Seema Jayachandran
Seema Jayachandran | |
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| Alma mater | University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University, Northwestern University, Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Kremer |
| Website | www |
Seema Jayachandran is an economist who currently works as Professor of Economics at
Biography
Seema Jayachandran earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993. As a Marshall Scholar, she studied Physics and Philosophy at the University of Oxford. In 1997, she began graduate studies in Physics at Harvard University,[1] but completed a PhD in Economics in 2004.
After her graduation and a term as
In addition to her research, she has written for The New York Times,[4] appeared on Science Friday,[5] and done a "Science Ask Me Anything" on Reddit.[6]
Research
Seema Jayachandran's research focuses on
Much of Jayachandran's work is in development economics, including maternal and child health in Africa and South Asia.
Another important focus of Jayachandran's research revolves around
However, her most cited article[18] is about the impact that the departure of US Senator Jim Jeffords from the Republican to the Democratic Parties in 2001 had on the valuation of companies that had previously donated large sums of money to Republican Senators.[19] This was the first economics paper she wrote.[20]
Selected works
- Jayachandran, Seema (October 1, 2006). "The Jeffords effect". Journal of Law and Economics. 49 (2): 397–425. S2CID 233649.
- Jayachandran, Seema. "Selling labor low: Wage responses to productivity shocks in developing countries." Journal of political Economy 114, no. 3 (2006): 538-575.
- Jayachandran, Seema, and Adriana Lleras-Muney. "Life expectancy and human capital investments: Evidence from maternal mortality declines." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 124, no. 1 (2009): 349-397.
- Jayachandran, Seema (October 2, 2009). "Air Quality and Early-Life Mortality Evidence from Indonesia's Wildfires". Journal of Human Resources. 44 (4): 916–954. S2CID 15390085.
- Jayachandran, Seema, and Ilyana Kuziemko. "Why do mothers breastfeed girls less than boys? Evidence and implications for child health in India." The Quarterly journal of economics 126, no. 3 (2011): 1485-1538.
- Field, Erica; Jayachandran, Seema; Pande, Rohini (May 1, 2010). "Do Traditional Institutions Constrain Female Entrepreneurship? A Field Experiment on Business Training in India". American Economic Review. 100 (2). American Economic Association: 125–129. ISSN 0002-8282.
- Jayachandran, Seema, and Michael Kremer. "Odious debt." American Economic Review 96, no. 1 (2006): 82-92.
- Jayachandran, Seema; de Laat, Joost; Lambin, Eric F.; Stanton, Charlotte Y.; Audy, Robin; Thomas, Nancy E. (July 21, 2017). "Cash for carbon: A randomized trial of payments for ecosystem services to reduce deforestation". Science. 357 (6348). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 267–273. ISSN 0036-8075.
References
- ^ a b c "Faculty Spotlight: Seema Jayachandran: Institute for Policy Research - Northwestern University". www.ipr.northwestern.edu. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Board approves 15 faculty appointments". Princeton University. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ Curriculum vitae of Seema Jayachandran from her personal webpage. Retrieved October 11th, 2018.
- ^ Jayachandran, Seema (July 13, 2018). "Think Positive, Climb Out of Poverty? It Just Might Work". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Seema Jayachandran - Science Friday". Science Friday. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "r/science - Science AMA: I'm Seema Jayachandran, economist at Northwestern University. Let me tell you why paying poor farmers to not cut down forests is a cheap way to combat climate change. AMA about why small amounts of money for Ugandan farmers helped preserve endangered chimp habitat, and the atmosphere". reddit. August 7, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Seema Jayachandran | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab". www.povertyactionlab.org. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Scholars receive Sloan Fellowships". The Stanford Daily. February 16, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1156941 - CAREER: Health, Environmental Issues, and Price Effects in Developing Countries". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ "Ecological Society of America announces 2018 award recipients | Ecological Society of America". www.esa.org. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ India, Ideas For. "Seema,Jayachandran". www.ideasforindia.in. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ Jayachandran, Seema. (2017). Fertility Decline and Missing Women. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(1), pp. 118-139.
- ^ "Seema Jayachandran". The Indian Express. February 24, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- ^ Field, E., Jayachandran, S., Pande, R. (2010). Do traditional institutions constrain female entrepreneurship? A field experiment on business training in India. American Economic Review, 100(2), pp. 125–129.
- S2CID 15390085.
- ^ a b "Testing the Effectiveness of Payments for Ecosystem Services to Enhance Conservation in Uganda". Innovations for Poverty Action. April 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Seema Jayachandran - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
- S2CID 233649.
- ^ "Seema Jayachandran on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
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