Garima Agarwal
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Labour Economics
- Development Economics
- Gender Education
- Causal Inference
Biography
Garima holds a PhD and an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics as well as a BA Honours in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. She spent a year at the University of Göttingen, Germany as a Stephan Klasen Postdoctoral Fellow in Development Economics.
Her research aims to understand and address barriers to human capital accumulation and economic participation for girls and women. Her doctoral dissertation considers the role of biological constraints such as puberty and menstruation in determining school participation for adolescent girls in India.
She uses a variety of econometric techniques to analyse both primary and secondary data to answer questions that are policy relevant. Currently, she is interested in issues surrounding women’s labour force participation, including aspirations, well-being, and the school-to-work transition for young girls.
She has taught several undergraduate courses in Microeconomics, Statistical Methods, Econometrics, Data Analysis and Development Economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.
Courses
Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Do individuals calculate their actions to suit consequences? Are individual’s choices purely self-interested? How do individual behaviours affect social institutions? And how can policies take heed to these behaviours?
Introduction to Economics I
Understand economic behaviour and interactions through key economics concepts and tools.
Publications
Newspaper Article
- Agarwal, G. (2021, July 19). Plugging education gaps as schools reopen. The Indian Express. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/covid-lockdown-digital-divide-education-gaps-schools-reopen-7412467/
Online Article
- Agarwal, G., Bhatt, S., Goel, S., Kaushik, A. (2014, June 4). A unique, informal banking system of rickshaw drivers in cities. Ideas for India. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/agriculture/a‑unique-informal-banking-system-of-rickshaw-drivers-in-cities.html
Working Papers
- Agarwal, G. Sanitary Napkin Distribution and Girls’ School Participation — Evidence from a Public Program in India.
- Agarwal, G. Absenteeism, Menstruation and School-level Programs — Findings from a Primary Survey in Delhi.
Ongoing Work
- Agarwal, G., & Kumar, H. Evaluating India’s Menstrual Hygiene Scheme.
- Agarwal, G., Sarkar, D., & Somanathan, R. Identifying Menstrual Absence in Daily Individual Attendance Data.