About

I am an Economics PhD student at UPenn Wharton. Prior to joining Wharton, I was a Research Associate at the Development Data Lab (DDL) and a Predoctoral Fellow in Economics at Yale University’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy. I received my MSc Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Research Interests

“I like dense cities best and care about them most”. ¹

How can developing cities best respond to rapidly increasing urban populations? I am an urban and labor economist, interested in improving access to adequate housing in developing cities and making them more efficient labor markets. Specifically, I am interested in improving our understanding of the tradeoffs between redevelopment and slum upgrading, focusing on residents’ labor market outcomes.

¹ Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities