Jijee Bhattarai – PhD Economics Candidate at Binghamton University (SUNY)

I am a fifth-year PhD student on the 2025-26 job market.

I am mainly interested in the fields of gender economics, development economics, and labor economics. My current research focuses on how reproductive policies and intrahousehold gender preferences shape fertility and early-life investments in developing countries. I have a strong passion for teaching. My teaching interests and qualifications include microeconomic theory, development economics, and statistical methods.

Fields

• Development Economics
• Labor Economics
• Gender Economics
• Applied Econometrics