Research

Publications

Social pensions and children's nutrition: evidence from Nepal Journal of International Development , 35 (8), 2318-2331, 2023.

Judicial quality and comparative disadvantage of Indian manufacturing with Michael Alexeev, Review of Development Economics, 26 (1), 2022. 

Household energy consumption and adaptation behavior during crisis: evidence from Indian economic blockade on Nepal, with Bikram Acharya, Energy Policy, 148, B, 2021.

Institutions, economic growth and foreign aid in Nepal, with Aydin Cecen and Linlan Xiao, International Journal of Economics and Finance, 6(6), 2014.

Structural transformation of India: A quantitative analysis, The Indian Economic Journal, 66, 1-2. 2019.

Addressing Nepal's trade deficit: Nepal's productive structure and avenues for diversification, Policy Research Institute, 2021.

Social Protection in Nepal: opportunity and challenges. Social Science Baha, Book Chapter, 2020.

Working Papers:

Revisiting "Missing Women":  Emergence of gender selective fertility in Nepal, (under review)

You get what you pay for: school meal resources and schooling outcomes, with Niraj Poudyal, Samir Sodari and Binayak Thapa, (under review)

Roads, landslides and agriculture: evidence from Nepal, with Niraj Poudyal and Manasa Koirala. (a research project funded by the ICIMOD/SANDEE, 2023-2025)