Prasiddha Shakya (Sid)

I am an applied microeconomist and Strategic Research Fellow in the Division of Strategy and Policy at the University of North Carolina System Office. I hold a PhD in Economics from Colorado State University, where my dissertation focused on the economics of education. My research examines how education and labor market policies shape opportunity, student success, and longer-run economic outcomes.

My work has appeared in Education Finance and Policy, Economics of Education Review, and Applied Economics Letters, among other outlets. I use administrative data and quasi-experimental methods to study questions involving teacher labor markets, college access and affordability, student decision-making, and worker outcomes. More details and current drafts are available on my Research page.

My current work involves understanding how institutions and policies shape educational pathways, employment decisions, and the distribution of environmental risks. I am also interested in how AI affects learning and its immediate impacts on labor market outcomes for college students. If you are interested in related research or potential collaboration, please feel free to contact me at pshakya [at] northcarolina [dot] edu .