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Amit Thorat is Assistant Professor of economics, at the Center for the Study of Regional Development at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Prior to this he worked as an Associate Fellow at the National Council for Applied Economics Research (NCAER), New Delhi, where he was part of the India Human Development Survey (IHDS) team. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in economics from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), JNU. His research has been on issues of income, educational and health inequalities in general and across social, ethnic, and religious groups in particular, in the context of India. At present, he is working on understanding people's beliefs around personal and social identity in India and its implications for social behaviour, individual distress, and economic outcomes. His earlier work includes examining gains for small and marginal farmers from high-value production as well as from farmer owned-cooperative farming.
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मानसिक स्वास्थ्य को मापने के लिए फोन सर्वेक्षण का इस्तेमाल
कोविड-19 के कारण सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य एवं मानवीय संकटों ने खराब मानसिक स्वास्थ्य के मुद्दे को उजागर किया है। शारीरिक स्वास्थ्य की तरह मानसिक स्वास्थ्य भी काम और जीवन की गुणवत्ता को प्रभावित कर सकता है,...
- Diane Coffey Payal Hathi Nazar Khalid Amit Thorat
- 16 दिसंबर, 2020
- लेख
भारत में सामाजिक और आर्थिक अनुसंधान के लिए फोन सर्वेक्षण पद्धति
कोविड-19 के प्रसार को रोकने हेतु लगाई गई पाबंदियों और सामाजिक दूरी के दिशानिर्देशों के मद्देनजर फेस-टू-फेस सर्वेक्षणों के माध्यम से डेटा संग्रह करने में बड़ी बाधाओं का सामना करना पड़ा है। इस पोस्ट में ...
- Diane Coffey Payal Hathi Nazar Khalid Nidhi Khurana Amit Thorat
- 14 दिसंबर, 2020
- दृष्टिकोण
Using phone surveys to measure mental health
The public health and humanitarian crises caused by Covid-19 have led to greater recognition of the issue of poor mental health. Although mental health can affect work and quality of life much like ph...
- Diane Coffey Payal Hathi Nazar Khalid Amit Thorat
- 12 November, 2020
- Articles
Phone survey methodology for social and economic research in India
Data collection using face-to-face surveys has faced a roadblock in the wake of restricted mobility and social distancing guidelines to contain the spread of Covid-19. In this post, Coffey et al. desc...
- Diane Coffey Payal Hathi Nazar Khalid Nidhi Khurana Amit Thorat
- 11 November, 2020
- Perspectives
Using mobile phones to measure discrimination
One aspect of human well-being that has often been overlooked in survey research on low- and middle-income countries is the extent to which prejudice and discrimination diminish social welfare. This a...
- Diane Coffey Payal Hathi Nazar Khalid Nidhi Khurana Amit Thorat
- 09 January, 2019
- Articles