A. Nilesh Fernando
A. Nilesh Fernando is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at King’s Business School, King’s College London. His research uses field experiments and quasi-experimental methods to study how information frictions shape labor markets and agricultural technology adoption in South Asia, and to measure the causal effects of interventions and regulatory policy designed to address them.
His research has appeared in leading journals including the Economic Journal, American Economic Review-Insights, The Review of Economics and Statistics, and the Journal of Development Economics, and has been covered by media outlets including The Hindu, The Financial Times, Mint, Dawn, Harvard Business Review, and VoxDevTalks (Podcast).
He is a Faculty Affiliate of J-PAL and an Affiliate of BREAD. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2015 and his B.A. from Hampshire College in 2007.
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Research Areas
Five threads run through the work below: labor markets, migration, agricultural technology, discrimination, and the field methods used to study them.
Recruitment intermediaries, migrant welfare, and policy restrictions on migration from Sri Lanka to the Gulf.
Mobile-phone extension services, technology adoption, and peer information exchange among farmers in India.
In-group bias and identity threat, studied through cricket umpiring decisions and India-Pakistan rivalry.
Incentive-compatible elicitation techniques for use in low-literacy field settings.
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