Nidhiya Menon is a Professor of Economics at Brandeis University where she has worked on a number of development economics topics including health, labor and occupational choice, gender-differentiated impacts of policies, land rights, conflict, gender-specific technology use, environmental influences on child and adult health, social, cultural and religious norms, and most recently, the effects of climate change on human capital. Her research includes both theoretical and empirical work, and spans countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Nidhiya received her PhD in Economics from Brown University. Her research has been published in established economics journals and she has consulting experience with the Food and Agricultural Organization, the World Bank, the United Nations Foundation, and the Asian Development Bank. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Development Economics and World Development.