Canishk Naik

PhD candidate in Economics, LSE


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Bio

I am a PhD student in the Economics Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science with interests in public economics and psychology & economics.

I have a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Applicable Mathematics from the LSE. Before the PhD, I was an Economist at The Behaviouralist, a behavioural science research consultancy.

My primary research goal is to analyse how governments should optimally provide assistance and social protection to help the most vulnerable in society meet their basic needs. I focus on how psychological factors, including mental health and behavioural biases, shape behaviour and impact policy effectiveness.

I am on the 2024-25 job market.

My LSE webpage is here, and my email is c.naik@lse.ac.uk. I use he/him pronouns.

CV (Updated October 2024)


Job Market Paper

Mental Health and the Targeting of Social Assistance

November 2024

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Working Papers

Intrapersonal Comparisons as Interpersonal Comparisons

(with Daniel Reck)

August 2024

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A Welfare Analysis of Public Housing Allocation Mechanisms

(with Neil Thakral)

November 2022 (Please email for draft)

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Work in Progress

The Social Determinants of Mental Health

(with Jon Kolstad , Will Parker , Johannes Spinnewijn)

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Rebuilding Lives: Integrating Mental Health and Economic Recovery in Climate Disaster Response

(with Amen Jalal , Pol Simpson)

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Teaching

LSE