Naveen Sunder

Naveen Sunder

  • Associate Professor, Economics
  • Associate Member, REAL Centre, University of Cambrdge (UK)
  • PhD Economics Cornell University
  • M.A. Economics Delhi School of Economics
  • B.A. (Hons.) Economics Shri Ram College of Commerce (University of Delhi)

Teaching Interests

Microeconomics, Econometrics, Development Economics and Health Economics

Research Interests

Development Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education, Impact Evaluations

Bio

I am an applied microeconomist working on policy questions related to health, education and nutrition.

Professional Memberships

  • American Economics Association 2020-01-01 - Present
  • American Society of Health Economics 2020-01-01 - Present
  • Population Association of America 2020-01-01 - Present

    • Awards and Honors

  • Diversity Fellowship, American Society of Health Economists (ASHECON)

    • Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

    Journal Articles

  • Bharati, T., Banerjee, R., Fakir, A., Qian, Y., Sunder, N. (2025). Gender differences in preference for flexible working hours: Experimental Evidence from an online freelnacing platform. Labor Economics (Link)
  • Adkins, S., Sunder, N. (2025). Mind the Knowledge Gap: Exploring the Geographic Patterns in Economics of Education Publications. Southern Economic Journal (Link)
  • Chakrabarti, A., Sunder, N. (2025). Obesity-Education Gradient among Women: Evidence from two African countries. Journal of Development Effectiveness (Link)
  • Sharma, S., Sunder, N. (2025). Crime and human capital in India. World Development, (196) Issue (Link)
  • Li, Y., Sunder, N. (2024). Mental Health and Education: Average and Distributional Effects in the Long Run. Labor Economics (Link)
  • Kumar, D., Sunder, N., Sabates, R., Wadhwa, W. (2024). Improving children’s foundational learning through community-school participation: Experimental evidence from rural India. Labor Economics (Link)
  • Sunder, N., Aiyar, A. (2024). Health Insurance and Child Mortality: Evidence from India. Health Economics (Link)
  • Kaila, H., Sahn, D., Sunder, N. (2024). Starting Strong: Investigating the Importance of Early Academic Performance for Adult Human Capital. Journal of African Economies, (33) 4 (Link)
  • Aiyar, A., Sunder, N. (2024). Health insurance and child mortality: Evidence from India. Health Economics (United Kingdom), (33) Issue 5 (Link)
  • Chang, W., Cohen, J., Sunder, N. (2023). Impact of 1-7-Malaria reactive community-based testing and response approach on Malaria prevalence in Tanzania. Infectious Diseases of Poverty (Link)
  • Gupta, S., Sunder, N., Pingali, P. (2023). Education and Diet Diversity. PLOS One (Link)
  • Sunder, N., Kaila, H., Sahn, D. (2023). What You Learned by Second Grade Matters- A Comparative Study in Madagascar and Senegal. Journal of African Economies (Link)
  • Sunder, N., Gupta, S., Pingali, P. (2023). Leveraging men’s education as an effective pathway for improving diet quality: Evidence from rural India. PLoS ONE, (18) 11 (Link)
  • Wadmare, P., Sunder, N., Nanda, M., Sabates, R., Wadhwa, W. (2022). Understanding the accuracy of teachers’ perceptions about low achieving learners in primary schools in rural India. International Journal of Education Research (Link)
  • Sunder, N., Kondirolli, F. (2022). Education and Mental Health in Africa. Health Economics (Link)
  • Bansal, P., Raj, A., Shukla, D., Sunder, N. (2022). Preferences for COVID-19 vaccines in India. Vaccine (Link)
  • Nordman, C., Sharma, S., Sunder, N. (2022). Here Comes the Rain Again: Productivity Shocks, Educational Investments and Child Work. Economic Development and Cultural Change (EDCC) (Link)
  • Li, Y., Sunder, N. (2022). Land inequality and workfare policies. Journal of Development Studies (Link)
  • Li, Y., Sunder, N. (2022). Land Inequality and Workfare Policies. Journal of Development Studies, (58) Issue 5 (Link)
  • Bansal, P., Raj, A., Mani Shukla, D., Sunder, N. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine preferences in India. Vaccine, (40) Issue 15 (Link)
  • Sunder, N., Li, Y. (2021). What Doesn't Kill Her Will Make Her Depressed. Economics and Human Biology (Link)
  • Li, Y., Sunder, N. (2021). What doesn't kill her, will make her depressed. Economics and Human Biology, (43) Issue (Link)
  • Gupta, S., Sunder, N., Pingali, P. (2020). Gender Imbalances in Diets in India. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (Link)
  • Gupta, S., Sunder, N., Pingali, P. (2020). Market Access, Production Diversity, and Diet Diversity: Evidence From India. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (Link)
  • Gupta, S., Sunder, N., Pingali, P. (2020). Are Women in Rural India Really Consuming a Less Diverse Diet?. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, (41) 3 (Link)
  • Bansal, P., Daziano, R., Sunder, N. (2019). Arriving at a decision: A semi-parametric approach to institutional birth choice in India. Journal of Choice Modelling (Link)
  • Sunder, N. (2019). Marriage Age, Social Status, and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda. Demography, (56) 6 (Link)
  • Pingali, P., Sunder, N. (2017). Transitioning Toward Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems in Developing Countries. Annual Review of Resource Economics (Link)
  • Li, Y., Menon, N., Sunder, N. The Company You Keep: Peer Effects of Kindergarten Attendance. (In Progress)
  • Sunder, N. Parents’ Schooling and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India. Journal of Human Resources (Forthcoming)
  • Sunder, N., Cohen, J., Chang, W. Decision Fatigue among Primary Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa. (In Progress)

    • Presentations

  • Sunder, N. (2023). “Education and Health Research in Developing Countries” Presented at the University of Delhi Professional Development Lecture Series Online
  • Sunder, N. (2023). “The Company You Keep: Peer Effects of Kindergarten Attendance” Presented at the International Association of Applied Econometrics Oslo (Norway)
  • Sunder, N. (2023). “The Company You Keep: Peer Effects of Kindergarten Attendance” Presented at the Bentley Economics Department Seminar
  • Sunder, N. (2023). “Improving Children's Learning through Community-School Partnerships” Presented at the Association for Education Finance and Policy
  • Sunder, N. (2022). “Global Health Mentoring Workshop” Presented at the Global Health Mentoring Workshop
  • Sunder, N. (2022). “Crime and Human Capital in India” Presented at the International Workshop of Applied Economics of Education Catanzaro, Italy
  • Sunder, N. (2022). “Crime and Human Capital in India” Presented at the Workshop on Public Policies: Education and Health Barcelona
  • Sunder, N. (2022). “Health Insurance and Infant Mortality in India” Presented at the Eastern Economic Association
  • Sunder, N. (2022). Presented at the Undergraduate Research Bentley University
  • Sunder, N. (2021). “Panel on PhD and career oppurtunities” Presented at the The Society of Operations Management
  • Sunder, N. (2021). “Education and Mental Health in Africa: Evidence from Zimbabwe” Presented at the Essen Economics of Mental Health Conference
  • Sunder, N. (2021). “Education and Mental Health in Africa: Evidence from Zimbabwe” Presented at the ASHEcon Annual Conference
  • Sunder, N. (2021). “Health Insurance and Infant Mortality: Evidence from India” Presented at the Essen Health Conference
  • Sunder, N. (2021). “The education gradients of adult female obesity: Evidence from two African Countries” Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting
  • Sunder, N. (2021). “The education gradients of adult female obesity: Evidence from two African Countries” Presented at the Bentley Brown Bag Seminar Online
  • Sunder, N. (2021). “Health Insurance and Infant Mortality: Evidence from India.” Presented at the Tufts Research and Data Symposium for Food and Nutrition Online
  • Chakrabarti, A., Sunder, N. (2020). “The education gradients of adult female obesity: Causal evidence from two African countries” Presented at the Harvard Chan Research Group Seminar (Virtual)
  • Li, Y., Sunder, N. (2020). “Education and Mental Health: Average and Distributional Effects in the Long Run” Presented at the Essen Economics of Mental Health Workshop (Virtual)
  • Chakrabarti, A., Sunder, N. (2020). “The education gradients of adult female obesity: Causal evidence from two African countries” Presented at the Eastern Economic Assciation Boston, Masachusetts
  • Aiyar, A., Sunder, N. (2020). “Health Insurance and Infant Mortality: Evidence from India” Presented at the Eastern Economic Association Boston, Masachusetts
  • Sunder, N. (2020). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the Central Square Foundation - Organizational Seminar New Delhi (India)
  • Sunder, N. (2020). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the Departmental Seminar - Madras School of Economics Chennai (India)
  • Li, Y., Sunder, N. (2019). “Education and Mental Health: Average and Distributional Effects in the Long Run” Presented at the 2nd Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics Hokkaido (Japan)
  • Aiyar, A., Sunder, N. (2019). “Health Insurance and Infant Mortality: Evidence from India” Presented at the 2nd Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics Hokkaido (Japan)
  • Sunder, N. (2019). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the APPAM Conference Washington DC
  • Sunder, N. (2019). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the Tata Cornell Institute Research Seminar Ithaca, New York
  • Sunder, N. (2019). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the People's Action for Learning (PAL) Conference Kathmandu (Nepal)
  • Sunder, N. (2019). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the AEA Conference Atalanta, Georgia
  • Kaila, H., Sahn, D., Sunder, N. (2018). “What You Learnt in the Second Grade Matters- A Comparative Study on Cognitive Skill Formation in Madagascar and Senegal” Presented at the CSAE Conference Oxford (UK)
  • Sunder, N. (2018). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the International Association of Applied Econometrics (IAAE) Montreal (Canada)
  • Sunder, N. (2018). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the Southern Economic Association Washington DC
  • Sunder, N. (2018). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the CSAE Conference Oxford (UK)
  • Kaila, H., Sahn, D., Sunder, N. (2018). “What You Learnt in the Second Grade Matters- A Comparative Study on Cognitive Skill Formation in Madagascar and Senegal” Presented at the CSAE Conference Oxford (UK)
  • Sunder, N. (2018). “Access to Schools and Intergenerational Human Capital: Evidence from India” Presented at the South Asian Economic Development Conference New Delhi (India)
  • Sunder, N. (2016). “Marriage Age, Social Status and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda” Presented at the Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (CLAPEM) Conference San Jose (Costa Rica)
  • Sunder, N. (2016). “Marriage Age, Social Status and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda” Presented at the International Association of Applied Econometrics Milan (Italy)
  • Sunder, N. (2016). “Marriage Age, Social Status and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda” Presented at the Population Association of America (PAA) Washington DC
  • Sunder, N. (2016). “Marriage Age, Social Status and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda” Presented at the Southern Economic Association Miami, Florida
  • Sunder, N. (2016). “Marriage Age, Social Status and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda” Presented at the UNU WIDER Human Capital Conference Helsinki (Fiinland)
  • Sunder, N. (2015). “Marriage Age, Social Status and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda” Presented at the APPAM Conference Washington DC
  • Sunder, N. (2015). “Marriage Age, Social Status and Intergenerational Effects in Uganda” Presented at the UNU WIDER 30th Annual Conference Helsinki (Finland)

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Committee Member for Economics Honors Society (Omicron Delta Epsilon) 2023-04-01 - 2023-12-31
  • Committee Member for Hiring Committee (Assistant Professor) 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  • for Hiring Committee (Lecturer) 2023-02-01 - 2023-12-31
  • Committee Member for Research and Impact Statement 2023-01-01 - 2023-02-28
  • Committee Member for Academic Exploration Day 2022-11-01 - 2022-12-31
  • Committee Member for Admissions - Open House 2022-10-01 - 2022-12-31
  • Committee Chair for Scholarly Activity Committee 2022-08-01 - 2023-12-31
  • Committee Member for Majors and Programs Fair 2022-04-01 - 2023-12-31
  • for Library Liaison 2022-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  • Committee Member for Hiring Committee (Assistant Professor) 2022-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  • for Hiring Committee (Lecturer) 2022-02-01 - 2022-12-31
  • for Admissions - Econ Spotlight 2021-11-01 - 2021-12-31
  • Committee Member for Admissions - Open House 2021-10-01 - 2021-12-31
  • Committee Member for Hiring Committee (Assistant Professor) 2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  • Presented at for Economics Department Brown Bag 2020-11-01 - 2020-12-31
  • Committee Member for Scholarly Activity Committee 2020-08-01 - 2021-12-31

    • Service: Professional

  • Conference/Workshop Session Chair for International Association of Applied Econometrics 2023-06-01 - 2023-06-30
  • for Online workshop on the Fundamentals of Online Teaching 2020-07-13 - 2020-07-26

    • Service: University

  • Committee Member for Board of Trustees - Academic Affairs 2023-09-01 - Present
  • Instructor for Mock Lecture for Prospective Students 2023-11-01 - 2023-11-30
  • Marshal (Volunteer) for Commencement 2023-05-01 - Present
  • Marshal (Volunteer) for Commencement 2022-05-01 - Present