Research
Publications:
2024 The Political Economy of Indian Indentured Labour of 19th Century. Coauthored with U Kambhampati. Accepted in Journal of the History of Economic Thought.
2024 Pandemic, Productivity and Patriarchy: How Dual Earner Couples Manage Increased Housework in the COVID-19 Lockdown. Coauthered with S Garikipati and U Kambhampati. Accepted in Feminist Economics.
2021 Between Unfreedoms: The Role of Caste in Decision to Repatriate among Indentured Workers. Coauthored with U Kambhampati. The Economic History Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/ehr.13115 Pre-publication version available here
2021 Labor Market for Sex Workers: Stigma and Occupational Choice. Coauthored with M Della Giusta In: Zimmermann K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_63-1
2020 Stigma and Labour Market outcomes: Case of sex work and domestic work in India. Coauthored with Uma Kambhampati. The Journal of Development Studies DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2018.1564906 Pre-publication version available here
2017 Bargaining Power and Indicators of Well Being among sex workers. Feminist Economics Vol 23, Issue 3. Available here.
2016 Infrastructural Development and Firm Efficiency in India (1999–2007). Coauthored with S Kailthya and U Kambhampati Review of Development and Change. Vol 20, No 2.
2012 Adoption of a Transactions Cost Approach to Brothel-Based Sex Work: Case of GB Road, New Delhi, India. Indian Journal of Labour Economics Vol. 55, No. 3
Work in progress:
The Relationship between Political Conflict and Domestic Violence: The Case of Nigeria. Coauthored with Sam Rawlings
Caste Based Occupational Rigidity in the Context of Trade Liberalization in India. Coauthored with Ashmita Gupta
Mortality of Indentured Workers and Plantation Legacy in British Guiana
PhD Thesis:
2017 Labour Market Outcomes and Well-Being of Women in Gendered Occupations: The Case of Sex Work and Domestic Work in India. University of Reading. Available here