
Seema Jayachandran is a Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Her main research area is development economics. She serves as Co-Chair of the Gender Sector for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Co-Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research program in Development Economics, and on the Board of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development. She has a PhD in economics from Harvard University, a master’s degree in physics and philosophy from the University of Oxford where she was a Marshall Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from MIT. Prior to joining Princeton, she was a faculty member at Stanford University and Northwestern University.
Recent work by Seema Jayachandran
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Does empowering women to communicate at home improve child health outcomes?
Adding communication skills training to health classes for mothers in Uganda increased women’s voice in household decisions but not sufficiently to...
Martina Björkman-Nyqvist Seema Jayachandran Céline Zipfel
Published 11.09.23
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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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Mother-father differences in spending on children: Evidence from Uganda
Mothers and fathers spend differently on daughters relative to sons, which can perpetuate the benefits of empowering women today
Rebecca Dizon-Ross Seema Jayachandran
Published 15.03.23
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Reshaping gender attitudes: Evidence from schools in India
Integrated school-based interventions to advance gender equality can achieve lasting changes in regressive attitudes and behaviours
Diva Dhar Tarun Jain Seema Jayachandran
Published 07.07.21
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Can kindergarten combat learning inequality?
Participation in early childhood education programmes can lead to improved and lasting learning outcomes for disadvantaged children
Joshua T. Dean Seema Jayachandran
Published 09.02.21
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Helping microenterprises grow: What works and what doesn’t
Policy interventions in non-agricultural small-scale enterprises shed light on what matters for firm growth and profitability
Published 06.02.20
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One problem with giving aid to small villages
How do cash transfers impact prices? Evidence from rural Mexico
Published 24.10.18
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Growing out of corruption
Economic growth can reduce corruption. A Vietnamese study shows that when employment in an industry doubled, bribery fell by 1.6 percentage points
Articles : Institutions & Political Economy
Jie Bai Seema Jayachandran Edmund Malesky Benjamin Olken
Published 23.07.18
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Family dynamics and water conservation: Evidence from Zambia
Individuals put less effort into conserving water or energy at home when they share the resulting financial savings with other household members
Articles : Energy & Environment
Kelsey Jack Seema Jayachandran
Published 20.04.18