
Namrata Kala
Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
Namrata Kala is an Associate Professor (with tenure) at MIT Sloan School of Management. Her research interests include development and environmental economics, and organizational economics.
Namrata Kala is on the Editorial Board of VoxDev.
Recent work by Namrata Kala
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Reducing air pollution: Evidence from payments to reduce crop burning in India
Programmes that pay farmers not to burn crop residue face challenges with compliance, but contracts that include partial upfront payments can help
Articles : Energy & Environment
Kelsey Jack Seema Jayachandran Namrata Kala Rohini Pande
Published 28.03.23
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How railways impact the growth of cities: Evidence from colonial India
Railways encouraged the growth of cities in colonial India and market access helps explain why
Articles : Infrastructure & Urbanisation
James Fenske Namrata Kala Jinlin Wei
Published 19.09.22
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Easing contracting frictions with machines: Evidence from India
Mechanisation standardises output and lowers supervision needs for hired labour, freeing owners’ families to engage in profitable off-farm activities
Published 01.11.21
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How managerial autonomy improves firm outcomes: Evidence from India
Greater managerial autonomy for state-owned enterprises leads to higher sales, profits, and value added, with no negative employment effects
Published 01.09.21
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The economic and political consequences of India’s demonetisation
Despite BJP’s demonetisation policy having some negative economic impacts in India, why did they win the Uttar Pradesh state election?
Articles : Institutions & Political Economy
Published 14.10.19
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The skills to pay the bills: Returns to on-the-job soft skills training
In a randomised controlled trial in India, the returns to a firm’s investment in worker soft skill training were nearly 250% after nine months
Achyuta Adhvaryu Namrata Kala Anant Nyshadham
Published 16.10.17