🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 We show that India's PDS program reduced child stunting Forthcoming at AEJ:Applied :

As part of celebration of completion of 75 years of the National Sample Survey (NSS), NSO, MoSPI, is organising a national symposium on "How NSS Surveys Have Influenced Public Policy" on October 9, 2025, at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bengaluru. The event is being

The 2nd edition of SEED is being hosted at IIM Bangalore on 28th and 29th June. Co-organized by Anindya Chakrabarti (@IIMAhmedabad ) and Pavel Chakraborty (@UniofBath ). Do drop by if this interests you and you are in town.

The Economics Area at #IIMB will host the 2nd Symposium on Evidence of Economic Development (#SEED) on 28 & 29 June, bringing together a distinguished group of researchers who will share empirical research findings on behavior, firms, and development. 🔗: https://t.co/oNRwqw4ae4

New working paper alert: IZA DP No. 17684 Cycles of Malnutrition: Intergenerational Health Transmission in India https://t.co/5vIqAuW6Ew @timhalliday7 @Prof_Nishith_P @ArindamNandiPhD @KeoughGlobalND @PulteInstitute @BIGLabND @KelloggInst @ThinkGlobalHlth

The position is ideal for those looking to gain research experience in applied microeconomics and are seriously interested in pursuing a PhD in economics and public policy. Mentorship and support would be provided to the RA through the process of preparing and applying to Phd

I am looking to hire RAs to support multiple projects related to health and environmental economics @econ_ra More details : https://t.co/PIk5RIP7hi

Week 2: This week's theory paper is a brilliant conceptual puzzle by Thomas & @timsworrall (1990). What are the implications of risk sharing/insurance provision over time when income is private? They have a surprising answer: it necessarily leads to long-term impoverishment.

Today on @vox_dev, Prof. Aditya Shrinivas outlines findings from his latest co-authored research, soon to be published in the 'American Economic Journal: Applied Economics', which examines the world's largest food transfer programme based in India. 🔗Here: https://t.co/BtCbyctLyX

The expansion of India’s food transfer programme prevented approximately 1.8 million children from being stunted, while also raising wage incomes and improving dietary diversity ⤵️

🆕 The wide-ranging benefits of the world’s largest food transfer programme 🇮🇳 Aditya Shrinivas @iimb_official, Kathy Baylis @ucsantabarbara & @ben_crost @EconCalgary show how food transfers in India prevented ~1.8 million children from being stunted:

Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Food Transfers and Child Nutrition: Evidence from India’s Public Distribution System" by Aditya Shrinivas, Kathy Baylis, and Benjamin Crost.

Trump takes the stage. He's promising "a truly golden age of America". Unrelated, @ Econ job market candidates, in case you are wondering, there are some amazing institutions in India now. Great research facilities, decent funding, low teaching load & scope to make a difference.

IIMB Economics is hiring! Looking for candidates especially in Macro/Monetary economics. Last date to apply is Nov 15th. More details at: https://t.co/HQZ8up6pVO Join us to be a part of an exciting group including @rit_ban @BhallaManaswini. Check out

We are honored to have Prof. Viral Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics at NYU Stern School of Business, ex-Deputy Governor at Reserve Bank of India, as the keynote speaker of #IMRDC2025 at #IIMB. 📌For more details, visit @IMRDC_Official website! https://t.co/JKQFWSCS8u

IMR Doctoral Conference (IMRDC) 2024 IIMB Management Review (IMR) and the Office of the Doctoral Programme are organising the IMR Doctoral Conference (IMRDC) 2024 on the 2nd & 3rd of February 2024 at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). In its 15th year now, 1/2

It was super fun recording this podcast with @daksh_india, @ohsmita and @maedinindia, discussing the literature and future research agenda on judicial capacity in development economics!

📅 | On Sept 23, join our panel of development journal editors as they discuss how academic publications in the development field can better include Southern researchers. ‣‣ Learn more & register to attend: https://t.co/HVBi9mQiyX #LocalResearchForBetterPolicies #PEPEvent

SERI is excited to announce an Indian Job Market for Economists. IJME will be organized in association with @econometricsoc, @EconJobMarket and @ncaer. Learn more at https://t.co/vZ4r6XwMa8

Happy to share that my paper with @HPullabhotla is now published at JEEM! @JEEM_tweets Link and thread below: "Air Pollution from Agricultural Fires Increases Hypertension Risk" https://t.co/mks1onbNvI #airpollution #health #hypertension #agfires #wildfires #OpenAccess