Nishith Prakash, Ph.D. Economics, 2008 (University of Houston)
Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of
Labor (IZA)
Research Fellow, Centre for Research and
Analysis of Migration (CReAM)
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Contact Information
6106
Rockefeller Hall, Room 305
Department
of Economics
Dartmouth
College
Hanover,
NH 03755 USA
Contact
Information
Phone : +1-603-646-6479 (W)
: +1-603-646-2122 (F)
Email:
nishith.prakash@dartmouth.edu
Research
I
work in the area of Development Economics, Labor Economics, Applied
Econometrics and Public Policy
Published Paper
Skill Mapping and Skill Development
for Employability: The Case of Cuttack, with Satpathy, Anoop K.; Mishra,
Jimuta; Indian Journal of Labor Economics, vol.
45 (4), 2002
Papers under review
- The Impact of Employment Quotas on the Economic Lives of
Disadvantaged Minorities in India [JOB
MARKET PAPER] *PDF*
- The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for
Minorities: Evidence from India, with Aimee
Chin (University of Houston & NBER)*PDF*
- Does Employment Quota Explain Occupational Choice Among
Disadvantaged Groups? A Natural Experiment from India, with Larry Howard
(Cal State Fullerton) *PDF*
- Do Means-Tested School Lunch Subsidies Change Children's
Weekly Consumption Patterns?, with Larry Howard
(Cal State Fullerton) *PDF*
- Wage Differentials between Public and Private Sector in
India, with Mehtabul Azam
(World Bank & IZA)
Working papers
Drafts available upon request
- Affirmative Action Policies and Gender Equality in India,
with Tauhidur
Rahman (University of Arizona)
- The Returns to English-Language Skills in India, with Mehtabul Azam, (World Bank &
IZA) and Aimee Chin, (University
of Houston & NBER)
- Indirect Effects of Affirmative Action Policy: How Does
Employment Reservation Affects Child Outcomes?
Work in progress
1.
Conspicuous
Consumption and Caste: Evidence from India, with Melanie Khamis (IZA) and Zahra
Siddique (IZA)
2. Caste Network and Risk Sharing in Rural
India
Teaching
Development
Economics (Econ 24): Fall 2009