Manasi Deshpande | |
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| Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD) |
| Awards | National Science Foundation CAREER Award; Sloan Research Fellowship; Harry S. Truman Scholarship |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Public Economics; Labor Economics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | Essays on the effects of disability insurance (2015) |
| Doctoral advisor | Amy Finkelstein; David Autor; Michael Greenstone |
| Website | https://sites.google.com/view/mdeshpande |
Manasi Deshpande is an American labor economist currently serving as Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago.[1] Her research focuses on empirical public finance, in particular on the interplay between welfare programs and labor markets.[2] Deshpande is the recipient of a Sloan Research Fellowship,[3] awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation annually to early-career scientists "who have the potential to revolutionize their fields of study."[4] She is also the recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award.[5]