Research

Publications

Procedural Barriers to Political Candidacy: Gender, Discouragement and Candidate Persistence, with Umair Khalil (Deakin University) and Marco Faravelli (University of Queensland) [Media: Times of India , Monash Impact , Ticker News], Forthcoming in The Economic Journal.

Top-Down Indices and Local Views: Alignment Between Disaster Resilience, Vulnerability, and Perceived Preparedness, with David Johnston (Monash University) and Rebecca Wickes (Monash University), Forthcoming in The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction [ABDC Ranking: A]. 

The Impact of Rainfall Shocks in Childhood and Adolescence on Human Capital Development, The American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2025. 

The Impact of Mobile Internet on Student Cognitive Performance during Covid: Evidence from Pakistan, with Anh Trinh (Monash University),  The Economics of Education Review, 2025. 

The Heterogenous Role of Party Affiliation and Gender in the Runner-Up Effect, with Umair Khalil (Deakin University) and Mandar Oak (University of Adelaide), The Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2024. 

Ethnic Inequality and Public Health, with Abbas Hakeem (University of Adelaide), Health Economics, 2023.  [Media: CHE Research Bites]

Structural transformation away from agriculture in growing open economies, with Kym Anderson (University of Adelaide),  Agricultural Economics, 2022. 

Rainfall Shocks, Child Mortality, and Water Infrastructure, Health Economics, 2022.

Natural Disasters and Missing Children, Health Economics, 2021.

Export Specialization, Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth - A Synthetic Control Analysis, Empirical Economics, 2021.  

Political Favouritism by Powerful Politicians: Evidence from Chief Ministers in India, with Umair Khalil (Deakin University) and Mandar Oak (University of Adelaide), European Journal of Political Economy, 2020. 

Structural transformation to manufacturing and services: What role for trade ?, with Kym Anderson (University of Adelaide), Asian Development Review, 2019. 

Working Papers

Terrorism and Local Economic Development, with Marco Faravelli (University of Queensland).

Internet and Vaccine Hesitancy: Evidence from Developing Countries, with Anh Trinh (Monash University). 

Technology and Security, with Mandar Oak (University of Adelaide) and Anh Trinh (Monash University).

Digital Preparedness: Internet Experience and Tertiary Enrolment During the Pandemic , with Anh Trinh (Monash University). 

Terrorism and Human Capital Accumulation, with Umair Khalil (Deakin University) and Sonja de New (Monash University).

In-Utero Temperature Shocks and Intermediate Learning Outcomes,  with Umair Khalil (Deakin University) and Sonja de New (Monash University).

Social equity in community disaster funding: A case study of the Black Summer Bushfires, with Lihini de Silva (Monash University) and David Johnston (Monash University)

Natural Disasters and Social Capital, with Lihini de Silva (Monash University) and David Johnston (Monash University)

Financial Impacts of Natural Disasters: Evidence from Australia, with David Johnston (Monash University). 

SES Determinants of Disaster Exposure, with David Johnston (Monash University) and Rachel Knott (Monash University). 

Childhood Determinants of Adulthood Resilience, with David Johnston (Monash University),  Olena Stavrunova (University of Technology Sydney) and Anh Trinh (Monash University). 

Work in Progress

Pollution and Cognitive Development, with Lihini de Silva (Monash University) and Rafat Mahmood (Monash University).

Firm Performance, with Dessie Ambaw (UniSA) and Hemant Pullabhotla (Deakin University).

Strategic Behavior, with Hemant Pullabhotla (Deakin University), Shuddah Rafiq (Deakin University) and Wali Ullah (Flinders).

Energy Poverty, with Moorthi K. (SRM University).

Disability, with Mohammad Fikru (Monash University).

Protests, with Mandar Oak (University of Adelaide) and Anh Trinh (Monash University).

Voter Behavior, with Umair Khalil (Deakin University) and Mandar Oak (University of Adelaide).