Event



Population Studies Center Colloquium: Subha Mani

"Impact of the NREGS on Schooling and Intellectual Human Capital"
Dec 9, 2013 at - | 103 McNeil Building

Subha Mani is an Assistant Professor of economics and a Research Associate at the Center for International Policy Studies at Fordham University. Subha also holds a Research Affiliate position at the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania.  She has her BA (honors) degree in economics from Delhi University, a Masters degree in economics from Mumbai University, and a Ph.D. degree in economics from the University of Southern California. Her areas of specialization are development economics, applied econometrics and applied microeconomics.  Subha’s main area of interest is in understanding the causes and pathways through which human capital can be accumulated for both young children and adults in developing countries. Subha has undertaken primary data collection, fieldwork and management in India. Her scholarly work has been published at the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of African Economies, Economic and Political Weekly, Asian Economic Journal, Perspectives in Economic Education Research. She has received funding from the International Growth Center – India, 3ie-impact evaluation and Grand Challenges Canada.