Expertise

Development economics; labor economics; applied econometrics; migration and structural change; technology adoption in agriculture

At the Keough School

A. Nilesh Fernando is  a concurrent assistant professor in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame.

Research and Publications

Fernando is a development economist whose research agenda focuses on understanding frictions in labor markets and the agricultural sector in the developing world. His current projects relate to migration, culture, structural change and technology adoption.

He earned a PhD from Harvard University in 2015 and completed his undergraduate studies at Hampshire College.