Nishith PrakashPh.D. in Economics
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Contact Information
- Office: 204 McElhinney Hall , Department of Economics, University of Houston, TX 77204, USA
- Phone: (713) 743-3854 (Work), 832-474-6341 (Mobile)
- Fax: (713) 743-3798
- E-mail: nprakash@uh.edu
Research and Teaching Interests
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Research Papers
- Impact of Reserving Jobs for Minorities on Labor Market Outcomes. Evidence from India (Job Market Paper) [*Download from SSRN*] (Presented at the Federal Reserve Bank- Dallas, Dallas, TX, Dec 2007) [Under Review]
- Does Political Reservation for Minorities Reduce Poverty? Evidence from India (Presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference, Cambridge, MA, Oct 2007; The Southern Economic Association meetings, New Orleans, LA, Nov 2007) [SSRN Top Ten Recently Downloaded Papers (July 2007 - Feb 2008) for categories: Poverty, Affirmative Action, Indian Law, Political Economy Journals, and Political Economy] *Download from SSRN*
Working Papers
- Does Job Reservation for Minorities in India Affect Their Wage Distributions? A Quantile Regression Approach *NEW*
- Affirmative Action Policies and Gender Equality in India (with Tauhidur Rahman, University of Arizona)
- Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials in India: Evidence from Quantile Regression (with Mehtabul Azam, SMU)
- The "Unintended" Effects of Employment Based Affirmative Action Policy *NEW*
Work in Progress
- Job Reservation and Parental Investment in Children's Human Capital. Evidence from India
- Caste Identity and Bureaucratic Efficiency in India
- Impact of Political Reservation for Minorities on their group-specific poverty rates. An Empirical Evidence from India
- Employment Quota and Occupational Choices among Minorities in India *NEW*
Teaching
- ECON 2305. Principles of Macroeconomics (undergraduate level course, Spring 2006)
- ECON 2304. Principles of Microeconomics (undergraduate level course, Summer 2006, Spring 2007) ** Click for Syllabus**
- Econ 3332. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory, Summer 2008
Dissertation Committee
- Prof. Aimee Chin (Primary Advisor) ; Email: achin@uh.edu
- Prof. Chinhui Juhn; Email: cjuhn@uh.edu
- Prof. Steven G. Craig; Email: scraig@uh.edu
- Prof. Tauhidur Rahman (University of Arizona): tauhid@Ag.arizona.edu
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