Prachi Jain

Associate Professor of Economics Loyola Marymount University

  • Los Angeles CA

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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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

University of California, Berkeley

B.A.

Economics

2010

Highest Honors in Economics

University of Michigan

M.A.

Economics

2013

University of Michigan

Ph.D.

Economics

2016

Social

Areas of Expertise

Behavioral Economics
Development Economics
Experimental Economics

Accomplishments

Phi Beta Kappa

University of California, Berkeley, 2010

Letter of Commendation for Excellent Teaching in the Department of Economics

University of Michigan, 2013

Rackham Merit Fellowship

University of Michigan, 2010-11 and 2013-15

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Affiliations

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

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Languages

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

Event Appearances

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

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Research Grants

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

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Courses

Global Poverty

ECON 3750

Economic Development

ECON 4740

Econometrics

ECON 3300

Articles

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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