Khushbu Mishra
Assistant Professor of Economics
Economics
Stetson University
United States of America
Biography
Khushbu Mishra is finishing her Ph.D. in Applied Economics from The Ohio State University in the summer of 2017. Her work broadly focuses on Gender and Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, and Impact Evaluation. She completed her BA. in Economics and Mathematics from Mount Holyoke College in MA. Besides working as a Research Assistant for a USAID/BASIS funded Randomized Control Trial Project on Index Insurance in Ghana under Professors Mario J. Miranda and Abdoul G. Sam, she has worked as a consultant for the World Bank Group and UNICEF. Born in a rural society in Nepal where the majority of families depend on agriculture for their living, Mishra is passionate to formulate innovative solutions to reducing social inequalities in developing, agrarian economies.
Research Interest
Foundations of Economics I, Special topics: Health Economics
Publications
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"Impact of Land Ownership on Women Empowerment: Evidence from Nepal" (with Abdoul G. Sam) Published, World Development.
