Farzana Afridi

Research Fellow

Indian Statistical Institute

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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.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9924
The Mixture as Before? Student Responses to the Changing Content of School Meals in India
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
Why Are Fewer Married Women Joining the Work Force in India? A Decomposition Analysis over Two Decades
Farzana Afridi, Taryn Dinkelman, Kanika Mahajan
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (3), 783-818
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8095
Social Audits and MGNREGA Delivery: Lessons from Andhra Pradesh
Farzana Afridi, Vegard Iversen
published in: India Policy Forum, 2013-14, 10, 297-331
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7212
Women Political Leaders, Corruption and Learning: Evidence from a Large Public Program in India
Farzana Afridi, Vegard Iversen, M.R. Sharan
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2017, 66(1): 1-30
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6593
Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Farzana Afridi, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Soham Sahoo
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
Social Identity and Inequality: The Impact of China's Hukou System
Farzana Afridi, Sherry Xin Li, Yufei Ren
published in Journal of Public Economics,Vol. 123, March 2015: 17-29
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