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Pramila Krishnan

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pramila.krishnan@qeh.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0)1865 271918

Research interests

Applied microeconomics of development.

Pramila Krishnan

Professor of Development Economics

Pramila Krishnan began her academic life as an econometrician working on models of self-selection before seeing the light and moving on to work in development economics.

Her research has concentrated on applied microeconomics and she has worked on topics ranging from household portfolios of poor households, to risk-sharing, intra-household allocation and informal insurance, social networks, non-cognitive skills and whether migrants might be both rich and happy.

Pramila Krishnan teaches on the MSc in Economics for Development, offering a module on education.

Research students supervised

  • Journal articles and special issues

    Krishnan, Pramila
    Jan Willem Gunning and Andualem T Mengistu ( ) Fading choice: transport costs and variety in consumer goods . Economica 91 (363) 1100-23
    Krishnan, Pramila
    Tewodros M Gebrewolde, Michael Koelle, Andualem T Mengistu ( ) Currency Shocks and Firm Behaviour in Ethiopia and Uganda . Journal of African Economies 31 (S_1) i59–i82
    Krishnan, Pramila
    Amrita Dhillon, Manasa Patnam, Carlo Perroni ( ) Secession with Natural Resources . The Economic Journal 130 (631) 2207–48
    Krishnan, Pramila
    Peng Zhang ( ) Restricting trade and reducing variety: Evidence from Ethiopia . World Development 126
    Krishnan, Pramila
    Christian Helmers, Manasa Patnam ( ) Attention and saliency on the internet: Evidence from an online recommendation system . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 161 216-42
    Krishnan, Pramila
    M Patnam ( ) Neighbours And Extension Agents: Who Matters More For Technology Adoption . American Journal of Agricultural Economics 308-27 96 (1)
    Krishnan, Pramila
    S Dercon, S Krutikova ( ) Changes in Living Standards in Villages in India 1975-2004: Revisiting the ICRISAT Village-Level Studies . Journal of Development Studies 49 (12) 1676-93
    Krishnan, Pramila
    S Kutikova ( ) Non-cognitive skill formation in poor neighbourhoods of urban India . Labour Economics 24 68-85
    Krishnan, Pramila
    J Das, S Dercon, J Habyarimana, K Muralidharan, V Sundararaman ( ) School Inputs, Household Substitution, and Test Scores . American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 5 (2) 29-57
    Krishnan, Pramila
    ( ) La croissance du PIB rendra-t-elle des habitants des pays en développement plus heureux? . Revue d’économie du développement , 191-8 19 (2-3)
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