Welcome to my website!
My name is Vikrant. I am a 4th-year Economics PhD candidate at the University of Delaware. I work on labor and health topics. My research employs econometric causal methods to understand policy impacts on communities, including studies on labor market behavior, career education outcomes, and Medicaid expansion effects on crime.
My work has been published in Social Science Research.
Outside of my studies, I love cooking tasty meals, singing with passion, and taking long refreshing walks.
Research Interests:
• Health Economics
• Labor Economics
• Development Economics
Research
Publications
Research in Progress
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Intertemporal Elasticity of Labor Supply for Taxicab drivers: Evidence using a new instrument (co-authored with
Swapnil Motghare)
▶ AbstractThis paper examines the intertemporal elasticity of labor supply for taxicab drivers using a novel instrument. We find the positive intertemporal elasticity of labor supply for taxicab drivers.
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Labor Market Consequences of Cycling Program using DiD
▶ AbstractThis study investigates the long term causal effect of cycling program on labor market outcomes using a DDD approach. Preliminary results suggest significant improvements in labor market outcomes.
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Causal Effects of CTE Pathways and Career Clusters on Secondary and Postsecondary Outcomes (co-authored with
Dr. Kenneth Shores and
Jesse Eze)
▶ AbstractThis research evaluates how different career and technical education (CTE) pathways affect student outcomes across secondary and postsecondary levels. Using Delaware administrative data, we examine heterogeneous effects across different career clusters.
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Medicaid Expansion, Ride-sharing and Crime: Evidence from US Cities (co-authored with
Usman Taj)
SSRN Link
▶ AbstractCrime rates in the U.S. have fallen over the past two decades, though periods like the pandemic saw sharp increases. This paper examines how the 2014 Medicaid expansion and ride-sharing services have influenced crime in major cities, using daily data from the 21 largest U.S. cities. We provide the first causal analysis linking these policies to urban crime trends.
Teaching Experience
Instructor
- ECON101: Introduction to Microeconomics (Course evaluations)
Winter 2025 | Textbook Used: Principles of Microconomics, 2nd edition by Stevenson and Wolfers
Graduate Courses (Teaching Assistant)
- ECON814: Macroeconomics Theory II
Spring 2023 | Dr. Hans A. Holter
- ECON824: Econometrics of Cross-Section and Panel Data
Fall 2023, Fall 2024 | Dr. Emily Battaglia
Undergraduate Courses (Teaching Assistant)
- ECON301: Intermediate Microeconomics with Calculus
Fall 2021 | Dr. Desmond Toohey
- ECON304: Quantitative Macroeconomic Theory
Spring 2023 | Dr. Hans A. Holter
- ECON422: Econometric Methods and Models
Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 | Dr. Emily Battaglia and Dr. Olga Gorbachev
Resources for Students
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University of Wisconsin - Madison
Comprehensive Stata tutorials and resources for beginners and advanced users.
View ResourceUCLA Statistical Consulting Group
Extensive Stata resources with examples for statistical analysis.
View ResourceLaTeX Resources
Overleaf Templates
Collection of LaTeX templates for academic papers, theses, and presentations.
View ResourceAdditional Resources
Diff-in-Diff course: Clement De Chaisemartin
Video course on difference-in-differences methodology.
View ResourceStaggered DiD software packages: Asjad Naqvi
Software packages for staggered difference-in-differences analysis.
View ResourceSynthetic Control Method Stata packages: Jialun (Neil) He
Stata packages for implementing synthetic control methods.
View ResourceCoding resources: Moshi Alam
Programming and coding resources for undergraduate students.
View Resource - ECON101: Introduction to Microeconomics (Course evaluations)