akhila-kovvuri.bsky.social
@akhila-kovvuri.bsky.social
Stanford Economics PhD ’26.
Development, Labor, Urban, and Political Economy.
www.akhilakovvuri.com
Thank you @dmckenzie.bsky.social and World Bank Development Impact blog for featuring my job market paper!
Link to the full paper: www.akhilakovvuri.com/JMP.pdf
Today's JMP features @akhila-kovvuri.bsky.social's work which shows how the extension of the metro system in Delhi generated new jobs around transit stations. Using staggered DiD, she shows consumer-focused firms move in, with new jobs. Large gain for women. blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...?
What if the train brought the job to you? How public transit moves opportunity closer—and changes who gets hired: Guest post by Akhila Kovvuri
blogs.worldbank.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Reposted
🆕 Women’s power at home

In today's podcast, @seema.bsky.social @princetondevo.bsky.social & Alessandra Voena discuss what economic research has taught us about women’s power in the household: voxdev.org/topic/instit...
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Throwback to #NEUDC2025: Presented on how religious mass media can reshape identity and politics, joint work with my wonderful co-authors @resuf.bsky.social, @pbrimble.bsky.social, Alessandro Saia, and @deanyang.bsky.social
#NEUDC2025 👥↔️👥 Session on Caste, Identity, and Ethnicity
Akhila Kovvuri from Stanford University will present:
“Ancient Epics in the Television Age: Mass Media, Identity, and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India”
#TuftsUniversity
December 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM