Research Areas

Measurement Economics

    Development Economics

    • Informal Sector
    • Agricultural Markets
    • Agricultural Credit including Microfinance
    • Agricultural Trade
    • Behavioural Economics
    • Gender Studies
    • Social Audit

    Measurement Economics

    • Local Government and Politics
    • Voting Pattern

    Large Scale Surveys

    • Cross Section Studies
    • Longitudinal Surveys

    Field Experiments

    • Randomised Control Trial
    • Lab to Field Experiment

    Official Statistics

    • State Statistical Systems
    • Social Audit
    • Local Government Finance
    • Impact Studies

    Welfare Economics (Poverty and Deprivation)

    All issues related to poverty, inequality, deprivation and well-being at both the individual and aggregate levels.

    Child Work and Health Economics

    Issues related to measurement and valuation of work from a child and child health status in terms of quality of life.

    Financial Contracts

    All formal arrangements related to exchange of financial assets, possibly across time.

    Analysis of Social Networks

    Understanding the nature and economic implications of social ties, formal or informal.

    Online Skill Games

    Single or multi-player games requiring computational and strategic thinking skills.

    Census Evaluation

    Statistical assessment of the efficacy of census operations.

    Latent Class Analysis of Market Viability of Heavy Trucks

    Identification of clusters of individuals, according to some unobservable grouping characteristics, based on the qualitative responses to survey questions.

    Survey Sampling and Randomized Response

    • Sample Size Determination
    • Estimation of Quantitative and Qualitative Sensitive Population Characteristics
    • Privacy Protection

    Applied Statistics & Survey Design

    Application of various statistical tools for analysing real life data collected from sponsored projects.

    GIS

    Conducted courses for Indian scientists for real life application of GIS tools and techniques.

    Sample Survey Practice

    Conducted a number of projects sponsored by government agencies.