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Manasi Deshpande is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her research interests encompass empirical public finance and labor economics, focusing on the effects of social insurance and public assistance programs within labor markets. Deshpande has made significant contributions to understanding the optimal design of social safety net programs and their interaction with labor markets, as well as their effects on consumption, health, and overall well-being. She received several prestigious awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, the NSF CAREER Award, and the William T. Grant Scholarship. Her dissertation on the long-term effects of disability programs was recognized with multiple dissertation awards including the APPAM Dissertation Award and the Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award. Deshpande holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Becker-Friedman Institute.
University of Chicago • Chicago
Manasi Deshpande is responsible for teaching and conducting research in economics, focusing on public finance and labor economics.
Department of Philosophy