Pallabi Gogoi is a fifth year PhD student at Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India. Her research interests include Health Economics, Behavioural Economics and Public Policy. Her current research aims to evaluate the impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Maternal and Child Health. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Gauhati University, Assam and a M.Phil. degree in Economics from Dibrugarh University, Assam. She was associated with various research organization including Population Research Centre, Assam; National Institute of Public Finance & Policy, Delhi and Department of Promotion of Industry and International Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.

I am a third-year Doctoral student in Economics at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India. My research interests lie at the intersection of development, gender and labor economics. I am currently working on the dynamics of economic behavior among female-headed households in India. I have also worked on women’s health, intimate partner violence and women’s empowerment issues. I hold a post-Graduate degree in Economics from University of Hyderabad, India and a Bachelor’s degree from Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta University, India. Outside of work, I am a writer and an avid reader.

Sachintha Fernando is a doctoral student and a teaching and research assistant at the Chair of Econometrics and Empirical Economic Research at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Previously she worked as an Economic Analyst and Team Leader at an interdisciplinary think tank in Sri Lanka. She received her Bachelor of Business Economics from the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka and her Master of Economics from Uppsala University in Sweden. Her research focuses on measuring the efficacy of climate policies, both in terms of environmental effectiveness and well-being. Her areas of research interest include Environmental Economics, Climate policy, Causal inference, Socio-Economic Research, and Empirical Econometrics.

I am a first-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Sheffield. My research interests lie in applied microeconomics, focusing on labor and development economics. I am particularly interested in the policy evaluation of different labor laws in developing countries. Currently, I am working on the impact of the minimum wage law on low-skilled workers' employment, wages, and wage inequality in India.

Sherajum Monira Farin is a doctoral student in Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, specializing in applied microeconomics with a research focus on health, public, and education economics. Her research investigates the impact of abortion policies, tobacco control measures, and public investments in HIV/AIDS treatment on various health outcomes and access to healthcare. Her scholarly work has been accepted in journals such as American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and Review of Economics of the Household; and has also received media coverage from outlets like Time and The Atlanta Voice. Monira has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Prior to pursuing a PhD, she has worked as a research associate at Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Monira aspires to produce research that has significant potential to inform public policies in areas of vital importance.

Salma is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at Makerere University Business School. She holds an MA in Economics and a BA in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam. Prior to the PhD program, she worked as an assistant Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam. Her research interests lie at the intersection of environment, gender, energy and development economics with a focus on developing countries.

Zachariah Emmanuel is a second-year Ph.D. student in Economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University Atlanta. His research interests include health economics, behavioral economics, applied econometrics and labor economics. He is interested in studying the economic costs associated with risky health behaviors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, poor diet, drug abuse and risky sexual behavior. Before starting his Ph.D. program, he worked as an Assistant Lecturer and a Research Assistant at the Federal University Wukari, Nigeria and the Centre for Econometric & Allied Research (CEAR), University of Ibadan, respectively. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Economics from the University of Jos, Nigeria. Outside of academics, Zachariah enjoys mentoring and guiding young people to make better choices and decisions in life.

Manuel is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Master's Degree in Economics from Universidad del Rosario in Colombia and a Bachelor's in Economics from The Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Before starting his Ph.D. program, Manuel worked as a research assistant on projects related to Public Economics and Competition Policy. His research interests lie in the implications of non-linear pricing on different variables like distribution and competition.

Yiwei Duan is a passionate fourth-year Economics PhD student at Georgia State University and a first-generation scholar. With a deep personal understanding of the transformative power of education, Yiwei's research interest centers around investigating college enrollment patterns. Motivated by her own journey as a first-generation scholar, she is dedicated to understanding the factors that influence access to higher education and the barriers that students from underrepresented backgrounds face. By examining the dynamics of college enrollment, Yiwei aims to contribute to evidence-based solutions that enhance educational opportunities and promote social mobility.

I am a rising sixth year Ph.D. candidate in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. My dissertation studies women's intra-household bargaining power in low-and-middle income countries. I am advised by Professors Christopher Barrett (chair), Francine Blau, Brian Dillon and Carolina Castilla.

Before moving to the United States for my PhD in 2018, I worked with the International Food Policy Research Institute in Delhi as a Research Analyst. I completed my Master's in Development Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in 2016 and received a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Delhi (Lady Shri Ram College for Women) in 2014.