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Punarjit Roychowdhury

Shiv Nadar University
punarjitroychowdhury@gmail.com

Punarjit Roychowdhury is Assistant Professor of Economics at the Shiv Nadar University (SNU). Prior to joining SNU, he was Assistant Professor (tenured) at the University of Nottingham and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Primarily an applied microeconomist, Punarjit’s research interests lie in the fields of microeconometrics, labour economics, development economics, and behavioural economics. His research papers have appeared in well-known international journals including Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Studies, World Development, Economics of Education Review, etc. Punarjit holds a first-class Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Calcutta, and a first-class Master’s degree in Applied Economics from Presidency College, Calcutta.

Posts by Punarjit Roychowdhury

भारत के तेज़ी से बढ़ते शहरीकरण का महिलाओं के सशक्तिकरण पर क्या प्रभाव पड़ता है?

माना जाता है कि शहरी क्षेत्रों में रहने वाली महिलाओं को उनके ग्रामीण समकक्षों की तुलना में अधिक सामाजिक, आर्थिक और राजनीतिक अवसर और स्वतंत्रता प्राप्त होती है। साथ ही, शोध से यह पता चलता है कि शहरी वा...

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What are the effects of India’s rapid urbanisation on women’s empowerment?

Women in urban areas, compared to their rural counterparts, are thought to enjoy greater social, economic, and political opportunities and freedoms. At the same time, research shows barriers to women...

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भारत में महिलाओं का सशक्तिकरण : क्या औपनिवेशिक इतिहास मायने रखता है?

क्या औपनिवेशिक इतिहास भारत में महिलाओं के समकालीन आर्थिक परिणामों की दृष्टि से मायने रखता है? इसकी जांच करते हुए यह लेख इस बात की ओर इशारा करता है कि जो क्षेत्र सीधे ब्रिटिश शासन के अधीन रहा, महिला सश...

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Women empowerment in India: Does colonial history matter?

Examining whether colonial history matters for women’s contemporary economic outcomes in India, this article shows that women who live in areas that were under direct British rule are better off in ...

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उच्च वर्ग में विवाह (हाइपरगैमी) का अभाव और घरेलू हिंसा

उच्च वर्ग में विवाह (हाइपरगैमी) के अभाव - जब पत्नी की आर्थिक स्थिति उसके पति के बराबर या अधिक होती है, में क्या घरेलू हिंसा में वृद्धि होती है या कमी आती है, इसके बारे में प्राथमिक रूप से अस्पष्टता है...

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Hypergamy violation and domestic violence

Whether violation of hypergamy – when the wife’s economic status equals or exceeds that of her husband’s – increases or decreases domestic violence is a priori ambiguous. Analysing 2015-2016 N...

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Food insecurity and child malnutrition: New empirical evidence from India

Child malnutrition is among the most pressing public health issues in India today. Equally alarming is the country’s food security crisis. Analysing ‘Young Lives Survey’ data from the states of ...

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Dynamics of achievement gap between public and private school students

The achievement gap between public and private school students is well-documented in the literature on education in India, but there has not been sufficient focus on the dynamics of this gap over time...

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शादी के समय महिलाओं की उम्र घरेलू हिंसा को कैसे प्रभावित करती है?

दुनिया भर में तीन में से एक महिला अपने जीवनकाल में घरेलू हिंसा से प्रभावित होती है। जो महिलाएं घरेलू हिंसा का सामना करती हैं, उन्हें गंभीर प्रतिकूल स्वास्थ्य परिणामों से प्रभावित होने के साथ-साथ भारी ...

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Economic mobility in India: Estimation using ‘noisy’ data

There has been a dramatic rise in inequality in India post-liberalisation. This article finds economic mobility to be markedly low, with at least seven out of 10 poor households remaining poor or at-r...

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How women’s age at marriage impacts domestic violence

Domestic violence affects one in three women in their lifetime worldwide, and has serious adverse health and economic consequences. Analysing data from the latest National Family Health Survey of Indi...

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