Nisha Chikhale is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research lies at the intersection of macroeconomics and labor economics with a particular focus on issues related to inequality in the labor market and intergenerational mobility.
Her current projects investigate the aggregate consequences of sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as how parental access to credit markets impact their children’s future earnings.
She is a graduate student affiliate of UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty. Chikhale holds a B.A in economics and a B.A. in French language and literature from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Funded Research
Authored by Nisha Chikhale
Issue Brief: Household insecurity matters for U.S. macroeconomic stability (opens in a new tab)
Issue Briefs MAY 16, 2018
By: Nisha Chikhale
New technologies, occupational tasks, and earnings inequality in the United States (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAY 1, 2018
By: Nisha Chikhale
The effects of wealth taxation on wealth accumulation and wealth inequality (opens in a new tab)
Essays APR 2, 2018
By: Nisha Chikhale
Firms matter: Where you work is important to what you earn (opens in a new tab)
Essays FEB 1, 2018
By: Nisha Chikhale
New data on the changing U.S. occupational structure (opens in a new tab)
Essays DEC 5, 2017
By: Nisha Chikhale
Do Americans think we should tax wealth? (opens in a new tab)
Essays OCT 17, 2017
By: Nisha Chikhale
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