Sonia Zaharia

My research lies at the intersection of economics, agriculture, and nutrition. In my current work at the Nutrition Innovation Lab at Tufts University, I focus on resilience measurement, maternal and child nutrition, and agriculture-nutrition linkages.

Research interests:

  • Sustainable food production

  • Agricultural economics

  • Nutrition

Contact: sonia.zaharia@tufts.edu

CV: here

Publications

Sustained Intake of Animal Sourced Foods is Associated with Less Stunting in Young Children, with Shibani Ghosh, Robin Shrestha, Swetha Manohar, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman, Bernard Bashaasha, Nassul Kabunga, Sabi Gurung, Grace Namirembe, Katherine H. Appel, Lichen Liang, and Patrick Webb. Forthcoming in Nature Food (2021).

Financial integration in Europe through the lens of composite indicators, with Peter Hoffmann and Manfred Kremer. Economics Letters (2020), 194.

Credit market competition and the gender gap in labor force participation: Evidence from local markets, with Alexander Popov. European Economic Review (2019), 115: 25-59.

Work in progress

Measuring Resilience as Asymmetric Mean Reversion, with William A. Masters, Gerald E. Shively, Shibani Ghosh, and Patrick Webb.

Recovery without resilience? Measuring transitory shocks to nutrition of women and children from Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda, with William A. Masters, Shibani Ghosh, Gerald E. Shively, Sabi Gurung, Swetha Manohar, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman, Keith P. West, Katherine H. Appel, Lichen Liang, Robin Shrestha, Bernard Bashaasha, Nassul Kabunga, and Patrick Webb.

Growth faltering and catch-up growth of newborn children in the Banke district of Nepal, with William A. Masters, Shibani Ghosh, Johanna Andrews-Trevino, and Patrick Webb.

Working papers

From Hunger to Obesity - Agricultural Specialization and Obesity in Low- and Middle-income Countries, Master Thesis, Wageningen University (2018).

The Information Content of the Option Trading Activity: How Important are Industry Peers?

A Note on Pure Volatility Risk and the Pricing Kernel Puzzle, with Nicole Branger and Christian Schlag.