Gaurav Chiplunkar is an Assistant Professor at the Darden Business School, University of Virginia. His research studies the causes and consequences of labor market frictions in low-income countries, with a particular emphasis on the barriers faced by women and the youth. He is interested in examining the transformative potential of digital technologies and industrial policy reforms in mitigating these barriers, their aggregate implications on the allocation of resources and talent in the economy, and their consequences for structural transformation, productivity, and economic growth. His research contributes to areas of development and labor economics, along with gender and personnel economics.

Gaurav completed his Bachelors in Economics from Delhi University, Masters in Economics and Economic Research from the London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge, and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. He is a Research Affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and Yale Inclusion Economics (YIE).