Shreya Bhattacharya is Research Director (Assistant Professor) at the Center for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL). Previously, she was a Senior Research Analyst at the Digital Inclusion and Governance Lab (DIGLab) at William and Mary's Global Research Institute. She led impact evaluations focused on women's digital and financial inclusion and interoperable payment systems in Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania, and Nepal. She has also worked as an Economist at Amazon, specializing in urban labor markets, labor allocation, and behavioral economics. Shreya holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Houston. Her research interests are in Development Economics, Urban Economics, Political Economy, Digital Economics and Behavioral Economics. She was a visiting PhD Fellow at the United Nations World Development Research Institute (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland.
a. 'Unintended health consequences of mandatory retirement age in India' (with Shreyasee Das) b. 'Water Allocation Rules and Health Outcomes: Evidence from India' (with Shreyasee Das and Nayana Bose) c. 'Evaluation of a Laptop Distribution Program: Evidence from India' (with Sakshi Upadhyay)
a. Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune, July 2014-June 2015, Development Economics and Human Development (Graduate and Undergraduate) b. Instructor, Principles of Microeconomics (Undergraduate), University of Houston, Summer 2019, Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Fall 2017 c. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Econometrics (Undergraduate), University of Houston, Fall 2019 d. Teaching Assistant, Behavioral Economics (Undergraduate), University of Houston, Fall 2018 e. Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Economic Data Analysis (Undergraduate), University of Houston, Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015