journal of Development Economics
The Impact of Covid-19 Containment Lockdowns on MSMEs in India and Resilience of Exporting Firms with Yutong Chen and Sheetal Sekhri, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Volume 210, June 2023
Routine childhood vaccination in India from 2005–2006 to 2015–2016: Temporal trends and geographic variation with Rashmi Nayar, Balasubramanyam Pattath, Nivedita Mantha, Sarang Deo, Vaccine, Volume 40, Issue 48
Time for Clean Energy? Cleaner Fuels and Women's Time in Home Production with Farzana Afridi, Taryn Dinkleman, and Komal Sareen, The World Bank Economic Review
A Breath of Fresh Air: Raising Awareness for Clean Fuel Adoption with Farzana Afridi and E. Somanathan, Journal of Development Economics
Media Coverage: Business Standard, Business Line, VoxDev
Social Connections and Tertiary Healthcare Utilization with Tarun Jain, Health Economics, 29:4, 464-474, 2020
Improving Maternal Health Using Incentives for Mothers and Health Care Workers: Evidence from India, Economic Development and Cultural Change, https://doi.org/10.1086/703083, 2018
The Impact of Household Structure on Female Autonomy in Developing Countries, Journal of Development Studies, 51:5, 485-502, 2015
Media Coverage: News18, ISBinsight,
Intergenerational Consequences of Early Age Marriages of Human Capital with Sheetal Sekhri, Journal of Development Studies, 50:12, 1670-1686, 2014
Working Papers
The Impact of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Electoral Frauds, Democracy and Development with Mudit Kapoor and Shamika Ravi (Under Review)
Media Coverage: Livemint, Times of India, The Quint, The Hindu, The Indian Express
Effect of Mobile Phones on Rural Economy with Amit Bubna
School Subsidy and Gender Gap in Enrollment
Work in Progress (Selected)
Group Incentives for Attendance in Skill Development Programs with Tarun Jain
Women’s Employment and Health of their Children
Public Payments and Private Healthcare with Tarun Jain and Debi Prasad Mohapatra
Information and Timely Immunization with Sarang Deo