{"id":19,"date":"2018-01-03T06:03:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T06:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2024-11-12T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T06:16:19","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8a9e46 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8a9e46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b544f15 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b544f15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6baf4d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6baf4d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Farzana-Afridi_MG_4351-1365x2048.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-2405\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Farzana-Afridi_MG_4351-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Farzana-Afridi_MG_4351-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Farzana-Afridi_MG_4351-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Farzana-Afridi_MG_4351-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Farzana-Afridi_MG_4351-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/~fafridi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Farzana-Afridi_MG_4351-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5ac6ad e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b5ac6ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;full&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d26ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6d26ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"bio\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 13-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am a Professor of Economics at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isid.ac.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Statistical Institute<\/a> (Delhi) and a Research Fellow at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iza.org\/people\/fellows\/7721\/farzana-afridi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IZA (Bonn)<\/a>.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My research lies at the intersection of development and labor economics, covering three broad themes: gender and social identity; human capital; and governance.\u00a0 I have collaborated with governments, non-profits and businesses to conduct several field-based projects, using both administrative data and randomized experiments. My work\u00a0contributes towards designing more effective transfer programs, understanding the role of information in improving health and learning outcomes, and assessing the impact of identity and networks on performance, productivity and labor market outcomes.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Grants from the IGC, DFID, CAGE, IZA, UNU-WIDER, the\u00a0Hewlett Foundation, the European Commission, the Planning Commission of India and the Directorate of Education (India), have supported my research. Currently, I head the Digital Platforms and WEE program, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,\u00a0to analyze and suggest measures that empower women on digital labor platforms.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have taught economics, in various capacities, at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Syracuse University, Delhi School of Economics, ISI, Geneva Graduate Institute, National University of Singapore, and the University of Toronto.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am a recipient of the National Mahalanobis Memorial Medal, conferred by The Indian Econometrics Society for contributions to quantitative economics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5d8f3e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget-mobile__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e5d8f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=AuO0mNoAAAAJ&#038;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Google Scholar<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09bc929 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget-mobile__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"09bc929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iza.org\/people\/fellows\/7721\/farzana-afridi\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">IZA Profile<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d08c76 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-widget-mobile__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5d08c76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theigc.org\/person\/farzana-afridi\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">IGC Profile<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) and a Research Fellow at the IZA (Bonn). 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