Naila  Shofia

Welcome!

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore. During the current semester, I am a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by the Center for International Development.

I received my PhD from Bocconi University in Milan. I hold a bachelor’s degree from the University of Indonesia, and master’s degrees from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore) and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

My research lies at the intersection of development economics, labor economics, and political economy. I study how social norms, identity, and political institutions shape economic behavior and political outcomes in developing countries, with a particular focus on Indonesia. Across projects, I combine theory-driven causal identification with field experiments, lab-in-the-field designs, large-scale surveys, and novel data construction on phenomena that are traditionally difficult to measure empirically.

My research has received funding from the Roberto Franceschi Foundation, LEAP-Bocconi, J-PAL Southeast Asia, and the Singapore Ministry of Education.

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