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Nishith Prakash

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Nishith Prakash, Ph.D Associate Professor of Economics Department of Economics and Human Rights Institute 365 Fairfield Way, Oak Hall | Room 331 University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT 06269-1063 USA
Terminal Degree:2008 Department of Economics; University of Houston (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

(98%) Department of Economics
University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)
http://www.econ.uconn.edu/
RePEc:edi:deuctus (more details at EDIRC)

(1%) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany
http://www.iza.org/
RePEc:edi:izaaade (more details at EDIRC)

(1%) Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM)
University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom
http://www.cream-migration.org/
RePEc:edi:cmucluk (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Sofia Amaral & Girija Borker & Nathan Fiala & Anjani Kumar & Nishith Prakash & Maria Micaela Sviatschi, 2023. "Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrols: Experimental Evidence from Urban India," NBER Working Papers 31734, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Nathan Fiala & Ana Garcia-Hernandez & Kritika Narula & Nishith Prakash, 2022. "Wheels of Change: Transforming Girls’ Lives with Bicycles," Working papers 2022-04, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  3. Sofia Amaral & Sonia Bhalotra & Nishith Prakash, 2019. "Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-309, Boston University - Department of Economics.
  4. Jain, Tarun & Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop & Prakash, Nishith & Rakesh, Raghav, 2018. "Labor Market Effects of High School Science Majors in a High STEM Economy," IZA Discussion Papers 11908, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. S Anukriti & Sungoh Kwon & Nishith Prakash, 2018. "Household Savings and Marriage Payments: Evidence from Dowry in India," Boston College Working Papers in Economics 949, Boston College Department of Economics.
  6. Kumar, Santosh & Prakash, Nishith, 2017. "Effect of Political Decentralization and Female Leadership on Institutional Births and Child Mortality in Rural Bihar, India," IZA Discussion Papers 10780, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  7. Nishith Prakash & Marc Rockmore & Yogesh Uppal, 2017. "Do Criminally Accused Politicians Affect Economic Outcomes? Evidence from India," Boston University - Department of Economics - The Institute for Economic Development Working Papers Series dp-310, Boston University - Department of Economics.
  8. Elizabeth Kaletski & Nishith Prakash, 2016. "Affirmative action policy in developing countries: Lessons learned and a way forward," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-52, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  9. Minkler, Lanse & Prakash, Nishith, 2015. "The Role of Constitutions on Poverty: A Cross-National Investigation," IZA Discussion Papers 8877, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  10. Prakash, Nishith & Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya, 2014. "Girls for Sale? Child Sex Ratio and Girls Trafficking in India," IZA Discussion Papers 8293, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  11. Prakash, Nishith & Rockmore, Marc & Uppal, Yogesh, 2014. "Do Criminal Representatives Hinder or Improve Constituency Outcomes? Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers 8452, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  12. Kaletski, Elizabeth & Prakash, Nishith, 2014. "Does Political Reservation for Minorities Affect Child Labor? Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers 8212, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  13. Kaletski, Elizabeth & Prakash, Nishith, 2014. "Can Elected Minority Representatives Affect Health Worker Visits? Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers 8387, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  14. Elizabeth Kaletski & Lanse Minkler & Nishith Prakash & Susan Randolph, 2014. "Does Constitutionalizing Economic and Social Rights Promote their Fulfillment?," Economic Rights Working Papers 23, University of Connecticut, Human Rights Institute.
  15. Karthik Muralidharan & Nishith Prakash, 2013. "Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India," Working Papers id:5494, eSocialSciences.
  16. Ranjan, Priya & Prakash, Nishith, 2012. "Education Policies and Practices: What Have We Learnt and the Road Ahead for Bihar," IZA Discussion Papers 6614, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  17. Santosh Kumar & Nishith Prakash, 2012. "Political Decentralization, Women's Reservation and Child Health Outcomes: A Case Study of Rural Bihar," Working papers 2012-18, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
  18. Howard, Larry L. & Prakash, Nishith, 2011. "Do Employment Quotas Explain the Occupational Choices of Disadvantaged Minorities in India?," IZA Discussion Papers 5894, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  19. Larry Howard & Nishith Prakash, 2011. "Do School Lunch Subsidies Change the Dietary Patterns of Children from Low- Income Households?," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1101, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
  20. Mehtabul Azam & Aimee Chin & Nishith Prakash, 2010. "The Returns to English-Language Skills in India," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1002, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
  21. Khamis, Melanie & Prakash, Nishith & Siddique, Zahra, 2010. "Consumption and Social Identity: Evidence from India," IZA Discussion Papers 5406, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  22. Aimee Chin & Nishith Prakash, 2010. "The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1003, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
  23. Azam, Mehtabul & Prakash, Nishith, 2010. "A Distributional Analysis of the Public-Private Wage Differential in India," IZA Discussion Papers 5132, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  24. Prakash, Nishith, 2009. "Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota," IZA Discussion Papers 4386, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  25. Howard, Larry L. & Prakash, Nishith, 2009. "Do Means-Tested School Lunch Subsidies Change Children's Weekly Consumption Patterns?," IZA Discussion Papers 4427, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  26. Prakash, Nishith & Howard, Larry, 2008. "Does Employment Quota Explain Occupational Choice Among Disadvantaged Groups? A Natural Experiment from India," MPRA Paper 13573, University Library of Munich, Germany.

Articles

  1. Nishith Prakash & Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati, 2019. "Girls for Sale? Child Sex Ratio and Girl Trafficking in India," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 267-308, October.
  2. Prakash, Nishith & Rockmore, Marc & Uppal, Yogesh, 2019. "Do criminally accused politicians affect economic outcomes? Evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
  3. Minkler, Lanse & Prakash, Nishith, 2017. "The role of constitutions on poverty: A cross-national investigation," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(3), pages 563-581.
  4. Elizabeth Kaletski & Nishith Prakash, 2017. "Can Elected Minority Representatives Affect Health Worker Visits? Evidence from India," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 21(1), pages 67-102, February.
  5. Kumar, Santosh & Prakash, Nishith, 2017. "Effect of political decentralization and female leadership on institutional births and child mortality in rural Bihar, India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 171-178.
  6. Karthik Muralidharan & Nishith Prakash, 2017. "Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 9(3), pages 321-350, July.
  7. Kaletski, Elizabeth & Prakash, Nishith, 2016. "Does Political Reservation for Minorities Affect Child Labor? Evidence from India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 50-69.
  8. Mehtabul Azam & Nishith Prakash, 2015. "A Distributional Analysis of Public–Private Wage Differential in India," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 29(4), pages 394-414, December.
  9. Mehtabul Azam & Aimee Chin & Nishith Prakash, 2013. "The Returns to English-Language Skills in India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 61(2), pages 335-367.
  10. Khamis, Melanie & Prakash, Nishith & Siddique, Zahra, 2012. "Consumption and social identity: Evidence from India," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 83(3), pages 353-371.
  11. Larry L. Howard & Nishith Prakash, 2012. "Do School Lunch Subsidies Change The Dietary Patterns Of Children From Low-Income Households?," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 30(3), pages 362-381, July.
  12. Larry L. Howard & Nishith Prakash, 2012. "Do employment quotas explain the occupational choices of disadvantaged minorities in India?," International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(4), pages 489-513, August.
  13. Chin, Aimee & Prakash, Nishith, 2011. "The redistributive effects of political reservation for minorities: Evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 96(2), pages 265-277, November.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 36 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-DEV: Development (15) 2009-02-28 2009-10-10 2010-08-28 2013-09-28 2014-01-17 2014-06-14 2014-08-20 2014-08-28 2017-10-29 2018-04-23 2018-06-11 2018-07-09 2018-07-09 2019-05-27 2022-02-21. Author is listed
  2. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (10) 2008-10-21 2009-02-28 2009-10-10 2010-08-28 2011-08-15 2011-10-09 2012-06-25 2012-09-30 2018-04-23 2018-06-11. Author is listed
  3. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (10) 2009-10-10 2014-06-07 2014-08-25 2014-08-28 2014-09-29 2014-12-08 2015-01-09 2017-06-11 2017-10-29 2018-07-09. Author is listed
  4. NEP-EDU: Education (7) 2010-03-28 2011-10-09 2012-06-25 2012-09-30 2013-09-28 2014-01-17 2022-02-21. Author is listed
  5. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (6) 2008-10-21 2009-02-28 2009-10-10 2009-10-10 2010-03-28 2010-08-28. Author is listed
  6. NEP-GEN: Gender (6) 2017-06-11 2018-04-23 2018-06-11 2018-07-09 2019-05-27 2022-02-21. Author is listed
  7. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (6) 2013-09-28 2014-01-17 2018-12-10 2018-12-24 2022-02-21 2023-10-30. Author is listed
  8. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (5) 2012-09-30 2013-09-28 2014-01-17 2014-06-07 2014-08-20. Author is listed
  9. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (4) 2014-08-28 2015-03-22 2015-05-09 2019-05-27
  10. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (3) 2011-08-15 2018-12-10 2018-12-24
  11. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2012-09-30 2017-06-11
  12. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (2) 2012-09-30 2014-08-28
  13. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (2) 2018-07-09 2018-07-09
  14. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2014-09-29
  15. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (1) 2023-10-30
  16. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2014-09-29
  17. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2010-03-28

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