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Supreet Kaur
Assistant Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs
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Biography:
Supreet Kaur studies poverty in developing countries, with a particular focus on applying behavioral economics to understand labor markets. She teaches development economics and program evaluation.
Supreet has been selected as a David A. Wells Prize recipient by the Harvard Economics Department (2012); a Giorgio Ruffolo Doctoral Fellow in Sustainability Science at Harvard's Center for International Development (2010-2011); a Dissertation Fellow at the Project on Justice, Welfare, and Economics at Harvard (2010-2011); and a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School (2005-2007). Her work has received financial support from the National Science Foundation, the Institute for Financial Management and Research in India, and various institutes at Harvard and Columbia universities. She also serves on the National Advisory Board for the Sikh Coalition.
Supreet holds a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from the Harvard Economics Department, an M.P.A. in International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a B.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University.