Nandwani Bharti
- Assistant Professor
- Ph.D. (Economics)
- Shiv Nadar University, 2018
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Research Interest :
Development Economics, Political Economy, Economics of Education, Economics of Gender
Publications
- The long-term effect of colonialism on women empowerment in India, with Punarjit Roychowdhury (accepted,Economic Development and Cultural Change)
- Private investment in education: Household response to a policy change in English as a second language, with Gitanjali Sen, TheJournal of Development Studies (2025): 1-18.
- Rural roads infrastructure and women autonomy, with Punarjit Roychowdhury, The World Bank Economic Review (2024): lhae048.
- Women representation in school management and school quality, with Chandan Jain, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 222 (2024): 84-103.
- Land rights recognition and political participation: Evidence from India, Journal of Development Studies59.11 (2023): 1741-1759.
- Community forestry and its implications for land related disputes: Evidence from India, European Journal of Political Economy 73 (2022): 102155
- Local community composition and school provision in India, with Nishant Chadha, Journal of Development Studies(2021):1-21.
- Public and private schools in India, with Nishant Chadha, India Development Report 2021
- Examining the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Funding in Indian Education, with Nishant Chadha, New Philanthropy and the Disruption of Global Education(2020): 102
- Growth, Development Spending and Inequality in Indian States – 1988-2012, with Nishant Chadha, Economic & Political Weekly ((2019): 54(11), 45-52
- Decentralisation, Economic Inequality and Insurgency, Journal of Development Studies 55.7 (2019): 1379-1397
- Ethnic fragmentation, public good provision and inequality in India, 1988–2012, with Nishant Chadha, Oxford Development Studies (2018): 1-15.
- Caste and Class, Review of Market Integration 8.3 (2017): 135-151.
Working Papers
- Women inheritance rights and political participation, with Punarjit Roychowdhury (revise and resubmit, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization)
- Decentralisation of governance and health seeking behavior, with Ishita Varma (revise and resubmit, Journal of Development Economics)
- Access to clean cooking fuel and women outcomes, with Manisha Jain
- Importance of English as a second language in higher education: Learning from a natural experiment in India, with Gitanjali Sen
- Rural Roads and Firm Outcomes in India, with Punarjit Roychowdhury and Binay Shankar
- Guns and Gains: Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Counterinsurgency on Human Capital and Labor Market Outcomes in India, with Punarjit Roychowdhury and Sourish Mustafi
- Demand shocks and supply of schools: Insight from rainfall shocks in India, with Nishant Chadha
- Financial development and Conflict Mitigation: Can finance combat conflict? with Sankar De
Courses Tought
- Econometrics – 1
- Political Economy of Institutions and Development
Contact Information
Email Address :
- bharti@igidr.ac.in
Phone Number :
- 02269096554
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