Aprajit Mahajan

Senior Fellow

Aprajit Mahajan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Aprajit's research interests are in development and econometrics with a regional focus on India. His causal research published in reputable peer-reviewed journals includes field-experiments on management practices in large firms and the provision of health-improving technologies in rural India.

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications:

 

G. Miller, D. Biswas, A. Mahajan, K. Babiarz, N. Brooks, J. Brunner, S. Ashraf, J. Shane, A. Scarabosio, S. Maithel, S. Ahmed, M. Mahzab, M.R. Uddin, M. Rahman and S. Luby. 2026. “Productivity Gains and Work Conditions in Coercive Labor Markets: Experimental Evidence from the Bangladesh Brick Sector”, PNAS, 123(29):e2528388123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2528388123

 

A. Mahajan., A. Tarozzi., and Christian Miche. 2026. “Identification of Time-Inconsistent Models: The Case of Insecticide Treated Nets”, Review of Economic Studies, rdag018. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdag018

 

Sara Castellanos, Diego Jimenez Hernandez, Aprajit Mahajan, Eduardo Prous and Enrique Seira. 2025. “Contract Terms, Employment Shocks, and Default in Credit Cards”. Review of Economic Studies, rdaf079. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdaf079

 

N. Brooks, D. Biswas, S. Maithel, G. Miller, A. Mahajan, M.R. Uddin, S. Ahmed, M. Mahzab, M. Rahman and S. Luby. 2025. “Reducing Emissions and Air Pollution from Informal Brick Kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh”, Science, 2025, 388(6747):609-619 (cover article) https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr7394

 

Nick Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie and John Roberts. 2020. “Do Management Interventions Last: Evidence from India”, AEJ: Applied Economics 2020, 12(2):198–219. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20180369

 

H. Hong, A. Mahajan, & D. Nekipelov. 2015. “Extremum Estimation and Numerical Derivatives”, Journal of

Econometrics, 188(1):250–263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2014.05.019

 

B. Blackburn, A. Mahajan. D. Kopf, L. Krishnan, A. Tarozzi and J. Yoong. 2014. “Micro-loans, Insecticide-Treated Bednets and Malaria: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Orissa (India)”, American Economic Review, 104(7):1909–41. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.104.7.1909

 

N. Bloom, B. Eifert, A. Mahajan, D. McKenzie and J. Roberts. 2013. “Does Management Matter? Evidence from India”, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 128(1):1–51 (Lead Article) http://www.nber.org/papers/w16658

 

Nick Bloom, Aprajit Mahajan, David McKenzie and John Roberts. 2010. “Why do Firms in Developing Countries Have Low Productivity”, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 100(2):619–623 https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.100.2.619

 

Aprajit Mahajan. 2006. “Identification and Estimation of Regression Models with Misclassification”, Econometrica,

74(3):631–665. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00677.x