Research
Publication
"Local funds and political competition: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India." (with Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay) European Journal of Political Economy 41 (2016): 14-30.
Media Mentions: Business Line , The Economic Times, The Telegraph
Working Papers
"Mind The Gap: Schooling, Informality and Fiscal Externality in Nepal" (with Hoyt Bleakley). Accepted, The World Bank Economic Review
Presented at : NEUDC (2021); 7th International Conference on "The Shadow Economy, Tax Behaviour and Institutions (2021); 114th Annual Conference on Taxation, NTA (2021).
"Notching Really Matters: Effect of Third-Party Audit on Tax Compliance of Firms in India" (with Keshav Choudhary)
Presented at : Midwest International Economic Development Conference (2019); The Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics, RIDGE (2019); Public Finance Lunch Seminar, University of Michigan (2019); 112th Annual Conference on Taxation, NTA (2019); 15th ACEGD – Indian Statistical Institute-Delhi (2019); NEUDC (2020); Winter School - Delhi School of Economics (2020).
“The Big-Brother Effect: Intra-household Determinants of Learning Crisis in India”
Presented at: Warwick Economics PhD Conference – University of Warwick (2018), Health and Society in South Asia Conference – University of Pennsylvania (2017); 12th ACEGD – Indian Statistical Institute-Delhi (2016)
Other Refereed Work
"The Impact of Change in Primary Completion Rate on Learning Outcomes in India" (with Nishith Prakash) UNESCO Global Monitoring Report, 2015.