Prakarsh Singh

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Prakarsh Singh is a Senior Economist and Science Manager at Global Talent Management, PXT, Amazon.

At Amazon, he has worked on Econometrics and Machine Learning models related to Impact of COVID-19 on Worker Productivity, Behavioral nudges for Managers, Network Analysis, Marketing Optimization, Downstream Impact of Brand Awareness and Creatives Valuation. Prior to Amazon, he was a professor of development economics at Amherst College, Massachusetts with twenty peer-reviewed publications in economics journals.

He completed his Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2011. He has an MRes. and a BSc. in Economics also from the London School of Economics.

He has received research grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, DFID, UNU-WIDER, Fordham University, and several state governments in India (Punjab, West Bengal, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan).

He has published in The European Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, The Economics of Education Review, The Journal of Development Studies, Journal of African Economies, Defence and Peace Economics, The Economics of Peace and Security Journal and The Journal of Economic Education.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in May 2016 and became an IZA Research Fellow in November 2021.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10390
Economics of Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Punjab Insurgency
Prakarsh Singh
forthcoming in: Journal of Punjab Studies
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10389
The 'Informality Gap': Can Education Help Minorities Escape Informal Employment? Evidence from Peru
Juan Gabriel Delgado Montes, Javier Corrales, Prakarsh Singh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10375
Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10094
Impact of Ethnic Civil Conflict on Migration of Skilled Labor
Julie Christensen, Darius Onul, Prakarsh Singh
published in: Eastern Economic Journa, 2018, 44, 18-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10093
"Face the Bullet, Spare the Rod?" Evidence from the Aftermath of the Shining Path Insurgency
Alvaro Morales, Prakarsh Singh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10092
Gender Bias in Education during Conflict: Evidence from Assam
Sutanuka Roy, Prakarsh Singh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10085
Learning and Behavioral Spillovers of Nutritional Information
Prakarsh Singh
published in: The Journal of Development Studies (August 8, 2016): 1–21. doi:10.1080/00220388.2016.1208176.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10084
Performance Pay and Malnutrition
Prakarsh Singh, Sandip Mitra
Published as Singh, P. and S. Mitra (2017). "Incentives, Information and Malnutrition: Evidence from an experiment in India", European Economic Review, vol 93, pages 24-46.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10083
Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India
Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10048
Searching for Religious Discrimination among Anganwadi Workers in India: An Experimental Investigation
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Prakarsh Singh
published as 'Searching for religious discrimination among childcare workers' in: Review of Development Economics, first published 29 January 2020
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