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Anusha Nath

Anusha Nath Senior Research Economist

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development economics, labor market dynamics, education and human capital development

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Anusha Nath joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis as an economist in 2016. She has taught at Boston University, Delhi University, and the University of Minnesota. Anusha's current research focuses on education and human capital development, labor market dynamics, and development economics.

Anusha holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from Delhi University and a Ph.D. in economics from Boston University.

Clientelistic Politics and Pro-Poor Targeting: Rules versus Discretionary Budgets
Forthcoming | World Development | With Dilip Mookherjee

Bureaucrats and Politicians: How Does Electoral Competition Affect Bureaucratic Performance?
2015 | IED Working Paper 269, Boston University

Changing Voting Patterns in Rural West Bengal: Role of Clientelism and Local Public Goods
2014 | Economic and Political Weekly, 49(11) | With Pranab Bardhan, Sandip Mitra and Dilip Mookherjee

Political Competition and Elite Capture of Local Public Goods
2014

Land Acquisition and Compensation: What Really Happened in Singur?
2013 | Economic and Political Weekly, 48(21) | With Maitreesh Ghatak, Sandip Mitra and Dilip Mookherjee

Sources of Corporate Profits in India - Business Dynamism or Advantages of Entrenchment?
2011 | Brookings India Policy Forum, Vol. 7: 43-84 | With Ashoka Mody and Michael Walton

Economic Impact Evaluation of the City of Minneapolis’s Minimum Wage Ordinance
2021 | With Loukas Karabarbounis and Jeremy Lise

Economic Impact Evaluation of the City of Saint Paul’s Minimum Wage Ordinance
2021 | With Loukas Karabarbounis and Jeremy Lise

Education Amendments Improve Student Achievement and Lead to Policy Changes
2021 | With Scott Dallman and Filip Premik

No Evidence that Education Amendments Increase Litigation
2021

The Saint Paul Minimum Wage Increase Baseline Report
2020 | With Loukas Karabarbounis and Jeremy Lise

Education Clauses in the State Constitutions Across the United States
2020 | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Policy Brief | With Scott Dallman

A Statewide Crisis: Minnesota's Education Achievement Gaps
2019 | With Rob Grunewald

The Minneapolis Minimum Wage Increase Baseline Report
2018 | With Loukas Karabarbounis and Jeremy Lise

Indian Growth: Pro-business or Pro-market?
2011 | VoxEU | With Ashoka Mody and Michael Walton