Tanushree Goyal

My JMP “Representation from Below” is first view @apsrjournal - doi.org/10.1017/S00030… - I show causally that women’s grassroots party activism links descriptive representation —> women’s political participation in India (& other democracy + development outcomes) 🧵(1/n)

Thank you @QJEHarvard for helping this paper get out there! So excited to have research (born of my own angst as a female parent) out there in the world.

Universities often serve as "anchor institutions" that deeply affect the character of their communities. In a new paper, we (@MikeJAndrews44 / Lauren Russell) ask how (and when) the establishment of a college influences local political and civic life. 🧵 osf.io/preprints/soca…

The debate on SIR has shifted from principles to ground reality. Here lies a danger. The real threat of SIR is not just farce and fraud in Bihar but quiet rewriting of the architecture of Indian citizenship. For 75 years, our Republic followed the logic of encompassment —…

When I got tenure, I decided to use it start a new research agenda, studying US science in the 20th century, how it became dominant, what held it back, and what we can do better. Here's the first pub (with Scott Kim).

I've officially ended my job search! While I'm not publicly disclosing the position until I start, I wanted to share some reflections in case they're helpful to prospective PhD applicants and current grad students. Ideally, I would have preferred a research-intensive role, but…

An economist in Sweden just got a hold of the data from a quarter of a billion online chess games held on @chesscom to test a classic question: Does winning one game make you more likely to win the next? In other words: do “hot hands” or “psychological momentum” exist in…

Neural networks (e.g., LLMs) make often imperfect predictions, introducing biases into analyses that rely on them. Common empirical economics scenarios fall outside the existing literature on debiasing “black-box AI”. Our paper (with @J_S_Carlson) on robust and efficient…

A wonderful article by Naseeruddin Shah. I entirely subscribe to his views. We were, fortunately, insulated from bigotry. I find the same wonderful ethos in my interaction with most Army colleagues. There will always be some who are different because of the anonymity of WhatsApp

New paper with @adam_m_auerbach in JDS. Exploration of how cities expand outwards--it's often a citizen-led phenomenon, where people just buy up agricultural land and build on it. Can create problems for getting access to services, but citizens are also creative problem-solvers!

If you have reg interest in South Asia and are attending EPSA - join us for happy hours on 25th June 5:45pm! Reply here/ dm if you plan to join so we can keep count. Email me if you wish to participate in the workshop & i’ll reply with details (few spots) Agenda @MalikMashail

This new working paper argues that female economics PhD students benefit tremendously from having female economics faculty around. How do they back up this claim? They look at the timing of sabbatical leaves. When female professors go on leave, it decreases third-year female…

📢🌠 @goyal_tanushree & I are looking for an RA for an exciting project on Culture, Media & AI Research. Please fill in the form (link 👇) if the description below is up your alley. forms.gle/bZWtosGBuremWb…

My book was just sent to press! It'll be available in print end of July. Focusing mostly on Southeast Asia during the 20th c, the book develops an argument about how state-building can present headwinds for nation-building.

BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)

What an important piece of research!

🚨come to Toronto and present your work! A great workshop for feedback and networking. Details below 👇🏼

🚨 We are excited that the Toronto Political Behavior Workshop is back for its 11th edition! 📍Nov 7–8, 2025 @UofT_PolSci @munkschool @UofT Apply to present a paper/poster by July 11 More info & app: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_50… @dktr_dr @EricMerkley @SBorwein #MichaelDonnelly

Even when adjusting for... 1. the # of authors on a paper, 2. referees' fixed traits, 3. the # of cites of the paper, 4. the previous publication record, affiliation, and experience of the authors, & 5. any connections between the authors of a given paper and the referees…

Even Bhutan voted in the favour of the UNGA resolution from which India abstained. Forget Global South, you are unable to even get your closest partner in South Asia along. That's the reality of India's waning influence.

🚨 Thrilled to share that our paper, "Sexual Harassment in Public Spaces and Police Patrols: Experimental Evidence from Urban India," is now in print at the @QJEHarvard! 🇮🇳🚔👩🏽‍🦰 With Sofia Amaral, @g_borker, Nathan Fiala, Anjani Kumar, & @micasviatschi 🧵👇 @NUCSSH @NUEcon