Assistant Professor, JNU
Dr Rashmi Barua teaches at the Centre for International Trade and Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Prior to that she has worked at Singapore Management University and the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. Her research spans across the economics of education and labour markets with specific interest in early childhood human capital investments (health and education), gender issues in the labour market and the economics of crime. Her research has been a mix of methodological contributions, randomized evaluations and empirical applications that are guided by sound economic theory. Her research has been published in leading economics journals. She obtained a PhD in economics from Boston University in 2009.