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Prachi Jain is a development, experimental and behavioral economist. She is interested in how poor households cope with risk, specifically in how households use their social networks. Her recent work examines how stress affects economic-decision making and household bargaining in Kenya.
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Beyond representation: the importance of the decision-making process in hiring decisions
Jain, P. & Miller, M. M., Sep 5 2025, In: Experimental Economics. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ill-informed beliefs: Misperceptions of the costs of unplanned parental absences
Giffin, E., Hoel, J. B. & Jain, P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Southern Economic Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Corrigendum to “Measuring self-efficacy, executive function, and temporal discounting in Kenya” [Behaviour Research and Therapy 101 (2018) 30–45, (S0005796717302061), (10.1016/j.brat.2017.10.002)]
Esopo, K., Mellow, D., Thomas, C., Uckat, H., Abraham, J., Jain, P., Jang, C., Otis, N., Riis-Vestergaard, M., Starcev, A., Orkin, K. & Haushofer, J., Sep 2022, In: Behaviour Research and Therapy. 156, 104143.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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JUST VENMO ME: Does form of payment affect risk taking and intertemporal choice?
Hoel, J. B., Jain, P. & Galaty, B., Dec 1 2022, In: J Econ Sci Assoc. 8, 1-2, p. 16-33 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are informal transfers driven by strategic risk-sharing or fairness? Evidence from an experiment in Kenya
Jain, P. & Lay, M. J., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 191, p. 186-196 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review