Anirudh Tagat
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Anirudh Tagat
@inhouseconomist.bsky.social
www.anirudhtagat.com
Research Author, Dept of Economics, Monk Prayogshala. Research in behavioural and development economics in India. Teach econ at NMIMS and Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics, Mumbai, India. PhD Econ IITB/Monash | MSc Econ Warwick
A wonderful part of the #BREW #ESA conference is the panel discussion. In this year's edition, Ritwik Banerjee (IIM-B) is moderating a panel on AI in beh/experimental Econ with Marie-Claire Villeval and PJ Healy.
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In the last session for today, Nishat Anjum (NCAER NDIC) is presenting work on skin colour stereotypes and how affect plays a role in confidence, productivity, and risk preference in India.
December 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
On Day 2 of #BREW #ESA, in the post lunch session, Khushboo (Maharishi Dayanand University) is presenting work on daily decision making among doctors in India.
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The last presentation in the pre-lunch session is by Abu Afzal Tauheed (Masaryk University), which deals with marital status and job market participation in urban India using experimental evidence from audit studies.
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
How might people consider concerns of fairness and efficiency in assessing so-called "meritocratic" systems? The next talk is by Puja Bhattacharya (U Arkansas) on using an experiment to disentangle these two preferences.
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Now the morning session on #labour, with the first speaker, Vrinda Kapoor (Cornell) is presenting work with casual labourers in Tamil Nadu on rating employers and how providing this information shapes job choices.
December 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Second keynote at #BREW #ESA is by Paul J. Healy (Ohio State) on belief elicitation methods, comparing the BQSR and MPL methods for incentive support.
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Last talk for the session is by Mridul Joshi (Stanford), who is presenting findings from a JPAL RCT on whether a digital curriculum can reduce social media usage and misinformation discernment in Punjab
December 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Next up is a talk by Garima Agarwal (Azim Premji University), who is presenting evidence from a field experiment with an edtech platform, studying the impact of public leaderboards on education. Find that females avoid "harder" tasks under public observability.
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Attending the afternoon talks at #BREW #ESA conference in MDI Gurgaon! Earlier, heard a talk by Divyanshu Jain (IIM Ahmedabad) on math complexity and gender differences in standardized tests in India. Now, Anurag Kakkar (Hansraj College) is discussing role of peer networks in attainment.
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🚨Publication alert!

Our long-standing project looking at the link between financial inclusion and financial literacy in India using household survey data is now published in the Journal of Emerging Market Finance! Led by Anchal K & Abhishek V, Monk Prayogshala

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
March 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨 New publication alert! 🚨

Our latest paper examines the impact of life skills education on socio-emotional development and school-related outcomes among adolescents in India. This work was supported by the Magic Bus India Foundation, and has been a long time in the works!

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February 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Why do people do this? #stats
February 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Join us in celebrating a decade of academic excellence at Monk Prayogshala's Tenth Annual Research Summer School!

To know more, and to embark on this journey of discovery together: buff.ly/3EffrRQ
#MonkPrayogshala #research #SummerSchool2025 #socialsciences
January 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
My first post on here, and putting out my paper with Bijoyetri S. on disparities between the medium of instruction in Indian schools and language spoken at home, and school outcomes! Here is the infographic by our super cool team at Prayogshala, and link to paper

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM