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Karthik Muralidharan is a professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, where he also holds the Tata Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Economics.
Born and raised in India, he earned an A.B. in economics (summa cum laude) from Harvard, an M.Phil. in economics from Cambridge (UK), and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), an Affiliate at the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), a Member of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) network, an Affiliate at the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), and a Research Affiliate with Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).
Prof. Muralidharan's primary research interests include development, public, and labor economics. Specific topics of interest include education, health, and social protection; measuring quality of public service delivery; program evaluation; and improving the effectiveness of public spending (with a focus on developing countries). Courses taught include undergraduate and graduate classes in development economics, program evaluation, and the economics of education.
Posts by Karthik Muralidharan
How reforming India’s workfare programme raised private sector earnings
By randomising the rollout of improved, biometric payment infrastructure used to issue National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme payments in Andhra Pradesh, this study found that this reform raised i...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 25 January, 2024
- Articles
Balancing corruption and exclusion: A response
The role of Aadhaar in reducing corruption in PDS has been highly controversial. In a recent I4I article, Muralidharan et al. summarised the results of their study in Jharkhand, which confirmed the 'p...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 21 October, 2020
- Perspectives
भ्रष्टाचार और बहिष्करण को संतुलित करना: आधार को पीडीएस में शामिल करना
सार्वजनिक रूप से प्रदान की जाने वाली वस्तुओं और सेवाओं के लाभार्थियों को इन लाभों को प्राप्त करने के लिए अपनी पहचान कैसे साबित करनी चाहिए? यह लेख, झारखंड राज्य में सार्वजनिक वितरण प्रणाली (पीडीएस) में...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 09 मई, 2020
- लेख
Balancing corruption and exclusion: Incorporating Aadhaar into PDS
How should recipients of publicly provided goods and services prove their identity in order to access these benefits? This article reports findings from a large-scale experiment across 15 million bene...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 17 April, 2020
- Articles
Using mobiles to improve governance
Measuring how well major public programmes are implemented remains a core governance challenge. With the increasing mobile-phone penetration in the country, Muralidharan, Niehaus, Sukhtankar, and Weav...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeffrey Weaver
- 26 June, 2019
- Perspectives
शासन में सुधार के लिए मोबाइल का उपयोग
मुख्य सार्वजनिक कार्यक्रमों का कितनी अच्छी तरह क्रियान्वयन हो रहा है इसे मापना शासन की एक बड़ी चुनौती बनी हुई है। देश में मोबाइल-फोन की तेजी से बढ़ रही पहुंच को देखते, मुरलीधरन, नीहौस, सुखतंकर, और वीवर...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeffrey Weaver
- 26 जून, 2019
- दृष्टिकोण
‘न्याय’ विचार-गोष्ठी: सही लक्ष्यीकरण करना
कैलिफोर्निया विश्वविद्यालय, सैन डीएगो में अर्थशास्त्र के टाटा चांसलर्स प्रोफेसर कार्तिक मुरलीधरन ने न्याय के तहत देश में सबसे गरीब 20 प्रतिशत प्रखंडों (ब्लॉक्स) को लक्षित करने की और उन क्षेत्रों में न...
- Karthik Muralidharan
- 16 मई, 2019
- दृष्टिकोण
NYAY e-Symposium: Getting targeting right
Karthik Muralidharan (Tata Chancellor's Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego) recommends targeting the 20% of poorest blocks in the country under NYAY, and making the cash trans...
- Karthik Muralidharan
- 02 May, 2019
- Perspectives
Strengthen MNREGS to support the rural economy
India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) has generated a lot of controversy about its effectiveness as a safety net designed to benefit landless rural households. M...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 22 March, 2019
- Perspectives
मनरेगा से निकली हैं कई राहें
भारत की महात्मा गांधी राष्ट्रीय ग्रामीण रोजगार गारंटी योजना (मनरेगा) की भूमिहीन ग्रामीण परिवारों को लाभ पहुंचाने के लिए बनाए गए सुरक्षा तंत्र के रूप में प्रभावशीलता को लेकर बहुत सारे विवाद उत्पन्न हुए...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 22 मार्च, 2019
- दृष्टिकोण
पीडीएस में पसंद-आधारित विकल्प की आवश्यकता
भारत के प्रमुख खाद्य सुरक्षा कार्यक्रम पब्लिक डिस्ट्रीब्यूशन सिस्टम (पीडीएस) पर सार्वजनिक व्यय का एक बड़ा हिस्सा अपेक्षित लाभार्थियों तक नहीं पहुंचता है। इसलिए सब्सिडी वाले अनाज के बदले डायरेक्ट बेनिफ...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 17 जनवरी, 2019
- दृष्टिकोण
Need for a choice-based approach in PDS
A large share of public spending on the Public Distribution System (PDS), India’s flagship food security programme, does not reach intended beneficiaries. Thus, the idea of Direct Benefits Transfer ...
- Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar
- 11 January, 2019
- Perspectives