Nationality Indian Institution Harvard University | Name Rohini Pande Role Economist | |
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Alma mater London School of EconomicsOxford UniversitySt. Stephen's College, Delhi University Fields Development economics, Political Economy | ||
Rohini pande harvard roundtable on development barcelona gse summer forum 2013
Rohini Pande is an Indian economist, who is currently the Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government. Pande is the Co-Director of CID's Evidence for Policy Design research program (EPoD) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, MIT. She also serves on the board of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) and the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economic Profession (CSWEP). She is also a Faculty Research Associate at NBER, CEPR and the IFPRI. Her research focuses on the economic analysis of the politics and consequences of different forms of redistribution, principally in developing countries.
Contents
- Rohini pande harvard roundtable on development barcelona gse summer forum 2013
- Fai s timothy ogden and economist rohini pande in conversation
- Early life and education
- Career
- Work
- Fellowships and honors
- References
Fai s timothy ogden and economist rohini pande in conversation
Early life and education
Pande was born to a public administrator father and a journalist mother. Her sister is a doctor. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, a M.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and a B.A. in Economics from St. Stephens College, Delhi University.
Career
Prior to joining the Kennedy School, she was an Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University. She has taught at Yale University, MIT, and Columbia University.
Work
Pande's research work focuses on the economic costs and benefits of informal and formal institutions and the role of public policy in affecting change. She has extensively done field work in India, examining how institutions can be designed to empower historically disadvantaged groups; how low-cost improvements in information collection and dissemination can enable flexible regulation and more efficient outcomes in areas as diverse as environmental protection and elections; and how biased social norms, unless challenged by public policy, can worsen individual well-being and reduce economic efficiency.
Pande has several publications in top economics and policy journals.