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
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)
Languages (3)
- English (native)
- Spanish (intermediate)
- Hindi (basic)
Event Appearances (12)
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 (7)
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 (2)
Measuring self-efficacy, executive function, and temporal discounting in Kenya
Behaviour Research and Therapywith 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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