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M. Shahe Emran

Columbia University
shahe.emran.econ@gmail.com

M. Shahe Emran is a development economist with Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University. He previously taught at George Washington University, and has worked at the World Bank and Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. His research interests include theoretical and empirical analysis of tax policy in developing countries, the interaction of labour market with microfinance, effects of market integration on poor households, distributional effects of corruption, intergenerational mobility in developing countries, and pricing and passthrough in vertical supply chains.  His research has been published (or forthcoming) in Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Development Economics, Economica, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, and World Development

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क्या परिवहन में ढाँचागत विकास से ग्रामीण भूमि असमानता बढ़ती है?

परिवहन से जुड़े आधारभूत संरचना में निवेश से व्यापार लागत कम होती है और गांव शहरी बाज़ारों के साथ जुड़ जाते हैं। यह लेख दर्शाता है कि इस स्थानिक एकीकरण के कारण ग्रामीण भारत में भूमि असमानता बढ़ने का अनपेक...

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Does development of transport infrastructure increase rural land inequality?

Investments in transport infrastructure reduce trade costs and lead to integration of villages with urban markets. This article suggests that this spatial integration could have the unintended consequ...

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Understanding intergenerational educational mobility with conflicting evidence

There is a growing literature on intergenerational educational mobility that explores how parental education influences the educational attainment of children. This article compares three empirical mo...

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Does gender (still) determine destiny in India?

Emerging evidence of convergence in educational attainment between girls and boys seems at odds with a large body of research on gender-based discrimination against girls in India. In this context, th...

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Does non-farm growth in rural areas reduce intergenerational educational mobility?

While the growth of the non-farm sector in a rural economy is known to reduce poverty, it may also exacerbate inequality. Comparing rural India and rural China the study finds that there is lower inte...

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