#  Amen Jalal 

Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.

PhD, Department of Economics, London School of Economics.

 

 

 



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**Research interests:** Development, environmental, and labor economics; gender and climate change; labor markets in low-income countries; female employment; job search; social protection; natural disasters; and South Asia.

**Pronouns:** she/her



 

 

 





 

 

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