Asha Sundaram
@AshaSundaram9
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Economist @AucklandUni focusing on #trade and #development. All views personal.
Joined July 2012
Had the honor of guest-hosting the incredible Alex Odundo on the Eyes on Development podcast by the Stanford King Center @StanfordKingCtr. We explored his powerful work on eco-innovation and period poverty. Listen now:
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New host Asha Sundaram, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Auckland and former visitor at the King Center, chats with Alex Odundo about his journey in tackling period poverty, the...
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Excited to launch Global Perspectives on Development Economics https://t.co/fMl21DSNcE Conversations with development economists from LMICs on their journeys & creative solutions to global challenges. Special thanks @CEGA_UC! #DevelopmentEconomics #EconTwitter #Podcast
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Podcast · Asha Sundaram, Assoc. Professor Economics, U Auckland (Audio edits: Maeve Joyce) · Conversations with development economists, researchers/policy practitioners from low and middle income...
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Glad this work found a great home! It was fantastic working with @marcosanfilip and @perra_ep to show that infrastructure development impacts formal and informal firms differently. Roads, competition, and the informal sector
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Thanks LSE United States Center #USAPP for featuring this research with @farihakamal2011 & @tellotri. https://t.co/FUrTLesIMI
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In the US, measures such as the Family and Medical Leave Act can help parents, especially women, balance career and family responsibilities. In new research, Fariha Kamal, Asha Sundaram and Cristina...
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Finally out! Quite excited about this research.
Family-leave policies may widen gender gap during economic downturns. Just Accepted new paper by Cristina Tello-Trillo (@tellotri) Fariha Kamal (@farihakamal2011) Asha Sundaran
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Import competition increases domestic outsourcing by formal firms in the presence of stringent labor market regulations. We provide evidence in the Indian context in this article just accepted at the JDE with @DevashishMitra_ and Pavel Chakraborty
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After #India’s exit from negotiations on the #RCEP, its trade intentions are set to be dictated by the path its economy takes in its post-pandemic recovery. @AshaSundaram9 @AucklandUni
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A short piece I coauthored with Pavel Chakraborty & @AshaSundaram9 showing how import competition from China ("China shock") has led to domestic outsourcing in India, the extent depending on the severity of labor regulations that varies across states.
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The global market size of outsourcing doubled between 2000 and 2019. While most studies look at foreign outsourcing, this column uses new data on Indian firms to analyse the effects of increased...
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Better roads matter for gains from trade liberalization for firms. My paper with @marcosanfilip and Matteo Fiorini, just accepted at the Journal of Development Economics, shows this for Ethiopia. Trade liberalization, roads and firm productivity
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My article on the recently launched NZ-UK trade talks @StephHoneyTrade @VangelisVNZ
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The NZ-UK trade talks that launched recently offer renewed hope and optimism for an agreement that benefits these historical allies, writes Dr Asha Sundaram.
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Covid 19 coronavirus crisis - more inspiring leadership by the PM, Jacinda Ardern @nzherald
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COMMENT: One quality makes Jacinda Ardern particularly effective in a crisis.
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The Real Pandemic Danger Is Social Collapse https://t.co/NhdlnsEQkC via @ForeignAffairs
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The world could be witnessing a fundamental shift in the very nature of the global economy.
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This is fantastic news! All unit level data from India free now.
Finally most data from India comes free! Great news and thanks to @PMOIndia
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Gender wealth gap could take two centuries to close
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Bank of America ‘she-conomy’ report calculates equality divide based on current progress
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My paper with Fariha Kamal @farihakamal2011 on how institutions determine the spatial concentration of sourcing in international trade in the Journal of Urban Economics
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Wow Eden Park is mental. I haven’t been in a cricket crowd this lively since the 80s. Thanks to the Indian fans obviously.
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The New Zealand Herald chose women - all women - as their NZer of the Year, and chose me to write the story. Thanks @nzherald and thanks @stuartdye10 and @AlanahEriksen for the opportunity.. and for helping me (partly) overcome my cynicism about 2018
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All year, we have watched as Kiwi women have fought for their rights. Our winner is....
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