Research
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PUBLICATIONS
[31] A Decompositional Analysis of Social Group Inequality in India, with Shruti Sengupta (IIT-Roorkee), Applied Economics, 2024
[30] Accounting for Change in Income Inequality in Rural India, 1993-2011: A Regression-based Decomposition, Applied Economics Letters, 2024
[29] Microeconomic determinants of domestic tourism expenditure in India: Evidence from two-part model, Journal of Economic Insight, 2023
[28] Impacts of Cross-Country Infrastructure on Bilateral Trade: Evidence from New Silk Road Railways, with Ying-Min Kuo (Soochow University, Taipei), Journal of Economic Insight, 2023
[27] Does access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) reduce the household burden of women? Evidence from India, with Qinghe Su (Oklahoma State University), Energy Economics, 119, 106529, 2023.
[26] Household Income Mobility in India, 1993-2011, Review of Development Economics, 2022. PDF
[25] Accounting for Differences in Female Labor Force Participation between China and India, with Han Luyi (Oklahoma State University), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2020 PDF
[24] Accounting for growing urban-rural welfare gaps in India, World Development, 122, 410-432, 2019. PDF
[23] Returns to Controlling a Neglected Tropical Disease: Schistosomiasis Control Program and Education Outcomes in Nigeria, with Francis Makamu and Harounan Kazianga, Journal of African Economies, 27(5), 2018.
[22] Is there really a trade-off? Family Size and Investment in Child Quality in India, with Chan Saing The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2017. PDF
[21] Does subsidized health insurance reduce financial burden? Panel Data Evidence from India, World Development, 2017
[20] Spatial Contribution to Income Inequality in India, 1993-2011: A Decomposition Analysis, with Vipul Bhatt, Social Indicator Research, 2017.
[19] Explaining Caste Differences in Private School Attendance, Review of Development Economics, 2017. PDF
[18] Intergenerational Educational Persistence among Daughters: Evidence from India, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2016.
[17] Assessing the impact of District Primary Education Program in India, with Saing Chan (Oklahoma State University), Review of Development Economics, 2016. PDF
[16] Income Inequality in India 2004-2012: Role of Alternative Income sources, Economics Bulletin, 36(2), 1160-1169. PDF
[15] Private Tutoring: Evidence from India, Review of Development Economics, 2015. *PDF*
[14] Assessing Teacher Quality in India, with Geeta Kingdon (University of London) *PDF*, Journal of Development Economics, Volume 117, November 2015, 74–83.
[13] Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mobility in India, with Vipul Bhatt (James Madison University), Demography, 2015. *PDF* ,
[12] Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in India, Journal of Development Studies *PDF* , Volume 51, Issue 10, 2015.
[11] A Distributional Analysis of Public Private Wage Differential in India, with Nishith Prakash, *PDF* LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, 29 (4), 394–414, 2015
[10] Impact of Private Secondary Schooling on Cognitive Skills: Evidence from India,” with Kin Bing Wu and Geeta Kingdon, Education Economics, *PDF*, forthcoming 2015
[9] Can Public Works Programs Mitigate the Impact of Crises in Europe? The Case of Latvia, With Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad (World Bank) and Celine Ferre (World Bank), IZA Journal of European Labor Studies,2:10, 2013, *PDF*
[8] Are girls the fairer sex in India? Revisiting intra-household allocation of education expenditure, with Geeta Kingdon (University of London), World Development, Volume 42, 143-164, February 2013 *PDF*
[7] The Returns to English-Language Skills in India, with Aimee Chin (University of Houston) and Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut), Economic Development and Cultural Change, 61 (2), 2013 *PDF*
[6] Changes in Wage Structure in Urban India 1983-2004: A Quantile Regression Decomposition, World Development, 40 (6), June 2012, P 1135–1150. *PDF*
[5] India's Rising Skill Premium: Role of Demand and Supply, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 10(1), Article 94 *PDF*
[4] A Distributional Analysis of Social Group Inequality in Rural India, Journal of International Development, 2012, Vol 24, Issue 4, 401–530 *PDF*
[3] [Note] Income Inequality in Rural India: Decomposing the Gini by Income Sources, with Abusaleh Shariff (NCAER), Economics Bulletin, 31 (1), 739-748, 2011 *PDF*
[2] Progress of Participation in Tertiary Education in India from 1993 to 2004, with Andreas Blom (World Bank), Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, XXIII (2), April 2009, 125-167 *PDF*
(World Bank Policy Research Paper #4793)
[1] Girls in India: Poverty, Location, and Social Disparities, with Kin Bing Wu (World Bank), Pete Goldschmidt (University of California, LA), and Christy Kim Boscardin (University of California, SF), in M. Lewis and M. Lockheed (eds.), Exclusion, Gender and Education: Case Studies from the Developing World, 2007, Center for Global Development, Washington, DC *PDF*
WORKING PAPERS
[7] The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Marriage and Fertility: Evidence from Indian Census, with Shruti Sengupta (IIT-Roorkee)
[6] Relative Income and Happiness: Evidence from Georgia, with Tuan Ho and Ying-Min Kuo
[5] Re-examining the Effects of India's Trade Liberalization on Human Capital Accumulation: New Evidence from Census Data *PDF*
[4] Social Group Welfare Gap and Competition: Evidence from Indian Trade Liberalization, with Shruti Sengupta (IIT-Roorkee)
[3] Fuel transition and time-saving: Evidence from longitudinal survey and multivalued treatment effects
[2] Fuel Stacking: Household Cooking Fuel Choice in India, 2004-2012, with Ying-Min Kuo (Oklahoma State University) PDF
[1] Long-term .effects of Indian Trade Liberalization on local labor market outcomes, with Vipul Bhatt (James Madison University)
Work in Progress
Permanent Working Paper
[1] The Impact of Indian Job Guarantee Scheme on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment, IZA DP # 6548, *PDF*
POLICY PAPERS
[5] Tracing Labor Market Outcomes of Technical and Vocational Training Graduates in Saudi Arabia : A Study on Graduates from the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, with Ihsan Ajwad and Nayib Rivera, Social Protection and Jobs Discussion Paper No. 2202. World Bank. PDF
[4] Migrant women & remittances: exploring the data from selected countries, with Yana Rodgers, Michael Stewart-Evans and Inkeri von Hase, UN Women, Policy Brief, 2020. PDF
[3] The Employment and Welfare Impact of the Financial Crisis in Latvia, with Ihsan Ajwad (World Bank), World Bank Policy Research Paper, 5960 *PDF*
[2] Assessing the Employment and Welfare Impacts of the 2009 Recession in Latvia and Turkey, with Ihsan Ajwad (World Bank), Meltem Aran (Oxford University), and Jesko Hentschel (World Bank) *SLIDES*
[1] Simulating poverty in Europe : the potential contributions of employment and education to reducing poverty and social exclusion by 2020,with Ihsan Ajwad, Kenneth Simler, Basab Dasgupta, Misha Bonch-Osmolovskiy, and Irena Topinska, World Bank Policy Research Paper, 6660 *PDF*
REPORTS (Team-Member)$$
[1] The Jobs Crisis: Household and Government Responses to the Great Recession in Eastern Europe and Central Asia *PDF*
[2] India - Attaining the Millennium Development Goals in India: role of public policy and service delivery *PDF*
[3] BULGARIA: Household Welfare during the 2010 Recession and Recovery *PDF*
[4] Inequality in South Asia: Implications for shared prosperity, The World Bank, 2013, forthcoming
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