Nidhiya Menon

Associate Professor of Economics

Brandeis University

Contact Information

Department of Economics & International Business School
MS 021, Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454, USA.
Phone  : 781.736.2230
Fax  : 781.736.2269
E-mail  : nmenon"AT"brandeis"DOT"edu

Curriculum Vitae

CV (pdf file)

Recent Working Papers

• Impact of the Food, Fuel, and Financial Crisis on the Philippine Labor Market with Yana Rodgers. October 2010
• Gender Differences in Socioeconomic Status and Health: Evidence from the 2008 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey with Yana Rodgers. November 2010
• Obstacles to Business, Technology Use, and Firms with Female Principal Owners in Kenya. February 2011
• Credit and Self-Employment with Yana Rodgers. May 2011
• The Effect of Communication Technologies on Firm Productivity in a Difficult Business Environment: Evidence from Kenya . July 2011
• Spatial Decentralization and Program Evaluation: Theory and an Example with Mark Pitt. August 2011
• Labor Regulations and Job Quality: Evidence from India with Yana Rodgers. October 2011
• War and Women's Work: Evidence from the Conflict in Nepal with Yana Rodgers. November 2011
• Evidence of State-Level Variability in the Economic and Demographic Well-Being of People with Disabilities in India with Susan Parish and Roderick Rose. December 2011
• Seasonal Effects of Water Quality on Infant and Child Health in India with Elizabeth Brainerd. December 2011

Published/Forthcoming

Refereed Journals
• How Access to Credit Affects Self-Employment: Differences by Gender during India's Rural Banking Reform with Yana Rodgers.
  Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47(1), 48-69.
  On-line Appendix
• Public Programs Pare Poverty: Evidence from Chile with David Glick.
  Bulletin of Economic Research, 2009, 61(3), 249-282.
• International Trade and the Gender Wage Gap: New Evidence from India's Manufacturing Sector with Yana Rodgers.
  World Development, 2009, 37(5), 965-981.
• Rainfall Uncertainty and Occupational Choice in Agricultural Households of Rural Nepal
  Journal of Development Studies, 2009, 45(6), 864-888.
• Investment Credit and Child Labor
  Applied Economics, 2010, 42(12), 1461-1479.
• Learning, Diversification, and the Nature of Risk with Narayanan Subramanian.
  Economic Theory, 2008, 35(1), 117-145.
• The Relationship between Labor Unionization and the Number of Working Children in India
  Indian Economic Journal, 2007, 54(3), 133-151.
• Labor Conflicts and Foreign Investments: An Analysis of FDI in India with Paroma Sanyal.
  Review of Development Economics, 2007, 11(4), 629-644.
• Inter-dependencies in Micro-Credit Groups: Evidence from Repayment Data
  Journal of Developing Areas, 2007, 40(2), 111-132.
• Long Term Benefits of Membership in Microfinance Programs
  Journal of International Development, 2006, 18, 571-594.
• Non-Linearities in Returns to Participation in Grameen Bank Programs
  Journal of Development Studies, 2006, 42(8), 1379-1400.
• Labor Disputes and the Economics of Firm Geography: A Study of Domestic Investment in India with Paroma Sanyal.
  Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005, 53(4), 825-854.

Chapters and Articles in Edited Volumes
• Trade Policy Liberalization and Gender Equality in the Labor Market: New Evidence for India with Yana Rodgers.
  Rutgers University World Affairs Review, Fall 2008, Issue 3, 1-25.
• Gender Inequality in the Labor Market During Economic Transition: Changes in India's Manufacturing Sector with Yana Rodgers.
  in Ravi Kanbur and Jan Svejnar (eds.), Labor Markets in Transition and Developing Economies: Emerging Policy and Analytical Issues.
  London and New York: Routledge Press, 2009, 341-363.

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Last Updated: December 2011