Applied Econometrics, Development Economics, Health Economics

Working Papers

• Negative Reality of the HIV Positives: Evaluating Welfare Loss in a Low Prevalence Country , with Sanghamitra Das and Tridip Ray, ISI Discussion Paper 08-02 , Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi Centre), New Delhi, India, February 2008.



• Multiple Dimensions of Urban Well-Being: Evidence from India , with S. Chandrasekhar, Latest Version (May 2008)

Other Version:
• Multiple Dimensions of Urban Poverty: Evidence from India, with S. Chandrasekhar, Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper No. 11 , Population Council , New York, USA, Forthcoming 2008.


• Investigating Product Cycles Using Indian Import Data , with S. Chandrasekhar and Rajendra R. Vaidya, Latest Version (October 2007)

Other Version:
• Investigating Product Cycles Using Indian Import Data, with S. Chandrasekhar and Rajendra R. Vaidya, IGIDR Working Paper WP-2007-006 Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India, May 2007


• An Empirical Investigation Into How Middlemen Affect Markets, with Susumu Imai and Kala Krishna, ISI Discussion Paper 05-02 , Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi Centre), New Delhi, India, December 2004

• A Study Of The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme , with Nicolas Gravel and Himanshu: Based on a longitudinal survey of households in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. First Draft Expected July 2008


• Household Dynamics: A Longitudinal Study Of Rural Households in India : Based on a resurvey of 900 households first surveyed in Survey of Living Conditions,LSMS, World Bank. First Draft Expected January 2009


• Effect of HIV- AIDS on Female Labour Supply: Case of India: Based on survey data on 382 HIV families surveyed in 2004-2005. First Draft Expected January 2009


• The Cost Of Cancer To Households In India , with Sanghamitra Das and Doctors from AIIMS (Major contributors: Dr. Mohanty and Dr. Kuldeep) : Based on a longitudinal survey of households with members suffering from cancer. Data Collection expected to be over by December 2008

• Integrating Mental Health in Welfare Evaluation: An Empirical Application to the case of HIV-AIDS in India, with Sanghamitra Das and Tridip Ray, Topics-The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Forthcoming 2009.
  
  
• Is India better off today than 15 years ago? A Robust Multidimensional Answer, with Nicholas Gravel, Journal of Economic Inequality, Forthcoming 2009.
  
  
• Economic Cost Analysis in Cancer Management and its Relevance Today , with K. Sharma, S. Das, G. K. Rath and B. Mohanti, Indian Journal of Cancer , Volume 46, Issue 3, July-September, pp. 184-189.
  
  
• Economic Cost of HIV and AIDS in India, with Tridip Ray and Sanghamitra Das, in Markus Haacker and Mariam Claeson, edited, HIV and AIDS in South Asia: A Development Risk , The World Bank (Washington D.C.), Feb. 2009, pp. 123-151
  
  
• A Robust Normative Evaluation of India's Performance in Allocating Risks Of Death , with Nicolas Gravel and Benoît Tarroux, Indian Growth and Development Review, Volume 1, Issue 1, May 2008, pgs 95-111. [Free Sample provided by the Journal]
  
  
• Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in Urban India, with S. Chandrasekhar,in George Martine, Gordon McGranahan, Mark Montgomery and Rogelio Fernandez-Castilla ed. The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century, Earthscan, New York (In Press).
  
  
• Rural Unemployment 1999-2005: Who Gained, Who Lost?, with Indira Rajaraman, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 42, Issue 30, July 28 - August 03, 2007, pages 3116-3120.
  
  
• Univariate Time Series Analysis of Public Debt , with Indira Rajaraman, Journal of Quantitative Economics, New Series: Volume 2, Issue 1, 2004, pages 122-134.
  
  
• Primary Education as a Fundamental Right: Cost Implications, with S. Chandrasekhar, Economic and Political Weekly, Volume 41, Issue 36, September 2-8, 2006, pages 3797-3804.
  
  
• Trade with Labor Market Distortions and Heterogenous Labor: Why Trade Can Hurt, with Kala Krishna and Cemile Yavas, in Günter Heiduk and Kar-yiu Wong ed. WTO & World Trade: Challenges in a New Era, Series: Contributions to Economics, 2004, Physica-Verlag (Springer), New York.
  
  
• Sustainability of Public Debt, with Indira Rajaraman,in AmareshBagchi ed. Readings in Public Finance, 2004, Oxford Univesity Press, New Delhi.