Welcome! I am a development economist, with a focus on education and the environment.

I am currently an Economist in the World Bank’s Young Professionals Program and an affiliated researcher at the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at The University of Chicago, where I completed my PhD in 2023.

My research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Education, J-PAL, and the IGC, and has been featured in media outlets including VoxDev, BBC, and The Washington Post.

Prior to graduate school, I was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Energy Policy Institute of Chicago and completed my BA in Economics and Mathematics from Swarthmore College.

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Reach me at harshil@uchicago.edu