Radhika
Bansal
PhD Candidate · Economics · UC Riverside
I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of California, Riverside. My research sits at the intersection of labor and development economics, with a focus on gender discrimination and the economics of crime.
Research Interests
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Labor Economics
How labor markets shape wages, employment, and worker outcomes — with a focus on gender and in-group bias.
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Development Economics
Public employment, patriarchal norms, and the reconfiguration of household and community gender relations.
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Economics of Crime & Gender
How legal penalties, deterrence, and discrimination interact to shape behavior and outcomes.
Affiliation
UCR · Economics
University of California, Riverside
Department of Economics · PhD Candidate