Air pollution is a major health concern in many Indian cities exposing millions of people to extremely toxic air. Stubble burning is a major contributor to air pollution in northern parts of India, where it accounts for up to 40% of air pollution [SAFAR, 2019]. After conducting a pilot randomised controlled trial in August 2022 with 205 farmers, researchers finds that providing information and bio-decomposers to farmers reduced burning by 29% in comparison to control group farmers.

This project seeks to study the effects of accelerator training programmes in developing countries while also controlling for selection bias.

This project seeks to understand how technology adoption impacts employment in the least developed countries. 

This study will test labour demand and labour supply-side explanations as to why firms gender-segregate, while also testing several firm-level policy interventions that could ease these frictions.