Jheelum Sarkar is a PhD student in Economics at American University. She is currently working at the intersection of environmental economics, gender economics & development economics. Her research centers around the topics of climate change, gender inequality, migration & labor. Her recent work examines the effect of climate shocks on intrahousehold allocation of paid & unpaid labor. She has recently received the 4th Barbara Bergmann Graduate Fellowship for Gender Research. Previously, she completed her MPhil & MA at Centre for International Trade & Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Her M.Phil. dissertation examines the causal impact of extreme climate events on household welfare in mountain & coastal hotspots of India. She also holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta.