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Nishith Prakash is an Assistant Professor of economics holding a joint position with the Department of Economics and the Human Rights Institute at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Born and raised in Bihar, India, he earned an M.A. in economics from Delhi School of Economics (DSE), Delhi University, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Houston, Texas. He has been a postdoctoral Research Associate at Cornell University. He is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), and Member of Insights on Immigration and Development (INSIDE-SPAIN). Nishith's primary research interests include development, labour, public policy, and health economics. A line of his work focusses on understanding the effects of affirmative action policies in India on labour market outcomes, child labour, and poverty. His other work has examined topics such as the returns to English-language skills in India, effects of corruption, nutrition and child development in India, and evaluation of welfare and behavioural impacts of Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) in Kenya. Prof. Prakash’s research uses experimental and quasi-experimental econometric techniques to obtain estimates with causal interpretations. Further details here: http://www.econ.uconn.edu/faculty/prakash/