Mohit Karnani

Mohit Karnani is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard University and holds a PhD in Economics and Statistics from MIT, advised by Esther Duflo and Parag Pathak. His research focuses on Development Economics, Empirical Industrial Organization, and Market Design, emphasizing policy evaluation in education and labor markets. He previously served as an Instructor at Universidad de Chile, teaching 10 undergraduate and 2 graduate courses in economics and mathematics. His work integrates experimental methods with structural econometrics to study long-term policy impacts.

Education:

• PhD in Economics & Statistics, MIT (2022)
• MSc in Economics, Universidad de Chile
• BSc in Economics, Universidad de Chile

Research Interests: Evaluating market mechanisms in education systems, understanding frictions in assignment markets, and analyzing policies promoting equality of opportunity. His work combines randomized controlled trials with insights from empirical industrial organization to assess general equilibrium effects.

Key Publications: Recent studies include evaluating social media campaigns' impact on pandemic behavior (Nature Medicine 2021) and analyzing centralized college assignment systems (Journal of Political Economy 2024).

Awards:

• 2022 Jerry Hausman Fellowship (MIT)
• 2022 Global Priorities Fellowship
• 2019 George and Obie Shultz Fund

Teaching & Service: Taught introductory economics/macroeconomics/mathematics courses at Universidad de Chile. Served as Treasurer for Latinx Graduate Students Association at MIT, and organized development economics workshops. Engaged in outreach through high school math teaching for underserved students.