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Apurav Bhatiya on Synchronized Elections and Voter Behavior Dec 23, 2021

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This episode is the 11th in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Apurav Yash Bhatiya about how voters behave in simultaneous versus sequential elections, possible reasons why they behave differently, politicians' use of the bully pulpit and much more. They discussed his paper titled "Behavioral Voters in a Decentralized Democracy" (coauthored with Vimal Balasubramaniam and Sabyasachi Das). Bhatiya is a Ph.D. student in economics at the University of Warwick. His research areas include political economy, development, and labor economics.

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Archana Dang on Savings, Self-Control and Obesity Patterns Dec 16, 2021

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This episode is the tenth in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Dr. Archana Dang about her paper, "Role of Time Preferences in Explaining the Burden of Malnutrition: Evidence from Urban India." They discuss India's double burden of over- and undernutrition, why financial savings might be a good predictor of obesity, the effects of COVID on India's obesity levels and much more. Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Economic Growth. Her research interests include the economics of health, specifically issues of overweight and obesity in India. Her work has been published in the journal Economics and Human Biology.

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Kim Fe Cramer on How Access to Banking Can Improve Health Outcomes Dec 09, 2021

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This episode is the ninth in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Kim Fe Cramer about her job market paper, "Bank Presence and Health." They discuss how access to banking and credit benefits health, why those benefits happen, whether healthcare should be subsidized and much more. Cramer is a Ph.D. candidate in finance and economics at Columbia Business School. She researches how the financial sector affects development outcomes and has conducted experiments in countries including India, Kenya and Ecuador.

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Karan Babbar on Access to Reproductive Health Dec 02, 2021

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This episode is the eighth in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti and Karan Babbar talk about his job market paper, "COVID-19 and Period Products Usage Among Menstruating Women in Urban and Rural India." They discuss access to feminine hygiene products, effects of the pandemic on women's health, how reproductive knowledge is transmitted, and much more. Babbar is a Ph.D. scholar at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. His research interests include education, public health, gender and intersectionality.

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Neha Gupta on Creating Affordable Housing Nov 25, 2021

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This episode is the seventh in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti speaks with Neha Gupta about her job market paper, "Homeownership, Renting and Market Failures: Evidence from Indian Slums." They discuss government policies to increase affordable housing, how nonstate actors affect slum and nonslum housing, the Swiss housing market and much more. Gupta has a Ph.D. in economics and finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Her research interests include applied economics, causal econometrics, empirical macroeconomics, and urban and development economics.

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Karmini Sharma on Sexual Harassment, Empathy Training and Gender Bias Nov 18, 2021

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This episode is the sixth in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Karmini Sharma about her job market paper, "Tackling Sexual Harassment: Experimental Evidence from India." They discuss how training about sexual harassment affects women's preferences and men's behavior, how long these effects are likely to persist, and the broader implications for the #MeToo movement in India. Sharma is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Warwick. Her research focuses on the intersection of economics of gender, development economics and experimental economics. She seeks to understand deterrence of sexual harassment, gender segregation and discrimination.

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Ashish Sedai on Water, Electricity and Female Labor Force Participation Nov 11, 2021

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This episode is the fifth in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Ashish Sedai about his job market paper, "Piped Water: Welfare and Empowerment: Empirical Evidence From a Gendered Analysis in India." They discuss the importance of indoor piped drinking water and its relevance to Indian women's participation in the labor force. Sedai is a Ph.D. candidate the Department of Economics at Colorado State University. His research focuses on how economic opportunities are generated and distributed in society, as well as the interplay between power and institutions and between economic behavior and the performance of the economy.

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Bhumi Purohit on Female Leaders and Bureaucratic Resistance Nov 04, 2021

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This episode is the fourth in a miniseries of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Bhumi Purohit about female leaders' access to networks, gender quotas, expanding women's access to social and political capital, and much more. Purohit is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on comparative politics, political behavior and South Asia; in particular, she seeks to understand the behavioral and institutional barriers to women's political representation.

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Gaurav Mittal on Political Geographies and the Urban Transportation Crisis Oct 28, 2021

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This episode is the third in a mini-series of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti speaks with Dr. Gaurav Mittal about illegal and informal methods of transit, the role of courts and bureaucrats in transportation policy, failed government schemes to solve the transportation crisis and much more. Mittal is an associate faculty member at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He obtained his Ph.D. in geography from the National University of Singapore. His research interests include urban governance, public transport and political geography.

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Chhavi Tiwari on Internal Migration for Aspiration vs. Compulsion Oct 21, 2021

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This episode is the second in a mini-series of weekly short episodes featuring young scholars entering the academic job market who discuss their latest research. In this episode, Shruti talks with Chhavi Tiwari about her job market paper titled "Internal Migration and Rural Inequalities in India" (with Sankalpa Bhattacherjee). They talk about the differences between seasonal and permanent migration in India, how economic factors influence migration patterns, why women with more children are less likely to work outside the home and much more. Tiwari is an assistant professor of economics at TAPMI, Manipal. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi.

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