Research

My work sits at the intersection of development, environmental, and labour economics, with a focus on welfare in developing economies.

Working Papers

Coming soon.

Publications

Price elasticities of residential electricity demand: Estimates from household panel data in Bangladesh Balarama, H., Islam, A., Kim, J. S., & Wang, L. C. Energy Economics, 92, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104937

Research Experience

Yale Economic Growth Center · Tobin Predoctoral Fellow Working with Professor Rohini Pande on the gender portfolio, focusing on women’s mobile access and economic outcomes in developing countries.

Monash University · Laboratory Assistant and Research Assistant Worked across multiple supervisors on projects spanning energy and environment, health and COVID-19, and K-12 education. Responsibilities included data cleaning and processing from census, survey, and administrative sources; code development for reproducible analysis; survey design and primary data collection support; grant applications and policy documentation; and statistical analysis and literature reviews.

Research Interests

• Development economics
• Environmental economics
• Labour economics

Contact

For draft requests or research inquiries, email h.balarama@lse.ac.uk.