Mahesh Karra, Assistant Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and Associate Director of the Human Capital Initiative at the Global Development Policy Center, presented a number of research projects at the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting.

Karra presented finding of his own recently released research as well as collaborative efforts with scholars from other universities and organizations. The projects presented are detailed below:

  1. Measuring the Economic Costs of Women’s Exclusion and the Benefits From Closing Gender Gaps: Evidence From a Macrosimulation Model
    J. Wilde, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; M. Karra, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; M. Delbono, World Bank; S. Gupta, World Bank; W. Cunningham, World Bank.
  2. The Association Between Age, COVID-19 Symptoms, and Social Distancing Behavior in the United States
    D. Bloom, Harvard University; D. Canning, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; M. Karra, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University; M. Guo, Harvard University; R. Dayalu, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
  3. Exploring User-Centered Counseling in Contraceptive Decision-making: Evidence From a Field Experiment in Urban Malawi
    K. Zhang, Boston University; M. Karra, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University.
  4. Savings and the Demographic Dividend: Evidence From a Macrosimulation Model
    J. Wilde, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; M. Karra, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University.