ANITA BHIDE

abhide2@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~abhide2
Department of Economics
Stanford University
579 Jane Stanford Way
Stanford, CA 94305-6072
(650) 864-2040

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University,

Expected Completion: June 2020

M.Sc. in Economics, London School of Economics (U.K.), 2012-2013 (with Distinction)

B.Sc. in Economics, University of Warwick (U.K.), 2009-2012 (First Class Honours)

DISSERTATION COMMITTEE

Nicholas Bloom Luigi Pistaferri

Economics Department, Stanford University Economics Department, Stanford University
(650) 725-7836 (650) 724-4904
nbloom@stanford.edu pista@stanford.edu

Isaac Sorkin
Economics Department, Stanford University
(650) 497-4143
sorkin@stanford.edu

RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS

Primary field: Labor Economics.

Secondary fields: Public Economics.

RESEARCH PAPERS

Do Female Executives Reduce Gender Gaps? (Job Market Paper)

Using matched employer-employee data from Germany, I analyze the impact of female
executives on gender gaps. I compare establishments with male to female executive changes to
those with male to male changes. I estimate that female executives increase female employment
shares by 14 percent (3.4ppt) and female earnings ratios by 5 percent (4ppt). Establishments run
by female executives see a compositional shift towards higher earning female employees, where
changes in observable characteristics account for 40 percent of the increases in the relative
earnings of female employees. Using survey data administered by the German Federal

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Employment Agency, I find no evidence of female executives changing operational working
hours, providing greater childcare assistance or implementing policies to promote gender
equality. Overall, I conclude female executives do reduce gender gaps within establishments.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

The Co-Location problem: How having a partner affects the location choice of individuals

With both partners working in the paid labor market and wishing to live together, this may mean
forgoing better employment opportunities. In this paper I analyze the consequences of this co-
location problem. I look at out-migration responses to exogenous local economic shocks. Using
the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, I find when faced with negative state-level economic
shocks single individuals are more likely move out of their state while married individuals exhibit
no migration responses. I further find asymmetric responses across gender in heterosexual
couples: households are more responsive to economic shocks to the husbands’ occupation than
wives’. This means that in spite of the rising female labor force participation women may still
face worse labor market matches.

Highways, Shocks and Labor Market Outcomes (with Yiming He)

Recently developing countries have seen huge increases in spending on transportation networks.
Given these large investments it’s important to understand the welfare consequences. The paper
will look at if access to these roads has improved agricultural household’s abilities to better cope
with local productivity shocks. It looks particularly at the Golden Quadrilateral Highway system
in India. Proximity to this highway allows households easier access to labor markets that are
uncorrelated with local market conditions. We build a theoretical model with precise empirical
predictions; household’s equilibrium employment in agricultural and non-agriculture should
respond more to shocks when located closer to roads. The changes in wages on the other hand
will be smaller. These empirical predictions are tested using the REDS dataset: a nationally
representative household survey of rural India. Using a difference-in-difference strategy, we look
at how responses to rainfall shocks varies as distance to the GQ increases.

Rent Premiums for Migrants: Analyzing the Causes and Consequences (with Yiming He)

In spite of the large potential gains from rural to urban migration, migration rates in many
developing countries remain puzzlingly low. Complementing this puzzle, in this paper we
document the phenomenon that migrants pay consistently higher rents compared to locals. Using
data from Brazil, India and Ethiopia we find that recent migrants pay between 9 and 30 percent
more for housing. These premiums last between 15 to 35 years of the migrants stay in the
destination. We further document the rent premiums do not reduce with higher measures of
wealth. We find suggestive evidence of taste-based discrimination driving the rent premiums and
hypothesize these high housing costs are discouraging rural-urban migration by making cities
unaffordable for migrants.

RELEVANT POSITIONS

2015-17 Research Assistant for Prof Melanie Morten, Stanford University.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2017-19 Teaching Assistant for Prof. John Taylor, Stanford University, Econ 1.
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Mark Duggan, Stanford University, Econ 1.
Teaching Assistant for Marcelo Clerici-Arias, Stanford University, Econ 1.

SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS

2019-20 Dixon and Carol Doll Fellowship.

2018 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford Department of Economics.
2017-19 Ric Weiland Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University.
2014-15 Graduate Fellowship, Stanford Department of Economics.
2013 LSE’s Ely Devons Prize.
2012 University of Warwick’s Economics Department Examiner’s Prize.