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Publication: 

• 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 (2024) 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 (2023) 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.

Working Paper:-

• Bhatiya, A., B. Chakravorty, C. Imbert, and R. Rathelot (2024): How do beliefs and preferences over jobs affect enrolment in vocational training: Experimental evidence from India. AEA RCT Registry ID: AEARCTR-0006003. Submitted

• Sarkar, S., B. Chakravorty, and C. Lyonette (2024): “Social Identity and Aspiration-Double Jeopardy or Intersectionality Evidence from  Rural  India," Revisions Submitted at Oxford Development Studies. This paper also appears as GLO Discussion Paper, No. 724. Submitted

Work in Progress:-

• Impact of Online Job Portals on Rural Unemployment: Experimental Evidence from India (Apurav Yash Bhatia, Clément Imbert, Gaurav Chiplunkar).

• Experimentally testing the effectiveness of soft skills in improving employability among young graduates from Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) in Uttarakhand, India.

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:-

• Policy Support Fund 2024-25 - £ 49,950

• Policy Support Fund 2023-24 - £ 24,547

• ESRC Impact Acceleration Account 2023-28 - £ 4,800

Teaching:-

• EC108 Macroeconomics1 (Module Lecturer)

• EC348: Research in Policy Evaluation (Module Lecturer)

• EC205 Development Economics (Macroeconomics)

• EC233 Development Economics (Microeconomics)

• EC310 Topics In Development Economics

• EC331 Research in Applied Economics

• EC959: MSc Dissertation

Admin Roles:-

• Personal Tutor

• Year 1 Tutor

• Member of mitigating circumstances committee.

• Pastoral support drop-in sessions.