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Dr. Alok Kumar Singh is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria (British Columbia). He received his PhD from Queen’s University. His areas of interest are macroeconomics and development economics. He has made major contributions on the issues related to inflation, entrepreneurship, productivity growth, and child labour and human capital in developing countries. He has published in leading journals such as International Economic Review and Review of Economic Dynamics.
Posts by Alok Kumar
Income risks and schooling investment in rural Bihar
Income and earnings are highly volatile in developing countries as a majority of the population relies on agriculture or informal jobs for their livelihood. Based on a primary survey in rural Bihar, t...
- Alok Kumar
- 17 September, 2018
- Articles
Risks and Investment in Education
This project analysed the effects of household income risk on schooling investment in rural India. The findings from this project suggest that income risk faced by poorer households is an important re...
- Tanuka Endow Alok Kumar
- 31 March, 2017
- IGC Research on India