Khadija Aslam is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She is also an incoming Fulbright Fellow at Barnard College, Columbia University. Khadija's research explores behavioral household finance, the
economics of marginalized groups, and issues related to segregation.
Motivated by the question of how religious beliefs and cultural practices shape social choices and economic outcomes, her work provides novel insights into these dynamics. In one of her papers, she examines the effect of Islam’s prohibition of interest-bearing transactions on the demand for formal credit, offering new evidence on religion’s role in borrowing behavior. Currently, in an ongoing project, she's investigating patterns of residential segregation in India and its implications for social and economic well-being.