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], Conditionally Accepted at The Economic Journal.

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

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

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

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

Assessing the Alignment between Community Perceptions and Top-Down Indices, with David Johnston (Monash University), Jane Fisher (Monash University) and Rebecca Wickes (Monash University). 

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

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

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

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

Moral Intuitions and In-Group Favoritism in the time of Covid: Evidence from a Survey Study, with Marco Faravelli. 

Work in Progress

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

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

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

Voter Behavior, with Mandar Oak (University of Adelaide).

Uncertainty and Economic Development'', with Marco Faravelli (University of Queensland).