Tarun Jain
Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellow at University of Wisconsin-Madison/Associate Professor of Economics at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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- Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Tarun Jain is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Previously, he was on the faculty at the Indian School of Business. His research focuses on understanding causes and consequences of human capital formation (for instance, with education and health), especially in the context of fast-growing developing countries. Gender is a topic of special research interest given that women face persistent barriers in economic advancement. His research has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Growth Centre, and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, and been published in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Public Economics. He has written for media outlets such as the Economic Times, New Indian Express, Ideas for India, The Hindu and Mint, and been a speaker for TEDx IIM Ahmedabad.
Professor Jain earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Virginia, and his BA from Franklin and Marshall College. Before his PhD, he was a management consultant with Charles River Associates in Washington DC and Oliver Wyman in Boston.
Professor Jain teaches the core course on Microeconomics and an elective in Health Economics in the MBA program at IIM Ahmedabad, as well as a PhD elective on Organizational Economics. At the ISB, he taught courses in Managerial Economics and Information Economics. He has written several Harvard Business case studies that are used by universities around the world.
Educational Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Virginia
- B.A. in Mathematics and Economics, Franklin and Marshall College
Academic Affiliation
- Associate Professor, IIM Ahmedabad 2019 -
- Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business 2009 - 2019
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[6/16] Women Empowerment: How do we define it and how can we measure it? - Tarun Jain
[12/16] What works and what doesn’t works? - Tarun Jain
Common tongue? How mother tongue instruction influences education - Tarun Jain (IIM Ahmedabad)
[2/7] Dr Tarun Jain: Andhra’s Aarogyasri: What can we learn from it?
Prof. Tarun Jain, Prof. Swanand Deodhar & Prof. Debjit Roy talk about the Ph.D. programme
What's in a professor's name?
How Language Of Instruction Influences Education Outcomes
IIM Ahmedabad Professor On The Actual Value of An MBA Degree
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