Reshmaan Hussam

Harvard Business School
Reshmaan Hussam

Reshmaan Hussam is an Assistant Professor of business administration in the Business, Government and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research explores questions at the intersection of development and behavioural economics, with research in three areas: migration, health, and finance. Prior to joining HBS, Professor Hussam was a postdoctoral fellow at the Economic Growth Center at Yale University. She received her SB and PhD in economics from MIT.

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रोजगार का मनोसामाजिक मूल्य: एक शरणार्थी शिविर से साक्ष्य

रोजगार में आय सृजन के स्पष्ट लाभ-सहित सार्थक मनोसामाजिक लाभ होने की क्षमता के बावजूद, दुनिया के कई सबसे कमजोर समूहों- जिनमें शरणार्थी शामिल हैं, की रोजगार तक पहुंच कम है। यह लेख बांग्लादेश में रोहिंग्या शरणार्थियों के साथ किये गए एक क्षेत्रीय प्रयोग के आधार पर, शरणार्थियों को रोजगार प्रदान करने के प्रभाव का निरीक्षण करता है और यह पाता है कि केवल वेतन-बराबर नकद सहायता राशि प्राप्त करने वालों की तुलना में रोजगार से बेहतर कल्याण होता है तथा स्वाभिमान में वृद्धि होती है।

12 July 2022
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The psychosocial value of employment: Evidence from a refugee camp

Many of the world’s most vulnerable groups – including refugees –lack access to employment opportunities, which along with the obvious benefit of income generation also produces psychosocial benefits for individuals. Based on a field experiment in Bangladesh with Rohingya refugees, this article inspects the effect of providing refugees with employment, and finds that it leads to improved well-being and self-worth, compared to those who receive only a wage-equal amount of cash assistance.

20 June 2022
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