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Natalie Bau

University of California, Los Angeles
nbau@g.ucla.edu

Natalie Bau is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) research affiliate, and a Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Azrieli Global Scholar. She is interested in development and education economics, with a special emphasis on the industrial organisation of education markets.

Posts by Natalie Bau

Covid-19 and mental health: Large-scale phone survey in six Indian states

The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it the dual crises of public health and the economy, particularly in low-income settings with limited formal safety nets. Based on a large-scale phone survey conduct...

  • Perspectives

Should low-income countries open up to foreign capital? The India experiment

In 2001 and 2006, India introduced the automatic approval of foreign direct investments of up to 51% of domestic firms’ equity to industries in which foreign investment was initially restricted. Thi...

  • Articles

Infrastructure and economic growth: The role of airports

Given that banking sectors in low-income countries are inefficient, why don’t lenders from wealthier countries profitably lend to productive firms in these countries? One possibility is that foreign...

  • IGC Research on India