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Faculty at the Department of Economics, Warwick University. I completed my PhD from the Institute for Employment Research, Warwick University in 2022 and was a Chancellor’s International Scholar (CIS). I hold MA in Development Studies with a specialization in Poverty Studies and Econometric Evaluation of Development Policies from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and an MA in Rural Development. I conduct applied economic and policy research with government and non-government organizations.
Field of interest: Development Economics, Public Policy, Labor Economics (micro), Education and Training, Impact Evaluation
Research Affiliations: J-PAL Invited Researcher, Global Labour Organisation (GLO) affiliate, Fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy, Development and History Research Group, Political Economy and Public Economics RG
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Publication:
Bhatiya, A. Y., Chakravorty, B., Imbert, C., & Rathelot, R. (2026). How do beliefs and preferences over jobs affect enrollment in vocational training: Experimental evidence from India. European Economic Review, 184, 105238.
Sarkar, S., B. Chakravorty, and C. Lyonette (2024): Caste, Gender, and Intersectionality in Labour Market Aspirations: Evidence from a Skill-training Programme in India, Oxford Development Studies Oxford Development Studies, 1–19. This paper also appears as GLO Discussion Paper, No. 724
Chakravorty, B., W. Arulampalam, A.Bhatiya, C. Imbert, and R. Rathelot (2024): “Can Information about Jobs Improve the Effectiveness of Vocational Training? Experimental Evidence from India,” Journal of Development Economics, 169, 103273. This paper also appears as Warwick Economics research paper No. 1361, CAGE WP No. 567, and IZA DP No. 14427. AEA RCT Registry ID: AEARCTR-0003611.
Chakravorty et al. (2023): "Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on India’s Rural Youth: Evidence from a Panel Survey and an Experiment" (with Apurav Yash Bhatiya, Clément Imbert, Maximilian Lohnert, Poonam Panda, and Roland Rathelot), World Development, 168, 106242. This paper also appears as Warwick Economics research paper No. 1419, CAGE WP No. 634, and GLO Discussion Paper, No. 909. AEA RCT Registry ID: AEARCTR-0007401.
Chakravorty, B. and A. S. Bedi (2019): "Skills Training and Employment Outcomes in Rural Bihar,” The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 62, 173–199. This paper also appears as IZA Discussion Paper No. 10902.
Work in Progress:-
Impact of Online Job Portals on Rural Unemployment: Experimental Evidence from India (Apurav Yash Bhatia, Clément Imbert, Gaurav Chiplunkar).
From Training to Employment: Enhancing ITI Instructors’ Capacity to Improve Job Matching for Youth (with Lori Beaman, and Apurav Bhatia)
Enhancing Workplace Rights for Young Female Migrant Workers in India’s Urban Labor Markets: Evaluating the Impact of Migration Support Centres (with Clement Imbert, and Apurav Bhatia)
Other Publications (Blogs, Policy Briefs, Media engagements):-
Informing youth about job opportunities to make training programmes more effective, Ideas for India, 6 May 2021, [Hindi Version], Ideas for India, 24 May 2021.
Covid-19 lockdown and migrant workers: Survey of vocational trainees from Bihar and Jharkhand - II, Ideas for India, 28 July 2021, [Hindi Version], Ideas for India, 12 August 2021.
Covid-19 lockdown and migrant workers: Survey of vocational trainees from Bihar and Jharkhand, Ideas for India, 5 November 2020, [Hindi Version], Ideas for India, 4 January 2021.
What is the future of youth skill-building in developing countries in the post-COVID-19 era?, IER, 21 May 2020.
Do skill building training programs improve labor market outcomes among rural youth in India?, ISS blog on Global Development and Social Justice, 14 October 2019.
Making training programmes more effective: Evidence from the DDU-GKY programme in India, Policy Brief, 18 May 2021, The International Growth Center, London School of Economics and Political Science
The Impact of the Covid- 19 Crisis on Rural Youth from Bihar and Jharkhand, Policy Brief, Submitted to Government of India.
Media coverage: The Hindu
Grants as PI:-
2025 Policy Support Fund, University of Warwick (Principal Investigator): £49950
2024 Policy Support Fund, University of Warwick (Principal Investigator): £49950
2023 Policy Support Fund, University of Warwick (Principal Investigator): £24547
2023 ESRC Impact Acceleration Account, University of Warwick (Principal Investigator): £4800
2020 International Growth Centre, LSE (with Clement Imbert): £19,836
2019 International Growth Centre, LSE (with Roland Rathelot): £34,692
2019 Economics Department, University of Warwick (with Wiji Arulampalam): £15,810
2018 CAGE, University of Warwick (with Wiji Arulampalam): £8,959
2018 ESRC-GCRF (with Clare Lyonnete): £330,215
Teaching:-
EC108 Macroeconomics1 (Module Lecturer)
EC348: Research in Policy Evaluation (Module Lecturer)
Admin Roles:-
Personal Tutor
Year 1 Tutor
Member of mitigating circumstances committee.
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