Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Center for Contemporary South Asia

Alex Zhou

PhD Candidate in Economics
Summer Fellow 2022
Project Title: Beneficiary Targeting in Mumbai's Subsidized-Housing Program

Alex Zhou is a PhD student in economics, focusing on development economics and urban economics. Her current research interests are issues concerning infrastructure, health, and gender. Alex is particularly interested in impacts of infrastructure and growing cities on different aspects of life in developing countries, including health and gender equality.

She hold MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, a BSc in Business Administration and a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California.