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Working Papers

2019

1. Earning Risks, Parental Schooling Investment, and Old-Age Income Support From Children
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria
2. Old-Age Income Support, Human Capital Investment, and Efficiency: Rotten-Kid Theorem Meets Samaritan's Dilemma
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria

2017

3. Subjective income expectations and risks in rural India
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
   See also Journal Article Subjective Income Expectations and Risks in Rural India, Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business (2019) (2019)

2014

4. Education and Cross-Country Productivity Differences
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria View citations (1)
5. Foreign Aid, Incentives and Efficiency: Can Foreign Aid Lead to Efficient Level of Investment?
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Foreign Aid, Incentives and Efficiency: Can Foreign Aid Lead to the Efficient Level of Investment?, Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2017) View citations (2) (2017)
6. Gender Bias and Child Labor in LDCs
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria
7. Samaritan's Dilemma, Time-Inconsistency and Foreign Aid: A Review of Theoretical Models
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria
8. The Dynamics of Rural Non-farm Employment in India: Gender, Agricultural Productivity, and Literacy
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria View citations (1)

2013

9. Inflation, Redistribution, and Real Activities
   Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria
10. Labor Markets, Unemployment and Optimal Inflation
    Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria View citations (2)

2007

11. Self-Employment and Labor Market Policies
    Department Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Victoria View citations (8)

2006

12. Capital Tax and Minimum Wage: Implications for the Dispersion of Wages
    2006 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics
13. Market Power, Price Adjustment, And Inflation
    Working Paper, Economics Department, Queen's University View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article MARKET POWER, PRICE ADJUSTMENT, AND INFLATION, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2010) View citations (24) (2010)

2004

14. Inflation and the Dispersion of Real Wages
    Econometric Society 2004 Far Eastern Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article INFLATION AND THE DISPERSION OF REAL WAGES, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2008) View citations (2) (2008)
15. Price Dispersion, Inflation and Welfare
    NajEcon Working Paper Reviews, www.najecon.org View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article PRICE DISPERSION, INFLATION, AND WELFARE, International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association (2005) View citations (60) (2005)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Subjective Household Income Risks And Schooling Investment In Rural India
   Journal of Developing Areas, 2020, 54, (2), 31-46

2019

2. Subjective Income Expectations and Risks in Rural India
   Journal of Developing Areas, 2019, 53, (3), 11-25
   See also Working Paper Subjective income expectations and risks in rural India, WIDER Working Paper Series (2017) (2017)

2017

3. Foreign Aid, Incentives and Efficiency: Can Foreign Aid Lead to the Efficient Level of Investment?
   Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21, (3), 678-697 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Foreign Aid, Incentives and Efficiency: Can Foreign Aid Lead to Efficient Level of Investment?, Department Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (1) (2014)
4. School Absenteeism and Child Labor in Rural Bangladesh
   Journal of Developing Areas, 2017, 51, (3), 299-316 View citations (5)
5. The dynamics of rural non-farm employment in India
   The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2017, 60, (4), 613-624 View citations (2)

2015

6. One more year of schooling or work:Grade-transition and child labor in rural Bangladesh
   Journal of Developing Areas, 2015, 49, (3), 27-48

2013

7. Health, education and the dynamics of cross-country productivity differences
   Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20, (12), 1160-1164 View citations (7)
8. Preference based vs. market based discrimination: Implications for gender differentials in child labor and schooling
   Journal of Development Economics, 2013, 105, (C), 64-68 View citations (7)

2012

9. SELF-EMPLOYMENT, EFFICIENCY WAGE, AND PUBLIC POLICIES
   Economic Inquiry, 2012, 50, (4), 1069-1079 View citations (6)
10. Urbanization, human capital, and cross-country productivity differences
    Economics Letters, 2012, 117, (1), 14-17 View citations (18)

2010

11. MARKET POWER, PRICE ADJUSTMENT, AND INFLATION
    International Economic Review, 2010, 51, (1), 73-98 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper Market Power, Price Adjustment, And Inflation, Working Paper (2006) View citations (11) (2006)

2008

12. Capital Tax, Minimum Wage, and Labor Market Outcomes
    Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, 11, (1), 133-154 View citations (7)
13. INFLATION AND THE DISPERSION OF REAL WAGES
    International Economic Review, 2008, 49, (2), 377-399 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Inflation and the Dispersion of Real Wages, Econometric Society 2004 Far Eastern Meetings (2004) View citations (2) (2004)

2005

14. PRICE DISPERSION, INFLATION, AND WELFARE
    International Economic Review, 2005, 46, (2), 533-572 View citations (60)
    See also Working Paper Price Dispersion, Inflation and Welfare, NajEcon Working Paper Reviews (2004) View citations (6) (2004)

1994

15. Indian Tea Exports: An Analysis of Performance and Constraints
    Foreign Trade Review, 1994, 29, (2-3), 160-180