Daniel L. Millimet

Daniel L. Millimet is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Southern Methodist University (SMU), as well as a research fellow at IZA Institute for Labor Economics. He also serves as a senior co-editor of Advances in Econometrics, an associate editor of Empirical Economics, and a co-editor of the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Brown University. Daniel's research focuses on microeconometric methods and applications, exploring topics spanning labuor economics, environmental economics, and international trade. His research has been published in several well-known international journals including Journal of Econometrics, Economic Journal, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of International Economics, among others.

Economic mobility in India: Estimation using ‘noisy’ data
There has been a dramatic rise in inequality in India post-liberalisation. This article finds economic mobility to be markedly low, with at least seven out of 10 poor households remaining poor or at-risk of being poor during 2005-2012. It also finds that Muslims, lower-caste groups, and rural households are in a more disadvantageous position in terms of escaping poverty or transitioning into poverty compared to Hindus, upper-caste groups, and urban households.
