Divya Juneja is a Quantitative Research Associate at Young Lives India, where she works on longitudinal research related to education, child labour, and poverty. She holds a PhD in Economics from Christ University, Bengaluru, and a Master’s in Economics from Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her doctoral research, focused on the assessment of financial protection in public-funded health insurance schemes in India. Prior to joining Young Lives, she worked with the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, and the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi, where she gained experience in survey design, quantitative analysis, and policy research. Her research interests span health, poverty, labour, migration, and human development.