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