Prarthna Agarwal Goel
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics
Prarthna Agarwal Goel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. As an applied economist, her research focuses on policy insights and impact evaluations at the intersection of gender, health, education, labor, and political economy. Prior to her 14 years in academia, she spent seven years in the corporate analytics industry specialising in credit risk modelling and marketing investment optimization.
Recent work by Prarthna Agarwal Goel
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Bridging the gap for women in export-led growth
Exporting factories in India employ more women and pay smaller gender wage gaps than non-exporters, but these gains erode as capital intensity rises – because women lack access to the technical skills that technology-intensive production demands.
Published 09.07.26