Pallavi Panda

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Dr. Panda’s primary research fields are development economics, gender, demography, health, and applied microeconomics. Her work involves evaluating policy effectiveness in improving child health outcomes, women's labor force participation, and fertility outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. She is a Global Labor Organization (GLO) Fellow and Dr. Spencer J. Roemer supported professor (2024-2027). She has received the Hewlett Foundation/IIE Research Fellowship for her work on trade and health in sub-Saharan Africa. She was also awarded the BAC Research Award for Positive Societal Impact for her research evaluating the impact of social and political policies on global societies. She has presented her work widely at top U.S. and international conferences and published her work in leading journals including World Development, Economics of Education Review, and AEA Papers and Proceedings. She is a recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching by SUNY in 2022. Her other interests include hiking, traveling, cooking, and dancing.

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Selected Recent Publications:

• The Impact of Air Pollution and Information Access on Women’s Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Thailand (with Pasita Chaijaroen), May 2025, AEA Papers and Proceedings (Forthcoming) 

• Women’s Education, Marriage, and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand’s Compulsory Schooling Law (with Pasita Chaijaroen), Economics of Education Review, Vol. 96, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102440  

• Does Trade Reduce Infant Mortality? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (preprint here), World Development, Volume 128, April 2020, 104851 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104851

• Do rural health worker incentive schemes work? Evidence from Thailand (with Pasita Chaijaroen), Economics Bulletin, Volume 40, Issue 2, June 2020, pages 1583-1595. The published version is freely available here

• Selective Mortality and Malnutrition in India, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Nov 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40953-019-00194-8

• COVID-19, Trade Disruptions, and Gender: A Survey of the Potential Interactions and Consequences for Economic Development in sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of African Development, 23 (2), 347-374, 2022

Selected Recent Awards:

• Dr. Spencer J. Roemer Supported Professor, SUNY (2024-27)

• Global Labor Organization (GLO) Fellow (2023 - present)

• Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, SUNY (2022)

• BAC Award for Research with Positive Societal Impact (2022)

• Faculty Leadership and Service Award, SUNY Geneseo (2022)

• Campus Sustainability Leadership Award Honorable Mention (2022)

• Commerce Grant, University of Otago, New Zealand (co-PI) (2020)

• Hewlett Foundation/ IIE Dissertation Fellowship in Population, Reproductive Health, and Development (2013-2015)