Prachi Jain

Biography

Prachi Jain is a development, experimental and behavioral economist. She is interested in how poor households cope with risk, specifically in how households use their social networks. Her recent work examines how stress affects economic-decision making and household bargaining in Kenya.

Education (3)

University of Michigan: Ph.D., Economics 2016

University of Michigan: M.A., Economics 2013

University of California, Berkeley: B.A., Economics 2010

Highest Honors in Economics

Social

Areas of Expertise (3)

Behavioral Economics

Development Economics

Experimental Economics

Accomplishments (6)

BCLA-StudyLA Faculty Research Fellowship

Loyola Marymount University, 2019

Rackham One Term Dissertation Fellowship

University of Michigan

Nominated by the Department of Economics for University's "Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award"

University of Michigan, 2015

Rackham Merit Fellowship

University of Michigan, 2010-11 and 2013-15

Letter of Commendation for Excellent Teaching in the Department of Economics

University of Michigan, 2013

Phi Beta Kappa

University of California, Berkeley, 2010

Affiliations (1)

• Research Affiliate, Busara Center for Behavioral Economics, Nairobi, Kenya

Links (1)

• Website

Languages (3)

• English (native)
• Spanish (intermediate)
• Hindi (basic)

Event Appearances (24)

Los Angeles Experiments Workshop (LAX)

University of Southern California  2023

University California Irvine

Guest Lecturer  2023

Economic Science Association North America Meeting

Santa Barbara, CA  2022

Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer  2022

African Evidence Summit

Kigali, Rwanda  2022

UCLA

Guest Lecturer  2022

Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries, Economic Science Association North American Meeting

Tucson, AZ  2021

Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, Liberal Arts College Behavioral and Experimental Workshop

University of Pennsylvania  2021

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Invited Speaker  2021

Pacific Conference for Development Economics

University of California San Diego  2021

University of Southern Californai

Guest Lecturer  2021

Swarthmore College

Guest Lecturer  2021

University of San Francisco

Invited Speaker  2020

Pacific Conference for Development Economics

University of Southern California  2019

Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries

UC Berkeley  2019

Liberal Arts Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop

Colorado College  2019

Economic Science Association North American Meeting

Loyola Marymount University  2019

Smith College

Invited Speaker  2019

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Invited Speaker  2019

Claremont Graduate University

Invited Speaker  2019

Pacific Conference for Development Economics

UC Davis  2018

Bay Area Behavioral and Experimental Economics Conference

University of San Francisco  2018

Loyola Marymount University

Invited Speaker  2017

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Research Grants (12)

BCLA-Global Policy Institute Summer Research Fellowship

Loyola Marymount University 

2023

Center for Effective Global Action

Digital Credit Observatory 

2022

BCLA Faculty Research and Writing Grant

Loyola Marymount University 

2022

BCLA College Fellowship

Loyola Marymount University 

2021

BCLA-Study LA Faculty Research Fellowship

Loyola Marymount University 

2019

BCLA Research Expense Account

Loyola Marymount University 

2019

BCLA Faculty Research and Writing Grant

Loyola Marymount University 

2018

Dickstein Graduate Research Award

Department of Economics and the Jordan and Kim Dickstein Department of Economics African Initiative Fund, University of Michigan 

2015

Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research (MITRE

Department of Economics, University of Michigan 

2015

Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research (CIBER)/Global Initiatives

University of MIchigan 

2015

Riecker Graduate Student Research Grant from the Center of Education of Women

University of Michigan 

2015

Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant

University of Michigan 

2014

Courses (3)

Econometrics

ECON 3300

Economic Development

ECON 4740

Global Poverty

ECON 3750

Articles (6)

JUST VENMO ME: Does form of payment affect risk taking and intertemporal choice?

Journal of the Economic Science Association

Hoel, Jessica B., Jain, Prachi, Galaty, Bridget

2022, 8:16-33

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Are informal transfers driven by strategic risk-sharing or fairness? Evidence from an experiment in Kenya.

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Jain, Prachi and Lay, Margaret J.

2021, 191:186-196

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Stress May Increase Choice of Sooner Outcomes, But Not Temporal Discounting.

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Haushofer, Johannes, Jain, Prachi, Musau, Abednego, Ndetei, David

2021, 183: 377-396

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Imperfect Monitoring and Informal Insurance: The Role of Social Ties.

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Jain, Prachi

2020, 180:241-256

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Measuring self-efficacy, executive function, and temporal discounting in Kenya

Behaviour Research and Therapy

with Kristina Esopo, Daniel Mellow, Catherine Thomas, Hannah Uckat, Justin Abraham, Chaning Jang, Nicholas Otis, Michala Riis-Vestergaard, Amanda Starcev, Kate Orkin and Johannes Haushofer

2018, 101: 30-45.

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