About Me

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of Oklahoma and hold a Master’s in Economics from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. My research focuses on Development and Health Economics, particularly examining how early-life shocks affect human development and long-run economic outcomes. My dissertation, “Three Essays on Shocks and Long-Run Outcomes in Nepal,” employs quasi-experimental methods to study the demographic and economic consequences of large-scale shocks. My current work investigates the impact of Nepal’s 2015 earthquake on child health outcomes and age at first birth, the role of the Nepalese civil conflict in shaping international migration patterns, and the long-run labor market effects of in-utero exposure to the 1988 earthquake. I recently presented “Shaken to the Core: The Effect of Nepal’s 2015 Earthquake on Infant Death” at the 2025 Missouri Valley Economic Association conference. At Oklahoma, I have taught Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics at the undergraduate level.

Contact

Department of Economics
University of Oklahoma
Room: 235, 308 Cate Center Drive (CCD1)
Norman, OK, 73072
Email: ramesh.dulal@ou.edu
Phone: (405)-326-5305