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Shilpa Aggarwal
Overview
Shilpa Aggarwal is an Associate Professor in the Economics and Public Policy areas. She is a development economist, whose research aims to explore market linkages in developing countries. For her PhD dissertation, she examined the effects of a road construction program in India that connected remote rural areas to nearby markets. Her ongoing research is focused on agricultural supply chains in India and East Africa. She also works on issues pertaining to domestic trade, microfinance, and food policy.
Professor Aggarwal has a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz, an MA from the Delhi School of Economics and a BA from Shri Ram College of Commerce.
Experience
Academic
- 2024 - Present: Associate Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2014 - 2024: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
Research & Publications
Published Papers
Aggarwal, Shilpa., Jeong, Dahyeon., Kumar, Naresh., Park, David., Robinson, Jonathan., Spearot, Alan. (2024) "Shortening the Path to Productive Investment: Evidence from Input Fairs and Cash Transfers in Malawi", Journal of Development Economics , 170 (September 2024), 103288 Jeong, Dahyeon., Aggarwal, Shilpa., Robinson, Jonathan., Kumar, Naresh., Spearot, Alan., Park, David. (2023) "Exhaustive or Exhausting? Evidence on Respondent Fatigue in Long Surveys", Journal of Development Economics , 161 (2023), 102992 Aggarwal, Shilpa., Brailovskaya, Valentina., Robinson, Jonathan. (2023) "Saving for Multiple Financial Needs: Evidence from Lockboxes and Mobile Money in Malawi", The Review of Economics and Statistics , 105 (4), 833-851 Kinra, Sanjay., Mallinson, Poppy., Debbarma, Arindam., Walls, Helen., Lieber, Judith., Bhogadi, Santhi., Addanki, Srivalli., Pande, Richa., Kurpad, Anura., Kannuri, Nanda., Aggarwal, Shilpa., Kulkarni, Bharati., Finklestein, Eric., Deo, Sarang. (2023) "Impact of a financial incentive scheme on purchase of fruits and vegetables from unorganised retailers in rural India: a cluster-randomised controlled trial", The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia , 12 (100140) Aggarwal, Shilpa., Jeong, Dahyeon., Kumar, Naresh., Park, David., Robinson, Jonathan., Spearot, Alan. (2022) "COVID-19 market disruptions and food security: Evidence from households in rural Liberia and Malawi", Plos One , 17 (8), e0271488 Aggarwal, Shilpa. (2021) "The Long Road to Health: Healthcare Utilization Impacts of a Road Pavement Policy in Rural India", Journal of Development Economics , 151 (2021), 102667 Aggarwal, Shilpa., Francis, Eilin., Robinson, Jonathan. (2018) "Grain Today, Gain Tomorrow: Evidence from an Arbitrage Experiment with Savings Clubs in Kenya", Journal of Development Economics , 134 (September 2018), 1-15 Aggarwal, Shilpa. (2018) "Do Rural Roads Create Pathways out of Poverty? Evidence from India", Journal of Development Economics , 133 (July 2018), 375-395
Working Papers
Park, David., Aggarwal, Shilpa., Jeong, Dahyeon., Kumar, Naresh., Robinson, Jonathan., Spearot, Alan. "Private but Misunderstood? Evidence on Measuring Intimate Partner Violence via Self-Interviewing in Rural Liberia and Malawi" Aggarwal, Shilpa., Aker, Jenny., Jeong, Dahyeon., Kumar, Naresh., Park, David., Robinson, Jonathan., Spearot, Alan. "The Dynamic Effects of Cash Transfers: Evidence from Rural Liberia and Malawi" Aggarwal, Shilpa., Chatterjee, Ishani., Jha, Natasha. "Minimum Support Prices in Indian Agriculture: Supporting Whom and at What Price?" Aggarwal, Shilpa., Dizon-Ross, Rebecca., Zucker, Ariel. "Incentivizing Behavioral Change: The Role of Time Preferences" Aggarwal, Shilpa. "Going the Extra Mile: Farm Subsidies and Spatial Convergence in Agricultural Input Adoption"