Kritika Sen Chakraborty

I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of the Holy Cross. I completed my Ph.D. Economics from the University of New Mexico. I previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Colgate University. I am an applied microeconomist with research interests in Development Economics, Labor Economics, and Gender. Broadly, my research lies at the intersection of adolescent human capital and labor outcomes and the gender-differentiated impacts of events in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.  I completed Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com) honors and M.Sc. (Economics) from India in 2014 and 2016, respectively. I received M.A. (Economics) degree from UNM in 2019. 

Research interests: adolescent human capital, female labor, gender, child health, welfare programs