Kunal Mangal

Azim Premji University
Kunal Mangal

Kunal Mangal is a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim Premji University and a recipient of the Weiss Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship. He graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in Public Policy in 2021. His research focuses on how high levels of competition for government jobs through merit-based exams interacts with the rest of the labour market

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सरकारी नौकरियों के संदर्भ में अत्यधिक प्रतिस्पर्धा की लागत

भारतीय राज्यों में सार्वजनिक सेवाओं में भर्ती हेतु अत्यधिक प्रतिस्पर्धी परीक्षाएं होती हैं जहाँ इन सरकारी रिक्तियों के लिए प्रतिस्पर्धा करते हुए कई युवा लंबे समय तक बेरोजगार रहते हैं। कुणाल मंगल तमिलनाडु में सरकारी भर्तियों पर रोक का उम्मीदवारों के आवेदन व्यवहार तथा चयनित नहीं होने वाले उम्मीदवारों के दीर्घकालिक श्रम-बाजार परिणामों पर पडने वाले प्रभाव पर प्रकाश डालते हैं। वे भर्ती प्रक्रिया हेतु दो नीतियों का सुझाव देते हैं जिनसे परीक्षा की तैयारी की सामाजिक लागत कम हो सकती है।

26 May 2023
Governance
Governance

The costs of extreme competition for government jobs

Indian states have highly competitive examinations for public service recruitment, with many youth remaining unemployed for long periods to compete for these government vacancies. Kunal Mangal looks at the effect of a government hiring freeze in Tamil Nadu on candidate application behaviour and long-term labour market outcomes of candidates who were not selected. He suggests two policies for the recruitment process which can reduce the social cost of exam preparation

21 April 2023
Governance
Governance
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