Vikrant V. Kamble

vvkamble@udel.edu · CV

Research · Teaching · Education · Resources

Welcome!
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI), where I study the mental and behavioral health of children and youth.
I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Delaware in August 2026. I use causal inference methods to study how public policies shape health and labor market outcomes.
Please feel free to contact me.

Research interests: Applied Microeconomics: Health, Mental and Behavioral Health, Labor, Development, and Public Policy

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Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• “Fueling or Failing? The Educational Consequences of Oil Price Declines”
  with Usman Taj · Eastern Economic Journal, 2026, pp. 1–36
• “Ride-sharing and Crime: Evidence from U.S. Cities”
  with Usman Taj · Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Volume 34, 2025, 101707
• “Noncustodial Parents, Instrumental Networks, and Child Support Compliance”
  with Quentin H. Riser, Daniel R. Meyer, and Lawrence M. Berger · Social Science Research, Volume 110, February 2023, 102850

Software

• “OKPRESERVE: Stata module to implement nested preserve and restore for data workflows”
  ssc install okpreserve
  Statistical Software Components S459799, Boston College Department of Economics, 2026

Working Papers

• “The 1973 Oil Embargo and Infant Health Outcomes” (JMP)
• “Must-Access Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, Opioid Prescribing, Naloxone and Mental Health”
• “Mental Health Costs of the Oil Bust: Evidence from Oil Price Decline” (Draft is ready)
  with Usman Taj
• “Pregnancy Accommodation Laws and Women's Mental Health” (Under Review)
  with Usman Taj
• “Intertemporal Elasticity of Labor Supply: Evidence from New York City Taxicab Drivers Using a New Instrument” (GLO Discussion Paper, No. 1809, 2026)
  with Swapnil Motghare
• “Medicaid Expansion and Crime: Evidence from US Cities” (Resting)
  with Usman Taj · SSRN Working Paper, 2025
• “Unveiling Caste Disparities in Under-Five Mortality in India Using Bayesian Model Averaging and Time Trend Analysis: A Repeated Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study from 1987 to 2021”
  with Smita Pakhale et al. · SSRN Working Paper, 2023

Work-in-Progress

• “Lost Futures: Local Economic Collapse and Suicide in Young Adulthood”
• “Impact of Forced Immigration on Borrowing Constraints”
  with Usman Taj and Derrick Liang
• “Marching Through Time: The Enduring Effects of Military Settlements”
  with Sarah Shaukat and Attique Ur Rehman
• “Causal Effects of CTE Pathways and Career Clusters on Secondary and Postsecondary Outcomes”
  with Kenneth Shores and Jesse Eze

Teaching

Instructor of Record

• ECON 101: Introduction to Microeconomics (Winter 2025, Fall 2025 (86 students) · Course evaluations)

Graduate Courses

• ECON 824: Econometrics of Cross-Section & Panel Data (Fall 2023, Fall 2024 · Dr. Battaglia)
• ECON 814: Macroeconomic Theory II† (Spring 2023 · Dr. Holter)
• ECON 813: Microeconomic Theory II† (Spring 2026 · Dr. Eisenberg)

Undergraduate Courses

• ECON 436: Seminar in Public Economics (Spring 2026 · Dr. Tobacman)
• ECON 422: Econometric Methods & Models (Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024 · Dr. Battaglia)
• ECON 422: Econometric Methods & Models (Spring 2024, Spring 2025 · Dr. Gorbachev)
• ECON 370: Economics of Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2026 · Dr. Tobacman)
• ECON 304: Quantitative Macroeconomic Theory (Spring 2023 · Dr. Holter)
• ECON 301: Intermediate Micro with Calculus (Fall 2021 · Dr. Toohey)

† Held weekly recitations.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Delaware (Economics), August 2026
• M.S., University of Wisconsin–Madison (Economics), May 2021
• B.Tech., Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering), May 2017

Resources for Students

Stata Resources

• University of Wisconsin – Madison – Comprehensive Stata tutorials and resources for beginners and advanced users.
• Princeton University – Stata guide for economic analysis and econometrics applications.
• Stata to Python Equivalents – Coding in Python is a little different than coding in Stata.
• Top 25 Stata Visualizations – With Full Stata Code (by Fahad Mirza)

LaTeX Resources

• Overleaf Templates – Collection of LaTeX templates for academic papers, theses, and presentations.

Additional Resources

• DiD Resources: Pedro H. C. Sant’Anna – A Comprehensive Course on DiD
• Diff-in-Diff course: Clement De Chaisemartin – Video course on difference-in-differences methodology.
• Staggered DiD software packages: Asjad Naqvi – Software packages for staggered difference-in-differences analysis.
• Resources: Jennifer Doleac – Curated economics resources and research materials.
• Resources: Sebastian Tello Trillo – Economics resources – Almost all.
• Coding resources: Moshi Alam – Programming and coding resources for undergraduate students.

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