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Prashant Bharadwaj

University of California, San Diego
prbharadwaj@ucsd.edu

Prashant Bharadwaj is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2004 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University in 2009. He has been at UC San Diego since 2009.

He is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), an affiliate of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), and of the Center for Evaluation of Global Action (CEGA). He is currently (for 2013-2014) a visiting Assistant Professor at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR).

Posts by Prashant Bharadwaj

भारत के बाल श्रम प्रतिबंध के अनपेक्षित परिणाम

हर जून में दो महत्वपूर्ण दिन आते हैं, एक पर्यावरण से संबंधित और दूसरा बाल श्रम से संबंधित। "आइए अपनी प्रतिबद्धताओं पर कार्य करें, बाल श्रम को समाप्त करें!" 12 जून को मनाए जाने वाले बाल श्रम विरोधी दिव...

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The impact of displacement on women’s marriage outcomes: Evidence from the partition of India

Women and children are made particularly vulnerable by displacement – the high incidence of gender-based violence and vulnerability to child marriage is well-documented in literature. Using data fro...

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Drawing the line: The short- and long-term consequences of partitioning India

Colonial rule in India culminated in the birth of two nations, forcing the displacement of millions. This column analyses the economic and political consequences of the Partition in 1947. It finds tha...

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Unintended consequences of India's child labour ban

Bans and regulations against child labour are among the most popular policy tools used to address the problem throughout the developing world. But how well do they work in practice? This column analy...

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