Welcome to my home page. I am an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Rutgers University, Newark.

My research interests are

• Applied Econometrics

• Immigration and International Migration

• Gender and Minority Population

• Terrorism and Conflict

My current research focuses on

• the effect of immigrant networks on trade, labor market, housing, and conflict

• immigrant and minority homeownership and housing adequacy

• gender earnings gap trends – role of labor market intermittency

•  nonparametric and semiparametric panel estimators

My Other Affiliations

• Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn  2009 onwards

• Rutgers-Newark Global Urban Studies Ph.D Program
• Faculty Mentor, Honors Living-Learning Community, Rutgers Newark  Fall 2017- Spring 2018

• Associated Faculty, Division of Global Affairs, Rutgers Newark

• Affiliated Faculty, Women and Gender Studies, Rutgers Newark

• Associated Faculty, Peace and Conflict Studies, Rutgers Newark
• Advisory Board Member, Center for Migration and Global City, Rutgers Newark