Niharika Singh - Research

Publications

Regulation by Reputation? Intermediaries, Labor Abuses, and International Migration. [Paper]

with A.N. Fernando. Forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics.

Summary: [VoxDev podcast]

Hiring Frictions and the Promise of Online Job Portals: Evidence from India. [Paper] [Online Appendix]

with A.N. Fernando and G. Tourek. American Economic Review: Insights, December 2023.

Summary: [SGB Evidence Fund Brief] [VoxDev article]

Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools. [Paper] [Online Appendix]

with T. Andrabi, J. Das, A.I. Khwaja, and S. Ozyurt. American Economic Review, October 2020.

Working Papers

The Grass is Not Always Greener: The Effects of Local Labor Market Information on Search and Employment. [Paper]

with A.N. Fernando. May 2025.

Gender Dynamics in Entry into Competitive Careers: Evidence from Indian Civil Services. [Paper]

with K. Mangal. July 2025.

From Pause to Pay: Supporting Women's Return to Work. [Paper]

with G. Chiplunkar, A. Deshpande, K. Mahajan, and Nandhini S. August 2025. Conditionally accepted at Journal of Development Economics pre-results review.

Status: Experiment in progress.

Winning is Contagious: Social Learning and the Dynamics of Union Support. [Draft available upon request]

with E. Derenoncourt, A. Dube, S. Naidu, and H. Sarsons. September 2025. [AEA Registry Link]

Works in Progress

Worker Collective Action and Public Service Delivery: Experimental Evidence from India.

with M.R. Sharan. Status: Endline survey in progress. [AEA Registry Link]

The Direct and Spillover Impacts of Gender Quotas in Public Sector Employment.

with Varun K. Status: Draft in preparation.

Public Sector Hiring and Labor Market Flows of Indian College Graduates.

Status: Analysis in progress.

The Effects of Worker Organizing on Unionization, Worker Welfare, and Service Quality in U.S. Healthcare.

with S. Naidu, A. Reich, A. Sojourner, and P. Youngblood. Status: Experiment in progress. [AEA Registry Link]

Other Writing

VoxDevLit on Barriers to Search and Hiring in Urban Labour Markets. [Issue 1]

Senior Editors: S. Caria, K. Orkin; Co-editors: A. Andrew, R. Garlick, R. Heath, and N. Singh. February 2024.

Note: This is a dynamic literature review. See more information here.

How Tightness and Job Search Activity Changed in the First Year of COVID-19: Evidence from an Indian Job Portal. [Policy Brief]

with J. Bloesch and K. Mangal.