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Devashish Mitra

Syracuse University
dmitra@maxwell.syr.edu

Devashish Mitra is Professor of Economics and Cramer Professor of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University. He is a Fellow of the CESifo network and of the IZA, and also Research Professor at the Ifo Institute in Munich. He is Coeditor of Economics and Politics, and Associate Editor of the European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of International Economics, International Review of Economics and Finance and International Journal of Business and Economics. He is also on the editorial boards of the Review of International Economics, ISRN Economics and Economies. His research areas are international trade, political economy and development economics. His current research interests are at the interface of trade and labour. His work has been published in well-known journals like the American Economic Review, Review of Economics & Statistics, Economic Journal, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics etc. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.

Posts by Devashish Mitra

क्या भारत में निर्यात-उन्मुख विनिर्माण मॉडल के दिन लद गए हैं?

भारत अपनी तेजी से बढ़ती कामकाजी उम्र की आबादी हेतु अच्छी तनख्वाह वाली लाखों नौकरियां सृजित करने की चुनौती का सामना कर रहा है, अतः देवाशीष मित्र विश्लेषण करते हैं कि कौन-से क्षेत्र और किस प्रकार की रणन...

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Has the export-oriented manufacturing model reached its sell-by date for India?

As India faces the challenge of creating millions of well-paying jobs for its rapidly growing working-age population, Devashish Mitra analyses which sectors and what strategies can provide these good ...

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Impact of labour regulations on Indian manufacturing sector

In this article, Devashish Mitra discusses structural bottlenecks in the Indian manufacturing sector such as labour market regulations and recent policy changes that incentivise capital-intensive prod...

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Does the India-EU trade pact make sense for India? - I

During the 13th India-EU Summit in Brussels last month, leaders from both sides welcomed the re-engagement on the stalled India-EU Free Trade Agreement. In this article, Devashish Mitra, Professor of ...

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India's labour laws: Protecting to hurt

The state government of Rajasthan has begun making amendments to various labour laws in order to make labour markets more flexible. Summarising research on the impact of rigid labour laws on the grow...

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International trade, domestic labour laws and India’s manufacturing sector

India has a multitude of restrictive labour laws and these have been found to adversely affect economic performance of manufacturing firms. This column illustrates how the impact of trade liberalisati...

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Impact of trade reforms on labour’s share of firm revenues

The decline in labour’s share of national income in recent decades – a potential cause of rising inequality – has coincided with an increase in world trade. This column analyses the impact of tr...

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