Shweta Bhogale

Shweta Bhogale

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Biography

I am a postdoctoral fellow at Jameel Poverty Action Lab's King Climate Action Initiative at MIT and a visiting scholar at UCSD's Global Policy School.

My research lies at the intersection of environmental and resource economics, development economics, and political economy. In particular, my research is structured around three key themes: (1) collective action and community cooperation for managing shared resources, (2) the adoption of sustainable technologies to enhance agricultural returns, and (3) the pivotal role of information in motivating behavioral and policy changes.

Before starting my postdoc, I got my Ph.D. in Public Policy (Economics Track) at Harvard university. I received my MA in International and Development Economics at Yale University and have a BA in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.

Interests
  • Environmental Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Political Economy
Education

  • PhD in Public Policy (Economics track), 2022

    Harvard University

  • MA in International and Development Economics, 2013

    Yale University

  • BA in Economics and Statistics, 2012

    St. Xavier's College

Research

Working Papers

“Run On The Reservoir: Evidence for Administrative Competition for Groundwater in India” , with Shamil Khedgikar
(Under Review)

“Barriers to Civic Action for Clean Air” , with Patrick Baylis and Teevrat Garg
(R&R Pre-results review, Journal of Development Economics)

Selected Works

In Progress

“Revitalizing Traditional Water Tanks for Climate Adaptation in India” , with Aanchal Bagga and Kyle Emerick (Analysis stage)

“Innovation at Local Agricultural Research Centres in India” (Analysis stage)

“Evaluating the Impacts of Coldstorage Infrastructure on Agriculture” , with Namrata Kala and Eleanor Wiseman (Pilot complete)

“Solarizing Agriculture: Estimating the Economic Returns to Solar Irrigation Pumps in Bangladesh” , with Shefali Khanna and Mohammad Yunus (Pilot ongoing)

Other Papers

“Climate Adaptation” VoxDev Literature, with Clare Balboni and Namrata Kala

“Digital Identification & Finance Initiative Africa: An Overview of Research Opportunities” JPAL White Paper, with Tavneet Suri

“The economic impacts of Ebola” IGC Publications, with Rachel Glennerster and Tavneet Suri

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