Rajshri Jayaraman

Associate Professor of Economics, ESMT Berlin and University of Toronto

Raji Jayaraman is associate professor of economics at ESMT Berlin and the University of Toronto, and is the academic director of the FUTURE Institute for Sustainable Transformation. Her research in development and labour economics focusses on human capital and labour market outcomes, particularly among women and children. Her work has been published in journals such as the American Economic Review and the Journal of Political Economy.

Recent work by Rajshri Jayaraman

Midday meals in India improve children’s learning outcomes

Prolonged exposure to ‘midday meals’ can improve learning outcomes on top of its other objectives

Education

Tanika Chakraborty Rajshri Jayaraman

Published 27.09.22

The economic and the social: Anatomy of a contract change in India

Productivity rose among tea pluckers when their base wages increased, despite a fall in monetary incentives, but this response vanishes within months

Firms

Rajshri Jayaraman Debraj Ray

Published 26.07.17

Rajshri Jayaraman

Recent work by Rajshri Jayaraman

Midday meals in India improve children’s learning outcomes

The economic and the social: Anatomy of a contract change in India