Supreet Kaur

Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley

Supreet Kaur is Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley. Her research focuses on development economics and behavioral economics.

Prior to joining UC Berkeley, she as Assistant Professor at the Deparment of Economics and School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia. She is affiliated with NBER, CEPR, CESifo, Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), among others.

She earned her PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 2012.

Recent work by Supreet Kaur

Alleviating financial strain to drive productivity: Evidence from India

Does easing the financial stress of short-term workers by paying them earlier lead to productivity improvements?

Audio : Finance

Supreet Kaur

Published 01.04.20
Scabs: The social suppression of labour supply

Social norms help sustain wage floors with workers taking jobs at wage cuts in private, but rejecting them in public due to fear of sanctions

Articles : Labour Markets & Migration

Emily Breza Supreet Kaur Nandita Krishnaswamy

Published 07.10.19
The effects of pay inequality

Pay inequality affects attendance, productivity and the social fabric of manufacturing workers in India, thus revealing impacts on firm productivity.

Audio : Firms & Trade

Supreet Kaur

Published 01.06.18
The effects of pay inequality

Pay inequality affects attendance, productivity and the social fabric of manufacturing workers in India, thus revealing impacts on firm productivity.

Video : Firms & Trade

Supreet Kaur

Published 08.02.18

Supreet Kaur

Recent work by Supreet Kaur

Alleviating financial strain to drive productivity: Evidence from India

Scabs: The social suppression of labour supply

The effects of pay inequality

The effects of pay inequality