Profile
Gurjeet is a PhD student in Economics at Â鶹´«Ã½ Business School. She specialises in Behavioural and Experimental Economics.
Her broad research interests lie in studying economic behaviour through crafting innovative experiments. Her current focus is grounded in economics of discrimination and Artificial Intelligence.
Gurjeet holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature with a minor in Economics from the University of Delhi, India. She studied a variety of literary periods, particularly enjoying theories of utilitarianism and its influence on social and political thought.
She then studied a master’s degree in economics from Banaras Hindu University, India. This training introduced her to a variety of sub-disciplines in Economics. It helped her develop skills in Behavioural Economics and policy analysis. She studied the Endowment Effect and Status-Quo bias in her MA dissertation.
Gurjeet completed a Behavioural and Experimental Economics MSc at Â鶹´«Ã½ in 2024. This provided rigorous training in crafting good experiments. It helped her design an experiment to study the crowding-out effect of monetary and non-monetary incentives in charitable donations. It also helped her develop the skills essential for undertaking independent research, enabling her to pursue a PhD.
Research interests
- Economics of Discrimination
- Artificial Intelligence
- Social Norms
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Causal Inference
Project details
Title
"Intelligent or Traditional Hiring: Experimental Evidence on Racial Discrimination in Labour Market Recruitment."
Description
Focused on studying racial discrimination in labour markets in UK due to Artificial Intelligence tools using a Discrete Choice Experiment.
Supervisors
Funding/grants received
- Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Scholarship (2024)
- Peter and Norah Lomas Studentship (2025)