Garima Sharma

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Northwestern University. I received my PhD in Economics from MIT in 2023.

My research studies development and labor economics, with a particular interest in labor markets in developing countries, market power, and the role of social protection in improving the lives of the poor.

You can contact me at garima.sharma@northwestern.edu and find my CV here.

Working Papers

Collusion Among Employers in India. [March 2025]

Monopsony and Gender. [April 2023]

Published and Accepted Articles

Collective Bargaining for Women: How Unions Can Create Female-Friendly Jobs (with Viola Corradini and Lorenzo Lagos). Online Appendix [April 2025]. Accepted: The Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Are Some Firms Better for Women’s Careers? (with Shreya Tandon, Lisa Ho, Pulak Ghosh, and Stephanie Hao). Prepared for the AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2025.

Long-Term Effects of the Targeting the Ultra Poor Program (with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo). American Economic Review: Insights, Volume 3, No. 4, December 2021, Pages 471-486.

Depression and Loneliness Among the Elderly in Low and Middle-Income Countries (with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Erin Grela, Madeline McKelway, Frank Schilbach, and Girija Vaidyanathan). Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 3, No.2, Spring 2023.

Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Cash Transfers on Older Persons Living Alone in India: A Randomized Trial (with Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Erin Grela, Madeline McKelway, Frank Schilbach, Miriam Sequeira, and Girija Vaidyanathan). Annals of Internal Medicine, April 2023.

Selected Work in Progress

The Effects of Mandated Maternity Leave on Young Women’s Labor Market Outcomes (with Lisa Ho, Shreya Tandon, Stephanie Hao, and Pulak Ghosh).

Other Research

Female Labor Force Participation (with Rachel Heath, Arielle Bernhardt, Girija Borker, Anne Fitzpatrick, Anthony Keats, Madeline McKelway, Andreas Menzel, and Teresa Molina). VoxDevLit, February 2024