Sharad Hotha

Sharad is a PhD candidate in the economics department. His research interests lie in the intersection of education, growth, and policy. His research tries to inform educational policies that are scalable and economically significant. His current research involves examining the effect of reforming the math curriculum on median student learning and the aggregate returns under various convexities of the returns. He is also working on estimating effects of brain drain and the complementarities between educational and infrastructural policies. Prior to the start of his graduate studies, he worked with the Development Innovation Lab at the University of Chicago, where he was involved in implementing an RCT that tested the effects of digital tablets-enabled learning among high schoolers in India.