Nikhil Rao
Hello! I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan. My research interests include understanding the drivers and consequences of inequality, with a focus on human capital investment and outcomes of justice-involved individuals. My current work builds on developments in the treatment effects literature to improve the quantification of discrimination and evaluations of discrimination-reduction interventions. Prior to the PhD, I worked at the intersection of applied econometrics and macroeconomics.
Email: nikhrao [at] umich [dot] edu
Publications
Inflation Expectations and Nonlinearities in the Phillips Curve
with Alexander Doser, Ricardo Nunes and Viacheslav Sheremirov
Journal of Applied Econometrics 38:4 (2023), 453-471. [Paper] [Published version]
Sectoral inflation and the Phillips curve: What has changed since the Great Recession?
with Maria Jose Luengo-Prado and Viacheslav Sheremirov
Economics Letters 172 (2018), 63–68. [Paper] [Published version]
In Progress
Measuring Disparities Using Treatment Effect Heterogeneity (Job market paper)
with James Reeves
Using Network Data to Measure Social Returns and Improve Targeting of Crime-Reduction Interventions
with Ashley Craig and Sara Heller
Funded by NSF, Russell Sage Foundation, J-PAL, and University of Michigan
[Preliminary note on spillovers in the READI RCT]
Parental Resources and College Major Choice
with Zsigmond Pálvölgyi and Tyler Radler