Prashant Bharadwaj

Professor, Department of Economics, UC San Diego

Prashant Bharadwaj is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He received his BA in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2004 and his PhD in Economics from Yale University in 2009. He has been at UC San Diego since 2009. He is a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), an affiliate of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP), and of the Center for Evaluation of Global Action (CEGA).

Recent work by Prashant Bharadwaj

The impact of displacement on marriage outcomes of women: Evidence from the partition of India

Forced migration can create conditions that lead to early marriage for adolescent women

Articles : Labour Markets & Migration

Frances Lu Sameem Siddiqui Prashant Bharadwaj

Published 18.03.22
Fighting malnutrition with cash and information: Evidence from Nepal

Mothers who received modest cash inputs along with information on practices to reduce malnutrition were more likely to adopt those practices

Audio : Health & Education

Michael Levere Gayatri Acharya Prashant Bharadwaj

Published 02.03.22
Drawing the line: The short- and long-term consequences of partitioning India

The economic and political consequences of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947

Articles : Institutions & Political Economy

Prashant Bharadwaj Saumitra Jha

Published 15.08.17

Prashant Bharadwaj

Recent work by Prashant Bharadwaj

The impact of displacement on marriage outcomes of women: Evidence from the partition of India

Fighting malnutrition with cash and information: Evidence from Nepal

Drawing the line: The short- and long-term consequences of partitioning India