February, 2017
CURRICULUM VITAE
RANJAN RAY
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Citizenship: Australian and Indian (Overseas Citizen of India)
Place of Birth: Kolkata, India
Education (in brief): Kolkata (schooling and undergraduate studies), Delhi (postgraduate
studies), London (Doctoral studies).
Employment (in brief): Delhi, Hull, Manchester, Hobart, Melbourne.
Current Employment: Professor of Economics at Monash University, Australia.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Office:
Economics Department
Monash University
Clayton, Victoria. 3800
Australia
(Email: [email protected])
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
1977
Ph.D in Economics, Thesis entitled “Utility
Maximisation and Consumer Demand with an
Application to the United Kingdom 1900-70”
(Supervisor: Professor JD Sargan).
London School of
Economics,
UK.
1971
M.A. in Economics with Theoretical Statistics and
Econometrics as Specialist Options. First Class (64%)
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi,
India.
1969
B.A. (Honours) in Economics (59.75%)
University of Calcutta,
India.
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HONOUR:
1966-69
Government of India (Merit) National Scholarship for undergraduate study.
1969-71
University Grants Committee (Merit) Scholarship for Postgraduate study.
1973-76
British Council Overseas Students Fee Award for Post Graduate study at L.S.E.
1977
Lady Edwina Mountbatten Research Award.
1995
Invited to present the Annual Asia Lecture at the University of Tasmania, Australia.
1996
(Nov)
Awarded Large grant ($123,000) by the Australian Research Council for 3 years
(1997-99) for the project: “Consumer Behaviour and its Implications for Tax
Reforms in Australia” (Ranjan Ray is the sole chief investigator).
1996
(Nov-Dec)
Invited by the University of Rome, Tor Vergata on a Fellowship from the Italian
National Research Council to advise a team of Italian researchers in the area of
‘equivalence scales’, and to help in constructing new poverty lines for Italy.
1997
Invited by the New Zealand Asian Studies Society to give the keynote speech at the
New Zealand International Conference on Asian Studies (NZASIA) scheduled for
November 1997.
2000
(Nov)
Awarded Large grant ($140,000) by the Australian Research Council for 3 years
(2001-2003) for the project: “Cross Country Comparisons of Household Behaviour
and Welfare on Unit Record Data”, (Ranjan Ray is the sole chief investigator).
2001
(Sept)
Awarded Discovery Project Grant ($55,000) by the Australian Research Council for
2 years (2002-03) for the project: “Resource Inflows, Intrahousehold Resource
Allocation and their Impact on Expenditure Patterns, Child Health and Household
Composition”, (jointly with Dr. P. Maitra of Monash University, Australia and Prof.
M. Chatterji of Dundee University, U.K. as the other Investigators).
2003
(May)
Invited by the International Labour Organisation to undertake two projects in the area
of Child Labour.
2003
(Oct)
Awarded Discovery Project Grant ($210,000) by the Australian Research Council for
3 years (2004-06) for the project, “Modelling Decision Making Within the
Household and Analysing its Welfare Implications: Methodological Advances with
Policy Applications”, (jointly with Dr P Maitra of Monash University, Australia as
CI2 and Professor K Basu of Cornell University, U.S.A. as PI).
2002
Nominated by the Australian Research Council’s Expert Advisory Committee as an
“expert assessor of international standing”.
2006
Nominated by the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts as an “expert of
international standing”.
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EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE:
Full Time
2008-
Monash University
Professor of Economics (Continuing)
1995-2007
University of Tasmania
Australia
Professor of Economics ;
Head of Department from 1995-1998,
1999-2002
1989-1995
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi
Professor of Public Economics
1979-1989
Manchester University
United Kingdom
Lecturer in Econometrics
1985-87
(On leave from
Manchester)
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi
Reader in Economics
1977-79
University of Hull
United Kingdom
Lecturer in Economics
1971-72
Hindu College
University of Delhi
Lecturer in Economic Statistics
VISTING POSITIONS:
1974-75
Tottenham Technical College
London
Lecturer in Statistics
1975-76
City of London Polytechnic
London
Lecturer in Economics
1988-89
(Sept/Nov, 1988)
University of NSW
Australia
Visiting Fellow in Department of
Econometrics
1988-89
(Nov, 1988)
Massey University
New Zealand
Distinguished Visitor in the Department of
Economics
1989-90
(June, 1989)
Centre for Economic Research
Tilburg University Holland
Visiting Fellow
1991-92
(May-June, 1991)
Scuola Superiore, S. Anna
(Elite School attached to Pisa
University) Italy
Visiting Professor
1992-93
(May-June, 1992)
Economics Research Centre,
UWA, Perth
Visiting Professor
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1992-93
(Sept, 1992 July, 1993)
Department of Economics
University of British Columbia
Canada
Visiting Professor
1993
(July-Aug)
Department of Economics
Massey University
New Zealand
Visiting Professor
1994
(May-July, 1994)
Center for Economic Research
Tilburg University
Holland
Visiting Professor
1996
(Nov-Dec)
University of Rome
Italy
Visiting Professor
(on a Fellowship from the Italian National
Research Council)
1998
(Sept-Nov)
Department of Economics
Cornell University
USA
Visiting Scholar
1998
(Nov)
Office of Vice President
The World Bank
Washington
USA
Consultant
2001
(June)
Department of Economics
Cornell University
USA
Visiting Scholar
2002
(June)
Department of Statistics
University of Florence
Italy
Visiting Scholar
2002
(June)
Department of Economics
University of Verona
Verona, Italy
Visiting Scholar
2003
(July)
International Labour
Organisation, Geneva
Visiting Consultant
2005
(June)
Department of Economics
Massey University
New Zealand
Visiting Scholar
2005
(Nov/Dec)
Department of Statistics
University of Florence
Italy
Visiting Scholar
2005
(Nov/Dec)
Department of Economics
University of Verona
Verona, Italy
Visiting Scholar
2011 (Oct)
Bath University, UK
Visitor to Economics Department
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2015 (June)
Office of the Chief Economist and
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Consultant
Senior Vice President,
World Bank, USA.
2016 (June)
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public
Policy, NUS, Singapore
Invited Seminar Speaker
SUBJECTS TAUGHT:
Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics, Microeconomics, Statistical
Techniques in Development Planning, Mathematical Methods for Economists, Issues in Development
Economics.
I have taught all of the above subjects both on specialist economics/econometrics degrees and on
general degrees with economics content at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
UNITS TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA:
1.
Introduction to Econometrics (Second year unit taken by students from a variety of
disciplines).
2.
Econometrics (third year unit taken by students specialising in Economics and Finance).
3.
Development Economics (Honours unit).
4.
Public Economics (Honours unit).
Teaching Innovations:
1.
The introduction of a project in applied econometrics in the third year unit, Econometrics, as
part of the final assessment in that unit.
2.
The design and teaching of Development Economics as an Honours unit for the first time at
the University of Tasmania.
3.
The design and teaching of Public Economics as an Honours unit for the first time at the
University of Tasmania.
I supervised several Honours dissertations at the University of Tasmania. These include the
following:
(i)
“Estimation of Consumer Demand Systems”, (1995) by Geoffrey Lancaster.
(ii)
“Foreign Aid and Economic Growth, PNG”, (1996) by Amy Thomas.
(iii)
“How Does Maternal Schooling Affect Child Height?”, (1999) by Virginia Horscroft
(Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar).
(iv)
“Economic Growth in East Asia and Latin America”, (2000) by Su San Leong.
(v)
“Comparative Dynamics of the Debt Problem, 1992-1995”, (2001) by Timothy Beckett.
(vi)
“An Examination of the Poverty-Environment Hypothesis”, (2003) by Paul Chambers.
(vii)
“Inequality across Australian States, 1975-1999”, (2004) by Richard Clark.
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Doctoral Thesis supervised at the University of Tasmania:
1.
“Inequality, Welfare, Household Composition and Prices - A Comparative Study on
Australian and Canadian Data”, by Paul Blacklow (Completed).
UNITS CURRENTLY TEACHIING/TAUGHT AT MONASH UNIVERSITY:
1. Economic Development of East Asia (second year unit).
2. Public Finance (third year unit).
3. Economics of Developing Countries (third year unit).
Doctoral Thesis supervised at Monash University
1.
“Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Development and Economic Growth: A
Comparative Study of Malaysia and Sri Lanka”, by Sanjeevan Subhasinghe
(Completed).
2.
“Three Essays in Economic Development: Education, Child Labour and Wage
Inequality” by Salma Ahmed (Completed)
Administrative Duties Undertaken at the University of Tasmania:
1.
Head of Department of Economics at the University of Tasmania.
2.
Discussion Papers Series Coordinator.
3.
Graduate Research Higher Degrees Coordinator.
4.
Member of the Academic Senate.
5.
Member of the Faculty Promotions Committee.
6.
Member of the University Promotions Committee.
7.
Member of the Board of Management of the Centre for Regional Economic Analysis
(CREA).
8.
Member of The Organising Committee of the Annual Meeting of the Economic Society of
Australia held in Hobart, 24-26 September 2007.
Research Interests:
•
Specification and Estimation of Demand Systems.
•
Computing Optimal Taxes and Analysing their Econometric Implications.
•
Measurement of Poverty and Inequality and Studying Policy Implications.
•
Estimation of Equivalence Scales and Studying Policy Implication, with Special Reference to
Children and Family Welfare.
•
Estimating Labour Supply Functions and Studying their Implications for Optimal Tax
Calculations.
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Theory and Estimation of ‘True’ Cost of Living Indices and Studying their Policy
Implications.
•
Optimal Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Rationing and Demographic Variables.
•
Fiscal Federalism and Resource Transfers.
•
Dietary Habits in Developing Countries.
•
Evasion of Income and Commodity Taxes.
•
Gender Bias in Levels of Living with Special Reference to Developing Countries.
•
Child Welfare in Developing Countries, especially Issues Relating to Child Health and Child
Labour.
•
Pensions and Remittances and their Welfare Implications.
•
Construction of Regional Price Indices in the context of Large Federal Countries.
•
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation.
•
Nutritional Implications of Consumption Patterns.
•
Household Poverty in Vietnam
•
Corruption: Analysis and Cross national Comparisons
•
Estimation of Spatial Prices and Purchasing Power Parities.
•
Multi-dimensional Deprivation.
FUNDED RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA
Small ARC Projects
i.
“Expenditure Patterns and Commodity Tax Reforms in Australia”, 1996 ($10,000)
ii.
(with H. Bloch), “Productivity Growth in Australian Manufacturing”, 1996 ($10,000)
iii.
(with R. Valenzuela), “A Cross-Country Analysis of Economic Well-Being: Australia
vs. India, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand”, 1997 ($17,000)
iv.
(with N. Groenewold), “Financial De-regulation and Economic Growth”, 1997 ($6,000)
v.
“Inequality Comparisons Between Countries on Unit Record Data”, 1998 ($9,500)
vi.
“Welfare Effects of Commodity Tax Changes in Australia”, 2000 ($8,300)
Large ARC Projects
i.
“Consumer Behaviour and its Implications for Tax Reforms in Australia”, 1997-99,
($123,000).
ii.
“Cross Country Comparisons of Household Behaviour and Welfare on Unit Record Data”,
2001-2003, ($140,000).
ARC Discovery Grant Project
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i.
“Resource Inflows, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and their Impact on Expenditure
Patterns, Child Health and Household Composition”, 2002-2003, ($55,000), jointly with Dr
P. Maitra and Professor M. Chatterji.
ii.
“Modelling Decision Making within the Household and Analysing its Welfare Implications:
Methodological Advances with Policy Applications”, 2004-2006 ($210,000), jointly with Dr
P. Maitra (CI2) and Professor K. Basu (PI).
iii.
“Modelling Food Expenditure, Analysing Nutrient Security, Measuring Hunger and
Calculating Purchasing Power Parity: Methodological Advances with Policy Applications”,
2007-2009 ($262,000).
iv.
“Living Standards, HIV/AIDS and its Impact on Next Generation”, 2008-2010 ($140,000),
jointly with Professor P. Maitra and A/Professor B.A. Inder.
University Funding
Supplementary Funding Grant ($19,000) by the University of Tasmania for research undertaken
during 2000.
Projects Funded by the International Labour Organisation
i.
“Study on Child Work and School Attendance and Performance”, May, 2003, (US$13,535).
ii.
“Comparisons of Parents’ and Children’s SIMPOC Survey Responses”, August, 2003,
(US$16,000).
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PUBLICATIONS:
Refereed Journal Articles
“Analysis of a Time Series of Household Expenditure Surveys for India”, Review of Economics and
Statistics, 1980, 595-602.
“The Philips Model of Inter-Temporal Demand Behaviour: Some Interesting Properties and an
Alternative Derivation of Estimating Equations”, SANKHYA, Series D, 42, 1980, 32-45.
“Do Relative Price Changes Affect the General Equivalence Scale?”, Economics Letters, 8, 1981,
287-291.
“The Testing and Estimation of Complete Demand Systems on Household Budget Surveys: An
Application of AIDS”, European Economic Review, 17, 1982, 349-369.
“Estimating Leisure Goods Models on Time Series of Cross Sections”, Empirical Economics, 7,
1982, 89-102.
“Generalised Cost Scaling: A New Approach to Demographic Variables in Demand Analysis”,
Economics Letters, 9, 1982, 295-299.
“Estimating Utility Consistent Labour Supply Functions: Some Results on Pooled Budget Data”,
Economics Letters, 9, 1982, 389-395.
(with Richard Blundell) “A Non-Separable Generalisation of the LES Allowing Non-Linear Engel
Curves”, Economics Letters, 9, 1982, 349-354.
“Measuring the Costs of Children: An Alternative Approach”, Journal of Public Economics, 22,
1983, 89-102.
“Estimating Dynamic Demand Systems: Some Results on Pooled Indian Budget Data”, Economics
Letters, 1983, 291-296.
(with Louis Kasekende), “Testing for Linear Engel Curves: An Application of NLES to Cross
Country Data”, Economics Letters, 14, 1984, 327-332.
“A Dynamic Generalisation of the Almost Ideal Demand System”, Economics Letters, 1984,
235-239.
(with Richard Blundell), “Testing for Linear Engel Curves and Additively Separable Preferences
Using a New Flexible Demand System”, Economic Journal, 94, 1984, 801-811.
“A Nested Test of the Barten Model of Equivalence Scales”, Economics Letters, 1985, 411-412.
“Specification and Time Series Estimation of Dynamic Gorman Polar Form Demand Systems”,
European Economic Review, 27, 1985, 357-374.
“Evaluating Expenditure Inequality Using Alternative Social Welfare Functions: A Case Study of
Rural India”, Indian Economic Review, XX, 1985, 171-190.
“On Calculating the Optimal Commodity Tax Rate: An Alternative to Social Welfare Maximisation”,
Economics Letters, 19, 1985, 355-358.
“Prices, Children and Inequality: Further Evidence for the UK, 1965-82”, Economic Journal, 95,
1985, 1069-1077.
“A Dynamic Analysis of Expenditure Patterns in Rural India”, Journal of Development Economics,
19, 1985, 283-297.
“Flexibility in Dynamic Demand Modelling and its Implications for Testing Restrictions”, The
Manchester School, March, 1986, 1-21.
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“Demographic Variables and Equivalence Scales in a Flexible Demand System: The Case of AIDS”,
Applied Economics, March, 18(3), 1986, 265-278.
“On Setting Indirect Taxes in India Using the Ramsey Approach: Evidence from Household Budget
Data”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, July, 1986, 249-262.
“Sensitivity of ‘Optimal’ Commodity Taxes to Alternative Demand Functional Forms: An
Econometric Case Study of India”, Journal of Public Economics, 31, 1986, 253-268.
“Redistribution through Commodity Taxes: The Non Linear Engel Curve Case”, Public
Finance/Finances Publiques, 2, 1986, 277-284.
“Optimally Uniform Commodity Taxes and Non Linear Engel Curves: A Generalisation of the Linear
Case”, Economics Letters, 22, 1986, 365-368.
(with M.N. Murty), “Sensitivity of Optimal Commodity Taxes to Relaxing Leisure/Goods
Separability and to Wage Rate”, Economics Letters, 24, 1987, 273-277.
(with S. Chatterjee), “Net Import Content of Consumption in Rural and Urban India”, Indian
Economic Journal, 34(3), 1987, 109-115.
“Optimal Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Children”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics,
90(1), 1988, 75-92.
(with M.N. Murty), “Distributional Equity, Optimal Commodity Taxes and Tax Reforms: Sensitivity
Results of Some Simulation Exercises”, Anvesak, 18(1-2), 1988, 133-165.
“Optimally Uniform Commodity Taxes in a Non-Linear Demographic Demand Model”, Bulletin of
Economic Research, 40, 1988, 227-234.
“Household Composition and Optimal Commodity Taxes: Do Demographic Variables Matter?”,
Journal of Population Economics, 1(3), 1988, 213-224.
“On a New Class of Decomposable Poverty Measures”, Indian Economic Journal, 36(4), 1989,
30-38.
“Impact of Demographic Variables on Optimal Commodity Taxes: Evidence from UK Family
Expenditure Surveys, 1967-85”, Public Finance/Finances Publiques, 44(3), 1989, 437-452.
“The Behavioural and Welfare Implications of Housing Demand Under Rationing: The UK
Experience”, Journal of Population Economics, 2, 1989, 211-224.
(with M.N. Murty), “A Computational Procedure for Calculating Optimal Commodity Taxes with
Illustrative Evidence from Indian Budget Data”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 91(4),
1989, 655-670.
(with R. Jha and M.N. Murty), “Dual Pricing, Rationing and Ramsey Commodity Taxation: Theory
and Illustration”, The Developing Economies, XXVIII(3), 1990, 229-239.
“Complete Demand Systems and Recent Welfare Applications in India: A Review”, Journal of
Quantitative Economics, 7(1), 1991, 1-22.
(with N. Kakwani), “Optimal Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Rationing”, Public
Finance/Finances Publiques, 46, 1991, 424-440.
“Optimal Demogrants and Taxes in a Federal Welfare State”, Journal of Population Economics, 6,
1993, 199-214.
“Cereal Consumption in India and its Nutritional Implications: An Econometric Analysis”, Journal of
Quantitative Economics (Journal of the Indian Econometric Society), 9(2), 1993, 243-262.
(with S. Chatterjee), “External Constraint and India’s Import Behaviour: An Analysis in the Almost
Ideal Demand System Framework”, Journal of International Development, 5(3), 1993,
263-274.
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(with S. Chatterjee and C. Michelini), “Expenditure Patterns and Aggregate Consumer Behaviour:
Some Experiments with Australian and New Zealand Data”, The Economic Record, 70(210),
1994, 278-291.
“Demographic Variables in Demand Systems: The Case for Generality”, Empirical Economics, 21,
1996, 307-315.
“Nesting Flexible Demand Functional Forms: Econometric Evidence for India and UK”, SANKHYA,
Series B, 1996, 58(B2), 254-273.
“Issues in the Design and Reform of Commodity Taxes: Analytical Results and Empirical Evidence”,
Journal of Economic Surveys, 11(4), 1997, 353-388.
(with G. Lancaster), “Comparison of Alternative Models of Household Equivalence Scales: The
Australian Evidence on Unit Record Data”, The Economic Record, 74(224), 1998, 1-14.
“The Design of Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Tax Evasion with Illustrative Evidence from
India”, Public Finance Review, 26(5), 1998, 503-518.
(with J.V. Meenakshi), “Regional Differences in India’s Food Expenditure Pattern: A Complete
Demand Systems Approach”, Journal of International Development, 11, 1999, 47-74.
(with G. Lancaster and R. Valenzuela), “A Cross Country Study of Poverty and Inequality on Unit
Record Household Budget Data”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 48(1), 1999,
177-208.
“Marginal and Non-Marginal Commodity Tax Reforms with Rank Two and Rank Three
Demographic Demand Systems”, Oxford Economic Papers, 51, 1999, 689-712.
(with G. Lancaster and R. Valenzuela), “A Cross-Country Study of Equivalence Scales and
Expenditure Inequality on Unit Record Household Budget Data”, Review of Income and
Wealth, 45(4), 1999, 455-482.
(with J.V. Meenakshi), “State-Level Food Demand in India: Some Evidence on Rank-Three Demand
Systems”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 15(2), 1999, 257-276.
“Poverty and Expenditure Pattern of Households in Pakistan and South Africa: A Comparative
Study”, Journal of International Development, 12(2), 2000, 241-256.
“Analysis of Child Labour in Peru and Pakistan: A Comparative Study”, Journal of Population
Economics, 13, 2000, 3-19.
“Child Labour, Child Schooling and their Interaction with Adult Labour: The Empirical Evidence for
Peru and Pakistan”, World Bank Economic Review, 14(2), 2000, 347-367.
(with P. Blacklow), “A Comparison of Income and Expenditure Inequality Estimates: The Australian
Evidence, 1975-76 to 1993-94”, The Australian Economic Review, 33(4), 2000, 317-329.
(with P. Blacklow), “Optimal Commodity Taxes in Australia”, Australian Economic Review, 35(1),
2002, 45-54.
(with G. Lancaster), “International Poverty Comparisons on Unit Record Data of Developing and
Developed Countries”, Australian Economic Papers, 41(2), 2002, 129-139.
(with P. Maitra), “ The Joint Estimation of Child Participation in Schooling and Employment:
Comparative Evidence from Three Continents”, Oxford Development Studies, 30(1), 2002,
41-62.
(with G. Lancaster), “Tests of Income Pooling on Household Budget Data: The Australian Evidence”,
Australian Economic Papers, 41(1), 2002, 99-114.
(with J.V. Meenakshi), “Impact of Household Size and Family Composition on Poverty in Rural
India”, Journal of Policy Modelling, 24(6), 2002, 539-559.
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“The Determinants of Child Labour and Child Schooling in Ghana”, Journal of African Economies,
11(4), 2002, 561-590.
(with P. Maitra), “The Effects of Transfers on Household Expenditure Patterns and Poverty in South
Africa”, Journal of Development Economics, 71, 2003, 23-49.
(with P. Maitra). “Resource Inflows and Household Compositions: Evidence from South African
Panel Data”, Journal of International Development, 15(8), 2003, 1037-47.
(with P. Blacklow), “ Intra-Household Resource Allocation, Consumer Preferences and Commodity
Tax Reforms: Australian Evidence”, The Economic Record, 79(247),2003, 425-433.
“A Cross Country Comparison of Child Nutrition and Investigation of its Demographic
Determinants”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2(1), 2004, 44-65.
(with P. Maitra), “The Impact of Resource Inflows on Child Health: Evidence from Kwazulu-Natal,
South Africa, 1993-98”, Journal of Development Studies, 40(4), 2004, 78-114.
(with D. Coondoo and A. Majunder), “On a Method of Calculating Regional Consumer Price
Differentials with Illustrative Evidence from India”, Review of Income and Wealth, 50(1),
2004, 51-68.
“Child Labour: A Survey of Selected Asian Countries”, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 18(2),
2004, 1-18.
(with G. Lancaster), “On Setting the Poverty Line Based on Estimated Nutrient Prices: Condition of
Socially Disadvantaged Groups during the Reform Period”, Economic and Political Weekly,
30(1), 2005, 46-56.
(with P. Maitra) , “The Impact of Intra-Household Balance of Power on Expenditure Pattern :The
Australian Evidence”, Australian Economic Papers, 44(1), 2005, 15-29.
(with G. Lancaster), “The Impact of Children’s Work on Schooling: Multi-Country Evidence”,
International Labour Review, 14(2), 2005, 189-210.
(with G. Lancaster and P. Maitra), “Endogenous Intra-household Balance of Power and its Impact on
Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from India”, Economica,73, (291), 2006, 435-460.
(with G. Lancaster and P. Maitra), “Household Expenditure Patterns and Resource Pooling: Evidence
of Change in Post-Apartheid South Africa”, Review of Economics of the Household,4 (3),
2006, 325-347.
(with G. Lancaster and P. Maitra), “Gender Bias in Nutrient Intake: Evidence from Selected Indian
States”, South Asia Economic Journal, 7(2), 2006, 255-299.
“Analysis of Changes in Food Consumption and their Implications for Food Security and Under
Nourishment”, Development and Change, 38(2), 2007, 321-343.
(with Vinod Mishra), “ Changes in Household and Child Nutritional Status and Their Determinants
in a Transition Economy: Evidence from Vietnamese Panel data”, Journal of Quantitative
Economic, New Series, 5(1),2007,1-16.
(with G. Lancaster and P. Maitra), “Household Expenditure Patterns and Gender Bias: Evidence from
Selected Indian States”, Oxford Development Studies, 36(2),2008,133-157.
(with P.Maitra) , “ Is There Gender Bias in the Household’s Time Allocation in a Developing
Country? The Indian Experience”, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 6(1& 2), 2008, 81100.
(with V.Mishra) , “ Dietary Diversity, Food Security and Undernourishment: The Vietnamese
Evidence”, Asian Economic Journal , 2009,23(2),225-247.
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(with A.Nicholas and R. Valenzuela), “Evaluating the Distributional Implications of Price
Movements: Methodology, Application and Australian Evidence”, Economic Record,
2010,80 (274), 352-366.
(with P.Blacklow and A.Nicholas), "Demographic Demand Systems with application to equivalence
scales and inequality analysis: the Australian evidence", Australian Economic Papers, 2010,
49 (3), 161-179.
(with Ankita Mishra), “Prices, Inequality and Poverty: Methodology and Indian Evidence”, Review of
Income and Wealth, 2011, 57(3), 428-448.
(with K.Sinha), " Measuring the Multi Dimensional Knowledge Deprivation of HIV/AIDS : A New
Approach with Indian Evidence on its Magnitude and Determinants", Journal of Biosocial
Science, 2011,43(6), 667-684.
(with Ankita Mishra), "Do Inequality and Prices Affect Comparisons in Living Standards? The Indian
Evidence", Economic and Political Weekly, 2011, XLVI (3), 39-46.
(with K. Sinha), "Interaction between HIV awareness, knowledge, safe sex practice and HIV
incidence: evidence from Botswana", Journal of Biosocial Science, 2012,44, 321-344.
(with A.Nicholas), "Duration and Persistence in Multidimensional Deprivation: Methodology and
Australian Application", Economic Record, 2012, 88 (280), 106-126.
(with A.Mishra), "Multi-Dimensional Deprivation in the Awakening Giants: A Comparison of China
and India on Micro Data", Journal of Asian Economics, 2012,23,454-465.
(with I. Chatterjee), "Does the Evidence on Corruption Depend on how it is measured? Results from
a Cross Country Study on Micro Data sets", Applied Economics, 2012, 44(25), 3215- 3227.
(with A.Majumder and K.Sinha), “The Calculation of Rural Urban Food Price Differentials from
Unit Values in Household Expenditure Surveys: a new procedure and comparison with
existing methods”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics ,2012, 94(5),1218-1235.
(with P.Maitra, A.Rammohan and MC Robitaille), “Food consumption patterns and malnourished
Indian children: Is there a link?”, Food Policy, 2013, 38, 70- 81.
(with A.Mishra), "Multi-Dimensional Deprivation in India during and after the Reforms: Do the
Household Expenditure and the Family Health Surveys Present Consistent Evidence", Social
Indicators Research, 2013, 110. 791- 818.
(with A.Majumder and K.Sinha), "Temporal Comparisons of Prices, Expenditure and Growth in
India: A State-wise Analysis”, Indian Growth and Development Review, 2013, 6(2), 195-211.
(with P.Maitra), “Child Health, Maternal Health and Infant Mortality in West Bengal and
Comparison with other Regions in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, 2013, Dec. 7, 5058.
(with S.Ahmed), “Determinants of Pregnancy, Induced and Spontaneous Abortion in a Jointly
Determined Framework: Evidence from a Country wide District Level Household Survey in
India”, Journal of Biosocial Science, 2014, 46, 480-517.
(with I.Chatterjee), “Crime, Corruption and the Role of Institutions”, Indian Growth and
Development Review, 2014, 7, 73-95.
(with A.Mishra), “Spatial Variation in Prices and Expenditure Inequalities in Australia”,
Economic Record, 2014, 90, 137-159.
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(with S. Ahmed), “ Health Consequences of Child Labour in Bangladesh”, Demographic Research,
2014, 30, 111-150.
(with A.Majumder and K.Sinha), "Estimating Purchasing Power Parities from Household
Expenditure Data Using Complete Demand Systems with Application to Living Standards
Comparison: India and Vietnam", Review of Income and Wealth: 2015, 61(2), 302-328.
(with A.Majumder and K. Sinha), “Spatial Comparisons of Prices and Expenditure in a
Heterogeneous Country: Methodology with Application to India”, Macroeconomic Dynamics: 2015,
19, 931-989 .
(with K.Sinha), “Multidimensional deprivation in China, India and Vietnam: A Comparative
Study on Micro Data’, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities: 2015, 16(1), 69-93.
(with M. Chakrabarty and A.Majumder), “ Preferences, Spatial Prices and Inequality”, Journal of
Development Studies, 2015, 15 (11), 1488-1501.
(with A.Majumder and K.Sinha), “A Unified Framework for the Estimation of Intra and Inter
Country Food Purchasing Power Parities : India, Indonesia and Vietnam”, Indian Growth and
Development Review, 2016, 9(1), 2-31.
(with A. Majumder), “Estimates of Spatial Prices in India and their Sensitivity to Alternative
Estimation Methods and Choice of Items", forthcoming in Social Indicators Research (the paper is
available online on journal webpage).
(with M. Chakrabarty and A.Majumder), “A Framework for the Simultaneous Measurement of
Spatial Variation and Temporal Movement in Prices in a Heterogeneous Country: the Dynamic
Household Regional Product Dummy Model”, forthcoming in Review of Income and Wealth (the
paper is available online on journal webpage).
(with A. Majumder and S. Santra), “The World Bank’s Poverty Enumeration: How Transparent is the
Process, how Sound is the Methodology and how Reliable are the Numbers?", forthcoming in
Economic and Political Weekly.
“The Role of Prices in Welfare Comparisons: Methodological Developments and a Selective Survey
of the Empirical Literature”, forthcoming in Economic Record (the paper is available online on the
journal webpage).
Non Refereed Publications
“On Setting Commodity Tax Rates: The Case for Differentiating Between the Rich and the Poor”,
Economic and Political Weekly, January 17, 1987, 91-94.
“On Calculating the Cost of Living Index in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, June 20, 1987,
998-1000.
(with K. Basu and A.M. Basu), “Migrants and the Native Bond: An Analysis of Micro Level Data
from Delhi”, Economic and Political Weekly, December, 1987, Annual No.
“Optimal Commodity Taxes and Consumer Behaviour in India: Theory and Empirical Evidence”, in
K. Basu and P. Nayak (eds), Development Policy and Economic Theory, OUP, Delhi, 1992,
145-178.
“Agricultural Pricing and Public Investment: Comment”, in A. Bagchi and N. Stern (eds), Tax Policy
and Planning in Developing Countries, OUP, Delhi, 1994.
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“Optimal Provision and Financing of Public Goods in a Federal State with Illustrative Empirical
Evidence”, in A. Bose, M. Rakshit and A. Sinha (eds), Issues in Economic Theory and Public
Policy, OUP, Delhi, 1997.
“Rules in Setting and Changing Commodity Tax Rates: A Review with Illustrative Australian
Evidence”, Chapter 6 in J. Head and R. Krever, (eds), Taxation Towards 2000, Australian
Tax Research Foundation, Melbourne, 1997.
(with J.V. Meenakshi), “Estimates of Poverty for SC, ST and Female-Headed Households”,
Economic and Political Weekly, 35, July 29, 2000, 2748-2754.
“Poverty, Household, Size and Child Welfare in India”, Economic and Political Weekly, 35, Sept. 23,
2000, 3511-3520.
“Child Labour in Peru: An Empirical Analysis and its Modelling Implications”, Chapter 13 in
Macroeconomics, Trade and Labour in Latin America, edited by Enrique Bour, Daniel
Heymann and Fernando Navajas, Macmillan, 2002.
(with J.V. Meenakshi), “How Have the Disadvantaged Fared in India? An Analysis of Poverty and
Inequality in the 1990s”, in Trade Policy Reform, Growth and Equity in Asian Developing
Countries, edited by Kishor Sharma, Routledge, 2002.
“The Interaction between Child Labour and Child Schooling: Comparative Evidence on CrossCountry Data”, Markets and Government, editors K. Basu, P. Nayak and R. Ray, OUP, Delhi,
2003.
(with P. Maitra), “Analysis of Resource Inflows and Their Impact on Household Behaviour”, in
Household Behaviour, Equivalence Scales, Welfare and Poverty, editors C. Dagum and G.
Ferrari, Physica-Verlag, New York, 2003.
(with P. Maitra), “Household Characteristics and Living Standards: Evidence from India” in South
Asia in the Era of Globalization, editors M. Bhattacharya and R. Smyth, Nova Science
Publishers, Inc., 2004, 165-194.
(with P. Maitra), “Equity Implications of Reforms on Living Standards and Child Health in Postapartheid South Africa”, in Trade, Growth and Inequality in the Era of Globalization, edited
by K. Sharma, Routledge, 2006, 86-102.
“Household Welfare and Decision Making in India”, in Oxford Companion to Economics in India,
edited by K. Basu, Oxford University Press, India, 2007, 255-256.
(with S. Chatterjee and A. Rae ), “Food Consumption and Calorie Intake in Contemporary India” in
eSocial Sciences, Mumbai, India, 30 September, 2007 ( an electronic journal published from
Mumbai, India, http://www.esocialsciences.com/home/index.asp) .
“Diversity in Calorie Sources and Undernourishment during Rapid Economic Growth” , Economic
and Political Weekly, Vol. XLIII ( 8), February, 23, 2008, 51-57.
(with D. Coondoo, G. Lancaster and A. Majumder), “Alternative Approaches to Measuring Temporal
Changes in Poverty with Application to India”, in Contemporary Issues and Ideas in Social
Sciences”, April 2008. (an internet journal published from Delhi, India,
http://journal.ciiss.net/index.php/ciiss).
“Education and Child Labour: A Global Perspective”, in The World of Child Labour: A Historical
and Regional Survey, edited by Hugh D. Hindman, M. E. Sharpe Inc., New York, USA, 2009,
118-126.
“Food Insecurity, Undernourishment and Poverty in India During the 1990s”, in Post-reform
Development in Asia, edited by Manoj Kumar Sanyal, Mandira Sanyal and Shahina Amin ,
Orient Blackswan, India, 2009,61-82.
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(with Ankita Mishra), " Do Inequality and Prices Affect Comparisons in Living Standards? The
Indian Evidence", 2011, Economic and Political Weekly, XLVI (3), 39-46.
“International Comparison Program of the World Bank: How Meaningful Is the Exercise for India?”
Economic and Political Weekly, 2014, Aug. 30, 70-75.
(with K.Sinha), “ Rangarajan Committee Report on Poverty: Another Lost Opportunity”, Economic
and Political Weekly, 2014, Aug. 9, 43-48.
“India’s Economic Performance in the Post-Reforms Period- a Tale of Mixed Messages” in
Globalisation and Challenges of Development in Contemporary India, edited by Sita
Venkateswar and Sekhar Bandyopadhyay, Springer, 2016.
Edited Book:
•
(with Kaushik Basu and Pulin Nayak), Markets and Governments, 2003, OUP, Delhi.
Conference Presentations:
•
“The Testing and Estimation of Complete Demand Systems on Household Budget Surveys: A
Comparative Study of Time Series and Pooled Cross-Section Data”, paper presented at the
Fourth World Congress of the Econometric Society, 1980, Aix-en-Provence, France.
•
“Estimating Leisure Goods Models on a Time Series of Cross Sections”, paper presented at
the 1981 European meeting of the Econometric Society, Amsterdam, Holland.
•
“Leisure in a True Cost of Living Index for UK” (with Ian Walker), paper presented at the
1981 meeting of the Association of University Teachers in Economics, UK.
•
“The Specification and Time Series Estimation of Dynamic Gorman Polar Form Demand
Systems”, paper presented at the 1983 European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Pisa,
Italy.
•
“Testing for Linear Engel Curves and Additively Separable Preferences using a New Flexible
Demand System”, (with Richard Blundell), paper presented at the 1983 European Meeting of
the Econometric Society, Pisa, Italy.
•
“On Measuring Poverty in India: A Synthesis of Alternative Measures”, paper presented at
the Fifth World Congress of the Econometric Society, 1985, Boston, USA.
•
“On Setting Indirect Taxes in India using the Ramsey Approach: Evidence from Household
Budget Data”, paper presented at the Fifth World Congress of the Econometric Society, 1985,
Boston, USA.
•
“Optimal Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Children and Non Linear Engel Curves”,
paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Econometric Society, January 1987,
Ahmedabad, India.
•
“Distributive Equity, Optimal Commodity Taxes and Tax Reforms in India”, (with M.N.
Murty), paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Econometric Society, January
1987, Ahmedabad, India.
•
“The Behavioural and Welfare Implications of Housing Demand under Rationing: the UK
Experience”, paper presented at the Annual Conference of European Society of Population
Economics, May 1988, Mannheim, West Germany.
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•
“Optimal Commodity Taxes and Consumer Behaviour in India: Theory and Empirical
Evidence”, paper presented at the Conference on ‘Development Economics and Policy’,
December 1988, organised at the Delhi School of Economics, India.
•
“Consumer Behaviour, Complete Demand Systems and some Recent Welfare Applications
with Special Reference to India: A Review”, invited paper, presented at the International
Conference on ‘Methods of Planning and Policy Analysis for Mixed Economies’, 5-7 January
1989, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Bombay, India.
•
Invited to discuss “Agriculture Pricing and Public Investment” by David Newbery at the
Meeting of International Society of Public Economics, National Institute of Public Finance
and Policy, January 1990, New Delhi .
•
(with N. Kakwani), “Optimal Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Rationing”, paper
presented at the Sixth World Congress of the Econometric Society, August 1990, Barcelona,
Spain.
•
“Welfare and Demographic Implications of Optimal Commodity Taxes in a Federal
Country”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Population
Economics, June 1991, Pisa, Italy.
•
“Modelling the Impact of Children on Household Expenditure, Behaviour and Welfare”,
paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Society of Population Economics,
June 1994, Tilburg, Holland.
•
“The Design of Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Tax Evasion with Illustrative Evidence
from India”, paper presented at the Seventh World Congress of the Econometric Society,
August 1995, Tokyo, Japan.
•
“Issues in the Design and Reform of Commodity Taxes”, paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Economics Association, May 1996, St Catherine’s, Ontario,
Canada.
•
“Rules in Setting and Changing Commodity Tax Rates: A Review with Illustrative Australian
Evidence”, invited paper presented at a “Tax Conversations Colloquium”, organised in
Sydney in July 1996, by the Taxation, Law and Policy Research Institute of Deakin
University.
•
(with S. Chatterjee), “Household Preferences, Disinflation and Inequality: Distributional
Impact of New Zealand’s Economic Reform 1984-92”, paper presented at the Australasian
Meeting of the Econometric Society, July 1996, UWA, Perth.
•
(with J.V. Meenakshi), “Regional Differences in India’s Food Expenditure Pattern”, paper
presented at the Second South and South East Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society held
at the Delhi School of Economics, India, in December 1996.
•
(with G. Lancaster), “Comparison of Alternative Models of Household Equivalence Scales:
The Australian Evidence on Unit Record Data”, paper presented at the 1997 Australasian
Meeting of the Econometric Society at the University of Melbourne in July, 1997.
•
(with R. Valenzuela), “A Cross Country Study of Equivalence Scales and Expenditure
Inequality on Unit Record Household Budget Data”, paper presented at the 1997 Annual
Conference of Economists held in Hobart in September, 1997.
•
“Marginal and Non Marginal Commodity Tax Reforms with Rank Two and Rank Three
Demographic Demand Systems”, paper presented at the 1997 Annual Conference of
Economists held in Hobart in September, 1997.
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•
(with G. Lancaster and R. Valenzuela), “A Cross Country Study of Household Poverty and
Inequality on Unit Record Household Budget Data”, paper presented at the 1998 Australasian
Meeting of the Econometric Society held at the Australian National University in July, 1998.
•
“Expenditure Behaviour of Households and Welfare of Children and Widows in Pakistan,
South Africa: A Study on Unit Record Data”, paper presented at the 1998 Australasian
Meeting of the Econometric Society held at the Australian National University in July, 1998.
•
“A Cross Country Comparison of Child Nutrition and Investigation of its Demographic
Determinants”, paper presented at the 1999 Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society
held at the UTS, Sydney in July, 1999.
•
“Child Labour, Child Schooling and their Interaction with Adult Labour: The Empirical
Evidence and some Analytical Implications”, paper presented at the Twelfth World Congress
of the International Economic Association held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in August, 1999.
•
“Poverty, Household Size and Female Headed Households in India”, paper presented at the
Conference of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand in
December, 1999.
•
“Poverty, Household Size and Child Welfare in India”, paper presented at the Conference of
the Bengal Economic Association in Calcutta in February, 2000.
•
(with G. Lancaster), “International Poverty Comparisons on Unit Record Data of Developing
and Developed Countries”, Paper presented at the 29th Annual Conference of Economists in
the Gold Coast, in July, 2000.
•
“Child Labour and Child Schooling in South Asia: A Cross Country Study of their
Determinants”, invited paper presented at the Conference on “ Child Labour in South Asia”
held at the JNU, New Delhi,15-17 October, 2001.
•
“Intra Household Resource Allocation and Household Welfare”, invited paper presented to
the Conference on “Equivalence Scales and Household Welfare” held at the University of
Florence, Italy in June 2002.
•
“The Determinants of Child Labour in Ghana”, paper presented in ESAM02 at the
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, in July 2002.
•
“Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, Consumer Preferences and Commodity Tax Reforms:
The Australian Evidence”, paper presented in ESAM03 at UNSW, Sydney in July, 2003.
•
(with G. Lancaster), “Does Child Labour Affect School Attendance and School Performance?
Multi Country Evidence on SIMPOC data”, paper presented at the North Eastern Universities
Development Economics Conference at Yale University, U.S.A. in October, 2003.
•
(with G. Lancaster and P. Maitra), “Endogenous Power, Household Expenditure Patterns and
Gender Bias: Evidence from India”, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the European
Society of Population Economics held in Bergen, Norway in June, 2004.
•
“Changes in Indian Food Consumption During the 1990s. and their Implications for Calorie
Intake, Food Security and Poverty”, Paper presented at Conference in Melbourne (29-30
Sept., 2005) organised by the ABERU unit of Monash University, Australia.
•
(with S. Chatterjee and A. Rae), “Food Consumption, Trade Reforms and Trade Patterns in
Contemporary India: How do Australia and New Zealand Fit in?”, paper presented at the
Development Economics Workshop (8-9 June, 2006) organised by the Economics
Department of Monash University at its Clayton Campus in Melbourne.
•
(with D. Coondoo, A. Majumdar and G. Lancaster), “Derivation of Nutrient Prices from
Household Level Food Expenditure Data: Methodology and Applications”, paper presented
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at the Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society (ESAM) held at Alice Springs in
July, 2006.
•
(with D. Coondoo, A. Majumdar and G. Lancaster), “Alternative Approaches to Measuring
Temporal Changes in Poverty with Application to India”, paper presented at the Meeting of
the International Association for Research In Income and Wealth in Joensuu, Finland, in
August 2006.
•
(with G. Lancaster and P. Maitra), “Household Expenditure Patterns and Gender Bias:
Evidence from Selected Indian States”, paper presented at the Conference on Gender Issues
and Empowerment of Women held on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee of the Indian
Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, 1- 2 Feb., 2007.
•
“Dietary Changes, Calorie Intake and Under nourishment: A Comparative Study of India and
Vietnam”, invited paper presented at an International Seminar on “Revisiting the Poverty
Issue, Measurement , Identification and Eradication”, organised by the Institute for Human
Development, Delhi and the A. N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies and Asian Development
Research Institute, and held in Patna, India, July 20-22,2007.
•
“Is there Gender Bias in the Household’s Time Allocation in a Developing Country? The
Indian Experience”, paper presented at the Australian Development Economics Workshop at
the ANU, Canberra, June, 5-6, 2008.
•
(with A.Nicholas and R.Valenzuela), “Evaluating the Distributional Implications of Price
Movements”, paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Society for Population
Economics (ESPE) held in Seville, Spain,11-13 June,2009.
•
(with A.Mishra), “Prices, Inequality and Poverty: Methodology and Indian Evidence”, paper
presented at the Conference on Growth and Development held at the Indian Statistical
Institute , Delhi in Dec., 2009.
•
(with A.Mishra), “Prices, Inequality and Poverty: Methodology and Indian Evidence”, paper
presented at the Conference of the International Association of Research in Income and
Wealth held in St. Gallen in Switzerland in August, 2010.
•
(with K.Sinha), “Multidimensional Deprivation in China, India and Vietnam”, paper
presented at the Annual Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association
in Jakarta in September, 2012.
•
(with A.Majumder and K.Sinha), “Estimating Purchasing Power Parities Using Complete
Demand Systems with Application to Living Standards Comparison: India and Vietnam”,
paper presented at the Conference on Growth and Development held at the Indian Statistical
Institute , Delhi in Dec., 2012.
•
“India’s Economic Performance in the Post-Reforms Period: A Tale of Mixed Messages”,
invited talk at a workshop to inaugurate the New Zealand India Research Institute in
Wellington in August, 2013.
•
(with A.Nicholas and K.Sinha), “A Dynamic Multidimensional Measure of Poverty with
Application to China and Indonesia”, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the
Human Development and Capability Association in Managua in September, 2013.
•
(with A.Majumder and K.Sinha), “ A Unified Framework for the Estimation of Intra and Inter
Country Food Purchasing Power Parities with Application to Cross Country Comparison of
Food Expenditures”, paper presented at the IARIW General Conference held in Rotterdam,
The Netherlands, 24-30 August, 2014.
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•
(with A.Majumder and K.Sinha), “Spatial Comparisons of Prices and Expenditure in a
Heterogeneous Country: Methodology with Application to India”, paper presented at the
Workshop on “Inter-Country and Intra-Country Comparisons of Prices and Standards of
Living” held in Arezzo (Italy) in September, 2014.
•
(with A. Majumder and S.Santra), “Preferences, Inequality and Purchasing Power Parities”,
paper presented to the World Bank, June, 2015.
•
(with A.Majumder and S.Santra), “Global and Country Poverty rates, Welfare Rankings of
the Regions and Purchasing Power Parities: How Robust are the Results?”, Invited paper
presented at the Conference on Development and Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of
Public Policy at the NUS in Singapore, 5-6 June, 2016.
•
(with A. Majumder and S.Santra), “Preferences, Inequality and Purchasing Power Parities”,
paper presented at the IARIW General Conference held in Dresden, Germany, in August,
2016.
•
(with A.Majumder and S.Santra), “Global and Country Poverty Rates, Welfare Rankings of
the Regions and Purchasing Power Parities: How Robust Are the Results?”, invited paper
presented at the II International Conference on Sub-national PPPs, and GDP Real GDP and
Living Conditions Comparisons held in Nanchang, China in October, 2016
Book Reviews:
1.
“Poverty and Famines”, (OUP), by A.K. Sen for The Manchester School.
2.
“Essays in the Theory and Measurement of Consumer Behaviour”, (CUP), (ed), by
A.S. Deaton, for Journal of Forecasting.
3.
“The Political Economy of Development in India”, (Basil Blackwell), by P. Bardhan for The
Manchester School.
4.
“The Less Developed Economy: A Critique of Contemporary Theory”, (Basil Blackwell), by
K. Basu for The Manchester School.
5.
“Income Distribution and Economic Development: An Analytical Survey”, by J. Lecaillon,
F. Paakert, C. Morrisson and D. Germidis for The Manchester School.
6.
“Foreign Capital, Savings and Growth: An International Cross-Section Study”, by K.L. Gupta
(Dordrecht) for The Manchester School.
7.
“Lawrence Klein: Economic Theory and Econometrics”, (Basil Blackwell) (ed) by
J. Marquez for The Manchester School.
8.
“Taxation and Agricultural Development”, by C.H. Shah for Economic and Political Weekly.
9.
“Political Control of the Macro-Economy”, by P. Whiteley, (Sage Publishers) for Economic
and Political Weekly.
10.
“Analysing Redistribution Policies”, by N. Kakwani, (CUP), for The Manchester School.
11.
“Allocation Models”, by R. Bewley (Ballinger), for The Manchester School.
12.
Book Notes for The Economic Journal.
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13.
“Preference, Production and Capital: Selected Papers of H. Uzawa”, (CUP), for
The Manchester School.
14.
“The Measurement of Household Welfare”, (CUP), (ed) by R. Blundell, I. Preston and
I. Walker for The Economic Record.
15.
“Readings in Development Economics, Volume I: Micro-Theory”, MIT Press, 2000 for the
American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
16.
“Child Labor and Education in Latin America: An Economic Perspective”, edited by
P.Orazem, G.Sedlacek and Z.Tzannatos, Palgrave, Macmillan for The Developing
Economies.
Contributions to the Ideas for India website:
(a) ‘Quality of governance and welfare outcomes’,
http://www.ideasforindia.in/article.aspx?article_id=1619, Posted on 27 April, 2016.
(b) ‘Why the World Bank’s International Comparison Program has limited use for India’,
http://www.ideasforindia.in/Article.aspx?article_id=415. Posted on 20 Feb, 2015
(c) ‘A critical assessment of the Rangarajan Panel Report on poverty measurement’,
http://www.ideasforindia.in/Article.aspx?article_id=365. Posted on 30 Oct, 2014
(d) ‘Going beyond the Gujarat versus rest of India debate on growth rates’,
http://www.ideasforindia.in/Article.aspx?article_id=286. Posted on 7 May, 2014.
(e) ‘Economic
growth
versus
social
development:
The
spatial
dimension’,
http://www.ideasforindia.in/Article.aspx?article_id=172. Posted on 31 July, 2013.
(f) ‘Multi-dimensional deprivation in India: Comparisons with China and Vietnam’,
http://www.ideasforindia.in/Article.aspx?article_id=26. Posted on 3 Aug, 2012
Membership of Editorial Board of journals:
(a) Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (official journal of the Human
Development and Capability Association).
(b) Review of Income and Wealth (official journal of the International Association for
Research in Income and Wealth).
(c) Economic Record (official journal of the Economic Society of Australia).
(d) Journal of Quantitative Economics (official journal of the Indian Econometric Society).
(e) (1996- 2012), Journal of International Development (official journal of the Development
Studies Association).
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
1.
Organiser of Discussion Paper Series of Economics Department, Hull University, UK,
1977-79.
2.
Organiser of Discussion paper Series of Department of Econometrics and Social Statistics,
Manchester University, UK, 1979-84.
3.
Secretary of Departmental Board, Department of Econometrics and Social Statistics,
Manchester University, UK, 1979-84.
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4.
Member of Management Committee of International Development Centre, Manchester
University, October 1984.
5.
Served on Interviewing Committee for Lectureship in Development Economics, Manchester
University, during 1984-85.
6.
Convenor, Computer Committee of Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, 1986-87.
7.
Chairman of Departmental Board of Department of Econometrics and Social Statistics,
Manchester University, UK, 1987-88.
8.
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Manchester Papers in Development (1986-89)
- renamed, Journal of International Development, from 1989.
9.
Head, School of Economics, University of Tasmania, July 1995 – July 1998 and from March,
2000 – December 2002.
10.
Member of the Quality Assurance Committee of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics,
University of Tasmania, July 1995.
11.
Elected Member of Academic Senate of the University of Tasmania, January, 1996 to
December 1997.
12.
Member of the Board of Management of Centre for Regional Economic Analysis, University
of Tasmania.
13.
Member of Panel to decide ARC (Small) Grants at the University of Tasmania.
14.
Member of the University Promotions Committee at the University of Tasmania (nominated
by The Chair, Academic Senate).
15.
Postgraduate Coordinator and Director of Research Program at the School of Economics and
Finance, University of Tasmania, January 2003- December, 2007.
16.
Member of Organising Committee of the Australian Conference of Economists, 2007 held in
Hobart, Australia, 24-26 September, 2007.
EXPERIENCE IN ACADEMIC PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE:
1. In 1995, as the incoming Head of the Department of Economics at the University of
Tasmania, I was responsible for drawing up the strategic and research management plans for
Economics. I did so by organising a series of meetings involving all the staff members and
the principal stakeholders. The strategic and research management plans that were drawn up
were the first for Economics since amalgamation of the University of Tasmania into a cross
campus University in the early 1990s.
2. During my Headship, I undertook periodic revision of both these plans in full consultation
with all staff and the principal stakeholders. Even though I am no longer the Head, these
plans continue to be the guiding force behind the activities of Economics (renamed
Economics and Finance) at the University of Tasmania.
3. Soon after taking over as the Head of the Department of Economics in July 1995, I was
engaged in strategic talks with the Dean of the Faculty (then called the “School of Commerce
and Law”). These discussions resulted in the first appointment in Economics, a Level C
lecturer, who was based in Launceston. That made the Department of Economics a truly
cross campus department for the first time in its history.
4. During the second phase of my Headship (1999-2002), the Department of Economics was
reviewed externally. As the Head, I was responsible for the formal submission from
Economics to the Review panel and followed it up by appearing in interviews and other
discussions. The Review Report was very favourable for the Department and, in particular,
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drew attention, to the outstanding record of Economics in winning competitive research
grants and in securing high quality publications.
5. Another significant feature of my Headship is that, during my tenure as Head, Finance was
transferred to Economics leading to an augmentation in the student load. This, in turn, led to
the first appointment in the discipline of Finance that took place under my Headship.
6. As the Head of Economics, I was a member of the Governing Body of the highly acclaimed
Centre for Regional Economic Analysis (CREA) at the University of Tasmania. CREA,
besides being a think tank on policy matters, was a visible and important link between the
University of Tasmania and the State Government. I participated in the periodic meetings of
CREA’s Board of Management and contributed actively to its deliberations.
7. As a member of The Academic Senate at the University of Tasmania, I contributed actively
to discussions on academic matters, often making written submissions and following them up
by speaking at length at the Senate meetings. My contributions were highly valued and, after
one such contribution, I received an email communication from Professor John Williamson,
Chair of The Academic Senate, complimenting me for my “focussed discussion”.
8. Prior to my arrival in Tasmania, I was a founder member of the Centre for Development
Economics (CDE) at the internationally famed Delhi School of Economics in India. The
setting up of CDE led to a quantum increase in the teaching and research facilities in that
institution. I still retain my links with both the CDE and the DSE.
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:
1.
Invited to present seminars at the Universities of Essex, Warwick, Liverpool, Hull, Stirling
(all UK), Brussels and C.O.R.E. (Belgium), I.S.I. (Calcutta, Delhi), J.N.U. (Delhi). Jadavpur
University, Calcutta, IGIDR, Mumbai, (all India), Universities of Sydney, Monash,
Melbourne, New South Wales, Queensland, Wollongong, U.W.A., and A.N.U. Swinburne
University and the University of Tasmania (all Australia), Massey University, Christ Church
and Victoria University of Wellington (all New Zealand), University of Amsterdam and
Centre for Economic Research in Tilburg University (Holland), University of Alberta
(Canada), Universities of Rome, Florence and Verona (Italy) and the National University of
Singapore.
2.
Supervised to successful completion MA (by Thesis) at Manchester University of LA
Kasekende, entitled: “Analysis of Consumer Demand with Special Reference to Developing
Countries”, 1983.
3.
Acted as external examiner of PhD thesis at Birmingham University, UK, 1985, in the area of
Econometric Forecasting in the Copper Market.
4.
Acted as external examiner of PhD thesis at Sydney University, Australia, 1996, in the area
of Financial Deregulation in India.
5.
Acted as external examiner of PhD thesis at the University of New South Wales, Australia in
the area of Family Size and Relative Need.
6.
Also acted as external examiner of PhD theses at the UWA in Perth, Australia, RMIT in
Melbourne, Australia, the ISI in Kolkata, India and the IGIDR in Mumbai, India.
7.
Refereed for Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies,
Journal of Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Journal of Quantitative Economics, Indian
Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Manchester School, International Economic
Review, American Economic Review, Empirical Economics, Applied Economics, Economic
Record, Australian Economic Papers, Review of Income and Wealth, Econometrica, Journal
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of Population Economics, Journal of Income Distribution and Journal of Comparative
Economics.
8.
Supervised at the Delhi School of Economics a PhD thesis that analysed Indian consumer
expenditure pattern using household budget data.
9.
Supervised to successful completion PhD thesis at the University of Tasmania, Australia on a
comparative study of inequality between Australia and Canada. [Paul Blacklow received his
PhD in 2002].
10.
Supervised to successful completion PhD thesis at Monash University, Australia on analysis
of household welfare in Bangladesh by Salma Ahmed. [Salma Ahmed received her PhD in
July, 2013].
11.
Supervised Honours dissertations in Economics at the University of Tasmania.
12.
Invited to act as a discussant of doctoral research at the PhD conference held at the UWA in
Perth in November 1995, November 1999, November 2005, November 2012 and at the ANU
in Canberra in November 2013.
13.
Member of the Editorial Boards of Journal of International Development (Wiley), Economic
Record (Blackwell, Journal of the Economic Society of Australia), Review of Income and
Wealth (journal of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth), and
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities (journal of the Human Development and
Capability Association).
14.
Selected as the ‘best discussant’ at the 2013 PhD Conference in Business and Economics in
Australia held at the ANU in Nov, 2013.
15.
Invited to act as Assessor of competitive grant applications to the Australian Research
Council (ARC), the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Canadian Social
Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Marsden Fund in New Zealand
(administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand).