Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)
Dongre, Ambrish, Karan Singhal, and Upasak Das. 2024 “‘Missing’ Women in Economics Academia in India.” Feminist Economics
Media/ Coverage: Ideas for India (co-authored), The Hindu BusinessLine (co-authored), Ahmedabad Mirror
Singhal, Karan, Ankur Sarin, and Advaita Rajendra. 2023. "What money couldn't buy: Social Protection for Migrants in India's lockdown" Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Das, Upasak, and Karan Singhal. 2023. “Solving It Correctly: Prevalence and Persistence of Gender Gap in Basic Mathematics in Rural India.” International Journal of Educational Development
Media/ Coverage: Ideas for India (co-authored), The Hindu (co-authored), Indian Express, Careers 360, The Ken, Soch by Mohak Mangal (Youtube), Tagesspiegel
Dongre, Ambrish, Ankur Sarin, and Karan Singhal. 2022. “Barriers in Translating Mandate for Inclusion in Practice: Evidence from India’s Right to Education Act.” International Journal of Inclusive Education
Singhal, Karan, and Upasak Das. 2019. “Revisiting the Role of Private Schooling on Children Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Rural India.” South Asia Economic Journal
Book Chapters and other articles (peer-reviewed)
Singhal, Karan, and Eva Sierminska. 2024. "Inequality in Economics as a Profession" In Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann, Springer (under review)
Media/Coverage: IZA Newsroom
Sierminska, Eva, and Karan Singhal. 2023. “Does it pay to be beautiful?” IZA World of Labor.
Media/ Coverage: New York Times, Les Echos, Le Point, Yahoo Finance, InFranken
Vernekar, Nisha, and Karan Singhal. 2018. “Married Women’s Education Levels and Agency Outside the Home: Evidence from Rural India.” In Advances in Finance & Applied Economics, edited by N.R. Bhanumurthy, K. Shanmugan, Shriram Nerlekar, and Sandeep Hegade, 161–73. Singapore: Springer
Working papers
Vernekar, Nisha, and Karan Singhal. Breaking the Night Barrier: Night-Shift Reforms and Women's Work in India, First Draft, CINCH Working Paper Series, 2025(04)
Vernekar, Nisha, Pooja Pandey, Karan Singhal, Aditya Narayan Rai, and Avinash Reddy. “Parental Engagement in Early Childhood Education During COVID-19: Learning from Structured Tech and Teacher Support Programs in Urban Maharashtra”
Media/ Coverage: The Hindu (co-authored), Ideas for India (co-authored)
Dongre, Ambrish , Ankur Sarin, and Karan Singhal. “Can a Mandate for Inclusion Change School Choices for Disadvantaged Parents? – Evidence from Urban India.”
Media/ Coverage: Ideas for India (co-authored); HT Mint
Work in progress
Field specialization in Economics and differences based on country of origin (with Eva Sierminska)
Gender gap in intergenerational wealth transfers in Germany (with Markus Grabka and Eva Sierminska)
Deregulation of nightshift bans and female employment in India (with Nisha Vernekar)
Can "big push" development programmes improve schooling outcomes? (with Upasak Das and Parul Gupta)