Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, 2010 Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
- M.A., Economics, 2004 University of Mumbai
Research Interests:
- Inclusive Development
- Migration
- Heatlh and Education
- Applied Econometrics
Experience:
Publications:
- Analyzing Determinants of Remittances with Endogenous Migration Decision: Evidence from India (with Navita) Migration and Development: 2022,
11(1) DOI: 10.1080/21632324.2020.1719692 [Taylor & Francis]
- District-level Analysis of Inequality in Malnutrition among Children: Evidence from Maharashtra, India (with Rekha V.) Regional Economic Development Research, 2022,
3(1). : https://doi.org/10.37256/redr.3120221023
- Economic and Political Determinants of Social Sector Expenditures: Evidence from Indian States (with C. Paike) Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, 2020,
13(2): 188-204. [Taylor & Francis]
- Motives behind Remittances: A Comparative Analysis of Single and Multiple-migrant Households in India, (Co-Author: Navita Pal), International Journal of Social Economics, 2019, 46(6). [Emerald] available online at https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-09-2018-0444https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJSE-09-2018-0444/full/html
- Usage of Formal Financial Services in India: Demand Barriers or Supply Constraints?, (Co-Authors: Abhishek Kumar and Rupayan Pal), Economic Modelling, 2019, 80. [Elsevier] available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2018.11.010
- Decomposing Inequality of Opportunity in Immunization by Circumstances: Evidence from India, European Journal of Development Research, 2016, 28(3), pp.431-446. [Palgrave]
- Inequality in Maternal Health Care Utilization in India: A Shapley Decomposition Analysis, Journal of International Development, 2015, 27(7), pp. 1141- 1152. [Wiley]
- Decomposition of Income-related Inequality in Educational Performance: Evidence from India, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2013, 11(1&2), pp. 180-198.
- Out-of-pocket Health Expenditure: Impact on the Consumption of Indian Households, Oxford Development Studies, 2013, 41(2), pp. 258-279. [Routledge]
- Measuring Incidence of Catastrophic Out-of-pocket Health Expenditure: with Application to India, International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics, 2012, 12(1), pp. 63-85. [Springer]
- Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: Pattern, Determinants and Policy Implications, Artha Vijnana, 2010, LII(3), pp. 212-229.
- Determinants of Expenditure on Education: An Empirical Analysis using State Level Data, (Co-Author: A. Chakrabarti), Economic and Political Weekly, 2006, 41(15): 1465 – 1472.
- Statistics I
- Public Finance
- Health Economics
- Econometrics of Programme Evaluation
- Major Issues in Economic Development
- Applied Econometrics
- Advanced Economic Theory:
Department of Economics