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I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. I am an applied microeconomist with a primary interest in public and labor economics and a secondary interest in urban and political economics. Methodologically, I employ causal inference and structural estimation techniques in my research. Prior to my doctoral studies, I obtained BS and MS in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

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