Research Interests
Farzana Afridi is a Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute in Delhi. Her main area of research is in development and labor economics. Her current research interests include female labour force participation, the design of public programmes in developing countries and the effects of social identities on labour productivity. She received her Ph.D. in economics in 2006 from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2012.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10856
also available as: International Growth Centre Synthesis Paper S-35407 - INC-1, 2017
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10396
published as 'Electoral Competition, Electoral Uncertainty and Corruption: Theory and Evidence from India' in: Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, 2024, 227, 1056640
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9924
Farzana Afridi, Bidisha Barooah, Rohini Somanathan
published as 'Designing Effective Transfers: Lessons from India's School Meal Program' in: Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24 (1), 45-61
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9722
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (3), 783-818
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8095
published in: India Policy Forum, 2013-14, 10, 297-331
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7212
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2017, 66(1): 1-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6593
significantly revised version published as 'Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme' in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2016, 5, Article number: 7 (2016)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6417
published in Journal of Public Economics,Vol. 123, March 2015: 17-29
