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Working Papers

2023

1. How Well Do Internet-Based Surveys Track Labor Market Indicators in Middle-Income Countries ?
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2022

2. Employer Power and Employment in Developing Countries
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in Applied Economics and Policy Working Paper Series, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management View citations (4)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022) View citations (3)
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2022) View citations (3)
3. Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Working Papers, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor, The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank (2024) (2024)

2020

4. Targeting and the impacts of India's MGNREGS
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2019

5. Estimating Small Area Population Density Using Survey Data and Satellite Imagery: An Application to Sri Lanka
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
6. Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Wage fairness in a subcontracted labor market, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2018

7. Contract Employment as a Worker Discipline Device
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Contract employment as a worker discipline device, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (5) (2021)
8. Political Activism as a Determinant of Clientelistic Transfers: Evidence from an Indian Public Works Program
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2017) View citations (2)

2014

9. Minimum Wage Effects at Different Enforcement Levels: Evidence from Employment Surveys in India
   Working Papers, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management

2012

10. What Dimensions of Women’s Empowerment Matter Most for Child Nutrition? Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data from Bangladesh
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (34)

2010

11. Unpacking the Links Between Women's Empowerment and Child Nutrition Evidence Using Nationally Representative Data From Bangladesh
    2010 Annual Meeting, July 25-27, 2010, Denver, Colorado, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (6)

2008

12. SOURCES OF OUTPUT GROWTH IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE DURING THE POST-REFORM PERIOD
    Working Papers, Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India View citations (6)
    Also in Development Economics Working Papers, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (2008) View citations (3)

Journal Articles

2026

1. Do rural roads promote inclusive entrepreneurship?
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2026, 241, (C)

2024

2. Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor
   The World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38, (4), 741-771
   See also Working Paper Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor, IZA Discussion Papers (2022) (2022)

2021

3. Contract employment as a worker discipline device
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 149, (C) View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Contract Employment as a Worker Discipline Device, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (2) (2018)
4. Political activism as a determinant of strategic transfers: Evidence from an indian public works program
   European Economic Review, 2021, 132, (C) View citations (1)

2019

5. Heterogeneous effects of imperfectly enforced minimum wages in low-wage labor markets
   Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 140, (C), 355-374 View citations (25)
6. Wage fairness in a subcontracted labor market
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 168, (C), 24-42 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Wage Fairness in a Subcontracted Labor Market, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (4) (2019)