Research

Working Papers 

"Habit Formation in Labor Supply" (with Luisa Cefala, Supreet Kaur and Heather Schofield) 

"The Dynamic Effects of Temperature on Human Capital" (with Kyle Emerick, Maggie Liu and Vis Taraz) [email for draft]


Published Papers

"Climate Change and Labor Reallocation: Evidence from Six Decades of the Indian Census" (with Maggie Liu and Vis Taraz)  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023. 15(2): 395-423.

[Online Appendix] [Replication Files]

Coverage: "How climate change impacts structural transformation and urbanization: Evidence from India", VoxDev.


"Labor Rationing" (with Emily Breza and Supreet Kaur)  American Economic Review, 2021. 111(10): 3184-3224. 

[Online Appendix] [Replication Files]

Coverage: "Hidden Unemployment in India", VoxDev.


"Rural Road Infrastructure and Agricultural Production: Evidence from India" Journal of Development Economics, 2021. 152: 102686.

[Online Appendix]

Coverage: "The Value of India's Rural Roads", VoxDev.


"The Morale Effects of Pay Inequality" (with Emily Breza and Supreet Kaur). Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2018. 133(2): 611-663.

[Online Appendix] [Replication Files]

Coverage: "When Unequal Pay Makes Everyone Less Productive", Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics Blog. 


Selected Work in Progress

"Worker Absences and Demand for Flexible Contracts" (with Sampreet Goraya and Suanna Oh) 

"Worker Absenteeism and Firm Outcomes: Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector" (with Sampreet Goraya, Nandita Krishnaswamy and Suanna Oh) 

"Long-term Fertility Responses to a Warming Climate" (with Céline Zipfel)