Manisha Goel

Associate Professor of Economics; On leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
manisha.goel@pomona.edu
Office:
Carnegie Building
206

(909) 607-3997

With Pomona Since: 2013
Prof. Manisha Goel
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  • Expertise

    Expertise

    Manisha Goel is interested in the rise in wage inequality in developed and developing countries and the increasing trade in intermediates between them, alongside an increase in skill-based technologies in industry. In her research, she examines the interaction between trade and technological change and its implications for the labor markets in developed and developing countries.

    Research Interests

    • Labor market effects of offshoring to developing countries
    • Determinants and implications of entrepreneurship
    • Income inequality and sectoral resource misallocation in India
    • Impact of inequality on economic growth
    • Product innovation in developing countries

    Areas of Expertise

    ECONOMICS

    • International trade
    • Labor economics
    • Development economics
  • Work

    Work

    鈥淒oes Offshoring Lift All Boats? The Role of Induced Technology Adoption and Innovation鈥

    鈥淥ffshoring - Effects on Technology and Implications for the Labor Market鈥

    鈥淪kills, Transaction Costs, and Offshored Tasks - Implications for Wage Inequality in Developing Countries鈥

    Works in Progress:

    鈥淛obless Growth of Services or Stagnation in Manufacturing? The Indian Experience鈥 with Anusha Chari

    鈥淚ncome, Demand for Variety, and Innovation鈥 with Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria and M. Saif Mehkari

    鈥淣o Loans, No Jobs: The Impact of Bank Lending on Young Firms and Job Creation鈥 with Michelle Zemel

    鈥淛obless Recoveries: The Role of Automation and Offshoring鈥 with M. Saif Mehkari

  • Education

    Education

    Ph.D., Economics
    The Ohio State University

    Master of Arts, Economics
    The University of British Columbia

    Master of Arts
    Delhi School of Economics

    Bachelor of Arts, with honors
    St. Stephen鈥檚 College

    Recent Courses Taught

    • Economics of Entrepreneurship
    • International Economics
    • Principles: Macroeconomics
  • Awards & Honors

    Awards & Honors

    Hirsch Research Initiation Grant, 麻豆影视, 2014-16

    Wig Curriculum Development Grant, 麻豆影视, 2013-14, 2014-15

    Peter Thacher Grauer Fellow, University of North Carolina, 2012 鈥 2013

    Distinguished University Fellowship, First and Dissertation Year of Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2006

    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Travel Grant, 2010, 2011, 2012

    Faculty of Graduate Studies International Graduate Student Fellowship, The University of British Columbia, 2005

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