Laxman Subedi

PhD Student in Economics

University of Oklahoma

Office CCD1, Room 226 · Norman, OK 73019

Welcome! I am a third-year PhD student in the Department of Economics at the University of Oklahoma. My research interests include development economics, labor economics, and environmental and climate economics. I study how climate variability and change shape household adaptation, labor market outcomes, and socioeconomic inequality.

Primary fields: Development Economics · Labor Economics
Secondary fields: Environmental & Climate Economics · Applied Microeconomics

Working Papers

Rainfall Shocks, Male Migration, and Women’s Labor Allocation in Nepal Working Papers

Works in Progress

ENSO-Driven Winter Climate Variation and Earnings Outcomes in the United States Work in Progress

Air Pollution and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Thermal Inversions in Nepal Work in Progress

Teaching

Instructor of Record — ECON 2843: Elements of Statistics (Summer 2026), ECON 1113: Principles of Economics: Macro (Winter 2026)

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Oklahoma (2024–present) — Intermediate Microeconomics & Macroeconomics; Money & Banking; Game Theory; Experimental Economics.

Curriculum Vitae

Detailed CV is available below.