
Seema Jayachandran is an Professor of Economics at Northwestern University. Her main research area is development economics. She also serves as a Reviewing Editor at Science, as Co-Chair of the Health Sector for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 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 Northwestern, she was an Assistant Professor at Stanford University and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.
Recent work by Seema Jayachandran
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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
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Forest conservation in Uganda: Using financial incentives to avert climate change
Payments for ecosystem services programmes for landowners reduce deforestation, presenting a cost-effective approach to cutting CO2 emissions
Articles : Energy & Environment
Published 28.09.17