I am an Economist at the South Asia Gender Innovation Lab, The World Bank Group. Prior to joining SAR-GIL I was an Economist at the Center for Labor Economics of the ifo Institute at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. I am also holder of a Leibniz Junior Research Groups Grant under the project "The Economics of Violence Against Women: Understanding Causes and Identifying Remedies".  ​I am also a CESifo Research Affiliate and an Affiliate of the Center for Crime, Justice and Policing of the University of Birmingham, UK.

My research interests include Violence against Women and Children, Development, Gender, and Economics of Crime. The context of my research has been India, UK, El Salvador, Mozambique, and Colombia.

News:

• Dec 2022: Listen to the Probable Causation podcast on street harassment
• Nov 2022: paper "Sexual Harassment in Public Spheres and Police Patrolling: Experimental Evidence from Urban India" will be presented at the NBER Development Program Fall Meeting
• Sept 2022: R&R for "Helping Families Help Themselves: The (Un)intended Impacts of a Digital Parenting Program" at the Journal of Development Economics

Upcoming Conferences and Seminars: Texas Crime Workshop, UT-Austin

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s.amaral@worldbank.org
South Asia Gender Innovation Lab

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Center for Labor Economics, ifo Institute
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