CV
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Profile
Name | Koustuv Saha |
saha50@purdue.edu | |
Interest | PhD in Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, with research focused on the role of strategic interactions and information frictions in intrahousehold decision-making, the impacts of structural transformation on the rural economy, and gendered structures in rural labor markets. |
Work Experience
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2024 - Present West Lafayette, IN, USA
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2021 - 2023 West Lafayette, IN, USA
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2019 - 2020 Mumbai, India
Research Associate to Drs. Subrata and Jayati Sarkar
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
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2017 - 2019 Mumbai, India
Education
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Aug 2021 - July 2025 Ph.D.
Purdue University
Agricultural Economics
- Specialization: International Development, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics
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2017 - 2019 -
2014 - 2016 -
2011 - 2014
Publications
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2024.08 Women’s Work and Agricultural Productivity Gaps in India
Forthcoming in American Journal of Agricultural Economics
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2024 Strategy and Coordintion in Risky Household Decisions: Evidence from Bangaldesh
JMP
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2024 Agricultural Mechanization and Gendered Structural Transformation in India
Working paper, forthcoming
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2024 Gender Role Attitudes and Female Labour Participation: Evidence from Egypt
Working paper, forthcoming
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2023.05 Women’s Land Ownership and Household Decisions: Implications for Child Health in Rural India
Published book chapter
Honors & Awards
- 2024
Uma Lele Prize for Best Contributed Paper on Gender
International Conference for Agricultural Economics
For research on women's labor market participation in agricultural economies
- 2024
- 2017
Junior Research Fellowship
University Grants Commission, India
Skills
Programming & Statistical Software | |
STATA | |
R | |
Matlab | |
GAMS | |
RunGTAP | |
Julia |
Languages
English | |
First language |
Bengali | |
Native fluency |
Hindi | |
Social proficiency |
References
Dr. Kajal Gulati | |
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University – Ph.D. Co-chair |
Dr. Jacob Ricker-Gilbert | |
Interim Associate Department Head & Professor, Purdue University – Ph.D. Co-chair |
Dr. Colin D. Sullivan | |
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh – Ph.D. Committee member |