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I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma and Director of the Online MA in Econometrics program (since July 2023). I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Syracuse University in 2014, where I specialized in labor economics and econometrics. Prior to that, I completed an M.S. in Quantitative Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, and a B.S. in Economics at the University of Calcutta.

My research spans econometrics, labor economics, development economics, and health economics. I have published in leading journals, including the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Applied Statistics, Statistical Papers, World Development, the Journal of Comparative Economics, Labour Economics, Empirical Economics, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, the Southern Economic Journal, Value in Health, Health Affairs Forefront, and Frontiers in Public Health, among others. My recent work focuses on vaccine policy, maternal and child health, and the Indian Health Service funding challenge.

I have developed novel econometric methods, including unconditional quantile regression techniques under endogeneity and Box-Cox power transformation approaches. My applied research examines topics ranging from wage inequality and labor market discrimination to the effects of public health recommendations on vaccination uptake.

At OU, I teach courses at all levels, from Principles of Microeconomics to Ph.D. Econometrics and Ph.D. Labor Economics, as well as Masters-level courses in statistical analysis, labor economics, and econometrics for data science. I have chaired or co-chaired four Ph.D. dissertations and served on seventeen Ph.D. dissertation committees. I received the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University in 2014 and the Albert Einstein Award for Innovation from Hewlett-Packard in 2008.

American Economic Association Video Interview: [link]

Working Papers

1. A Study on Long-Run Substitutability Between Men and Women (PDF)

2. Does Computerization Affect Crime? with Yao-Yu and Gary Hoover (PDF)

3. Vaccine Hesitancy and Neonatal Mortality: The Life-Saving Power of Hepatitis B Immunization with Ahmed El Fatmaoui, and Junying Zhao (PDF)

4. Children Who Witness: Early Life Exposure to Unilateral Divorce Laws and the Likelihood of Being a Victim of Intimate Partner Violence with Mahla Shourian (PDF)

5. When the Marriage Market Fails: How Changes in Relative Wages Shape Childbearing Decisions with Mahla Shourian (PDF)