Email: Deepshikha_Batheja@isb.edu,
deepshikha.batheja@gmail.com
Research
I. Economics
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Working Papers
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[7] “Does Signalling College-level Human Capital Matter? An Experimental Study in India” revision requested at Economic Development and Cultural Change (with Sarojini Hirshleifer and Opinder Kaur)
Working Paper: here
Funding: JPAL PPE Grant
[6] “Gender Peer Effects in the Workplace: A Field Experiment in Indian Call Centers”
Working Paper: here
Funding: International Growth Centre
Featured in World Bank Development Impact Blog , Ideas for India, IGC Blogpost and Hindustan Times
Conferences: Female Labor Force Participation Conference at World Bank HQ, AFE 2024, ISI Delhi, PacDev, BREW-ESA
​Best Paper Award: Women in the Economy Workshop: 3rd Annual Workshop, Indian Statistical Institute
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[5] “Effect of Co-residence with Parents-in-law on Female Labor Force Participation” (with Anil Deolalikar and Abhik Banerji)
Working Paper: here​
Works in Progress​
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[4] "Alcohol Addiction, Mental Health and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from an Experiment in Assam, India." (with Rashmi Barua, Jere Behrman, Urvita Bhatia, Subha Mani and Abhijit Nadkarni)
Funding: University of Pennsylvania
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[3] Why does Pollution affect Productivity? Understanding the Mechanisms in the Context of Indian Call Centers" (with Sarojini Hirshleifer and Jamie Mullins)
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[2] “COVID-19 and Mental Health: Experimental Evidence from India” (with Jere Behrman, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Subha Mani, and Arindam Nandi)
[1] Batheja, D., Mani, S., Nandi, A., Behrman, J., and Laxminarayan, R. “Birth Order, Gender and Learning Outcomes in India”
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II. Health Policy
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Working Papers
[16] Nandi, A., Boeckel, T.V., Klein, E., Denoel, P., Cipriano. M., Batheja, D., Bloom, D., “Global trends in antibiotic expenditure: analysis of pharmaceutical sales data, 2013 to 2023” revision requested at Journal of Infectious Diseases
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[15] "Incidence of Depression and Anxiety among Working Men and Women: Evidence from a Cross-sectional Survey in Indian Call Centers” (with Srishti Goel, Rishiraj Bhagawati, Dong Zhou, Jamie Mullins and Sarojini Hirshleifer), revision requested at PLoS Mental Health
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[14] Goel, S., Lewycka, S., and Batheja, D. “Gender Inequalities in Social Listening: Evidence from Two Quantitative Case Studies in India” revision requested at Asian Bioethics Review
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[13] Batheja, D., Samria, D., Lewycka, S., and Nandi, A., "Gender Inequality and Antibiotic Consumption: Analysis of Pharmaceutical Sales Data from 70 Countries, 2000-2022" Under Review
Working Paper: here
[12] Banerji, A., Bhagawati, R., Gopal, G., Goel., S., Manoff. S., Sapre., A. and Batheja, D., “Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in India: Evidence from a Mixed Method Study” Under Review
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[11] Goel, S., Lewycka, S., and Batheja, D. “Gender, Bargaining Power, and Antimicrobial Usage: Evidence from Vietnam” Under Review
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[10] Batheja, D., Samria, D., Wimberly, M., Pascual, M., Baharia, R., Mohanty, A., Desai, V., Vaishnav, K., Sharma, R., Kohli, V., Sharma, S., Anvikar, A., C.C. Murdock, Nandi, A. “Effects of Socio-economic Characteristics and Household Water Management on Malaria Incidence, Prevention and Control: Evidence from a Survey in Two Urban Sites in Gujarat, India” Under Review
Working Paper: here
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[9] Lall, A., Nampoothiri, V., Koch, T., Charani, E., Batheja, D., “A Systematic Literature Review on Gender, Climate Change and Antimicrobial Resistance” Under Review
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[8] "Understanding the Socio-economic and Environmental Determinants of Antimicrobial Resistance" (with Rishiraj Bhagawati, Abhik Banerji, Sonia Lewycka and others) Under Review
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[7] Batheja, D., Banerji, A., Bhagawati, R., and Goel, S., "Demographic Changes in Tamil Nadu: Implications for Human Development Outcomes and Policy" Under Review
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[6] Nampoothiri, V., Bonaconsa, C., Batheja, D., Dlamini, S., Koch, A., and Charani, E., "An intersectional lens to managing antimicrobial resistance in a changing climate: insights and recommendations from a cross-sector and interdisciplinary expert workshop" Under Review
Selected Works in Progress
[5] Batheja, D., Goel, S., Klein, E., and Laxminarayan, R., “Gender and Antimicrobial Resistance: Quantitative Evidence from USA”
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[4] Reddy, S., Goel, S., Laxminarayan, R., and Batheja, D., “Climate Change and Antimicrobial Resistance: Quantitative: Evidence from the United States”
[3] Banerji, A., Bhagawati, R., Goel., S and Batheja, D., “Indoor Air Pollution and Women's Health: Evidence from Karnataka, India”
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[2] “Gender gap in antibiotic prescriptions and consumption: Quantitative evidence from India” (with Srikanth Reddy, Srishti Goel, Divija Samria and Rishiraj Bhagawati)
[1] Batheja, D., Pascual, M.M., Wimberly, M.C., Nandi, A., and C.C. Murdock. “Redefining Thermal Suitability for Urban Malaria Transmission in the Context of Humidity”
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