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Isha Gupta

Ramanujan College
isha.gupta106@gmail.com

Isha Gupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Ramanujan College (University of Delhi) and is a Ph.D. Research Scholar at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Prior to this, she completed her M.A. and M.Phil in Economics from CESP, JNU and received a B.A. in Economics from Miranda House (University of Delhi). Her research lies at the intersection of macro-development and growth theory economics. 

Her current research focuses on the inter-relation between the rise of business services and the role of female labour supply in low-income countries, which is sponsored by the grant received under the STEG research program led by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Posts by Isha Gupta

Digital gender divide amidst India’s service-led growth

While India’s growth in recent decades has been services-led, entering high-productivity business services requires an adequate supply of high-skilled workers. In this context, Isha Gupta discusses ...

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Accumulation of household debt in India: Repercussions for economic recovery

The Covid-19 crisis and the subsequent recession has brought about a shift in financial savings; households have cut back on consumption and reduced their demand for credit, and banks tightened lendin...

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Is India’s ‘new’ investment cycle poised for upturn?

Recent statistics have drawn attention to the turning of India’s investment cycle since the second half of 2017-18. In this piece, Isha Gupta examines the different components of investment demand a...

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Demand-side components of India’s GDP growth

As per the recently released first advance estimates of the Central Statistics Office, the real GDP growth for India is estimated at 6.5% in 2017-18, the slowest in the last four years. In this articl...

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