
Raahil Madhok
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Raahil Madhok
@raamadhok
Assistant Professor of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota | enviro + dev econ | alum: @ubc @mcgillu | 🇨🇦







@TuftsEconomics @melesemesay @Katlamity @Sarah_Winton_ @NKarachiwalla @eb_mensah @kunalsen5 @hagen_kruse @KaOrtizb @TilmanGraff @mmalloush @Prof_Nishith_P @shwetlena @sandipz @karthik_econ @PaulFNiehaus @Jeff_Weaver_ @robertogillmore @josueawonon @IFPRI @JEAllenIV @AditiSingh095 @saritaoreq @wsandholtz @XuanLi_1994 @CMichaudLeclerc In the final session on ag + structural change, Ibrahim shows that farms proximate to mines in SSA show some evidence of labor-switching out of ag

@TuftsEconomics @melesemesay @Katlamity @Sarah_Winton_ @NKarachiwalla @eb_mensah @kunalsen5 @hagen_kruse @KaOrtizb @TilmanGraff @mmalloush @Prof_Nishith_P @shwetlena @sandipz @karthik_econ @PaulFNiehaus @Jeff_Weaver_ @robertogillmore @josueawonon @IFPRI @JEAllenIV @AditiSingh095 @saritaoreq @wsandholtz @XuanLi_1994 @CMichaudLeclerc @raamadhok presented a spatial model of migration + ag showing that migration ⬇️ agricultural output in migrant-sending destinations, but then GE effects lead to ⬆️ production in more remote destinations


Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @raamadhok at U Minnesota who works on topics related to environment + development

Congratulations to IRP 2025–2026 National Dissertation Awardees Menna Mburi of @UNC & @rrosales433 of @Brown_SPH @BrownHSPP! The award supports outstanding dissertation projects that explore issues of poverty and economic mobility in human services.

In this article @raamadhok, @frederik_noack, Mushfiq Mobarak & @O_Deschenes look at how migration transforms rural economies. They find that migrant households ⬇️ farm size & investment; non-migrant households respond to land & crop prices by ⬆️ production ideasforindia.in/topics/agricul…


Migrating to new economic opportunities in cities, rural Indian families don't mechanize, they downsize their farms. Their neighbors produce more as land and crops markets adjust, from @raamadhok, Frederik Noack, @mushfiq_econ, and @O_Deschenes nber.org/papers/w33854






🐦 Just accepted 🐦 in @JaereAere: "Infrastructure, Institutions, and the Conservation of Biodiversity in India" by Raahil Madhok (@raamadhok) Read it here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…




