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Punarjit Roychowdhury

University of Nottingham
Punarjit.Roychowdhury@nottingham.ac.uk

Punarjit Roychowdhury is an Assistant Professor in the economics at the University of Nottingham.  Prior to this he was at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Southern Methodist University (SMU). Primarily an applied microeconomist, Punarjit’s research interests lie in the fields of microeconometrics, labour economics, development economics, and behavioural economics. His research papers have appeared in well-known international journals including Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, World Development, etc. Punarjit holds a first class Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Calcutta, and a first class Master’s degree in applied economics from Presidency College, Calcutta

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Dynamics of achievement gap between public and private school students

The achievement gap between public and private school students is well-documented in the literature on education in India, but there has not been sufficient focus on the dynamics of this gap over time...

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शादी के समय महिलाओं की उम्र घरेलू हिंसा को कैसे प्रभावित करती है?

दुनिया भर में तीन में से एक महिला अपने जीवनकाल में घरेलू हिंसा से प्रभावित होती है। जो महिलाएं घरेलू हिंसा का सामना करती हैं, उन्हें गंभीर प्रतिकूल स्वास्थ्य परिणामों से प्रभावित होने के साथ-साथ भारी ...

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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-r...

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How women’s age at marriage impacts domestic violence

Domestic violence affects one in three women in their lifetime worldwide, and has serious adverse health and economic consequences. Analysing data from the latest National Family Health Survey of Indi...

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