Urvashi Jain

Research Interests

• Economics of Aging
• Health Economics
• Development Economics
• Applied Microeconomics

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, University of Southern California.
• M.S. Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
• B.A. (Hons.) Economics, St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi.

Companies

• Assistant Professor Of Economics University of South Alabama Mitchell College of Business (2020)
• Postdoctoral Scholar Center for Economic and Social Research (2018 — 2020)
• Economics Ph.D. Candidate University of Southern California (2012 — 2018)
• Research Assistant Center for Economic and Social Research (2015 — 2017)
• Research Assistant USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology (2014 — 2014)
• Teaching Assistant University of Southern California (2013 — 2014)
• Research Associate Indian School of Business (2011 — 2012)
• Research Assistant (Intern) Indian School of Business (2010 — 2010)
• Research Analyst Boston Analytics (2008 — 2008)

Publications

Jain, U. and M. Ma. 2020. “Height Shrinkage, Health and Mortality among Older Adults: Evidence from Indonesia”, Economics and Human Biology, vol. 37.

Banerjee, J., Jain, U. et al. 2020. “Methodological Considerations in Designing and Implementing the Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia for Longitudinal Aging Study in India”, Biodemography and Social Biology, forthcoming.

Angrisani, M., Jain, U. and J. Lee. 2020. “Gender Differences in Late-Life Cognition: Findings from the Longitudinal Aging Study in India – Diagnostic Assessment of Dementia”, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, forthcoming.