Aditi Bhowmick
PhD student in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Aditi is a third year PhD student in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. She studies barriers to female labor force participation and how social norms interact with economic shocks to perpetuate gender inequality. She was previously working as India Director at Development Data Lab, where she produced research on in-group judicial bias in India, upward mobility in South Asia, excess mortality during Covid-19 and implications of cultural distance on economic opportunity in India. She holds a MPA from Princeton University and a BA in Economics and Political Science from Cornell University.
Recent work by Aditi Bhowmick
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Do judges favour defendants like themselves? Evidence from Indian courts
Analysis of over five million criminal cases in India finds no in-group bias in acquittal decisions based on shared religion, gender, or caste – contrasting with patterns documented in other countries.
Published 09.09.25