Nisha Chikhale
Nisha Chikhale

Ph.D. Candidate

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nisha Chikhale is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research lies at the intersection of macroeconomics and labor economics with a particular focus on issues related to inequality in the labor market and intergenerational mobility. Her current projects investigate the aggregate consequences of sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as how parental access to credit markets impact their children’s future earnings. She is a graduate student affiliate of UW-Madison’s Institute for Research on Poverty. Chikhale holds a B.A in economics and a B.A. in French language and literature from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Authored By Nisha Chikhale

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Do Americans think we should tax wealth?

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit is worth exploring in the U.S. tax reform debate

Tax & Macroeconomics
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How would homebuyers respond to a less generous U.S. mortgage interest deduction?

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Preferential pass-through tax rates and the declining share of labor income in the United States

Tax & Macroeconomics
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A glance at pay inequities for African American women’s Equal Pay Day

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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The importance of unemployment benefits for protecting against income drops

FamiliesLabor
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Should the U.S. tax deduction for charitable contributions be more equitable?

Tax & Macroeconomics
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A childcare plan for wealthy families in the United States

FamiliesInequality & Mobility
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Are shocks to U.S. firm performance transmitted to their workers?

Inequality & MobilityLabor
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U.S. homeownership tax policies are expensive and inequitable

Tax & Macroeconomics
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The U.S. Recession and Recovery Have Been Tough on Everyone

LaborInequality & Mobility
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A Child Tax Credit primer

Tax & Macroeconomics
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Today at Equitable Growth: A workshop on distributional national accounts

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The promises and perils of health care consolidation

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Rental demand in the United States will continue to surge over the next decade

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