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Sayantan Ghosal is Professor of Economics at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow. He was Research Director for CAGE (an ESRC funded Research Centre) 2010 to 2012, and a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick from 2004 to 2013. He continues his as a researcher at CAGE with a strong involvement in Theme 3, Poverty and Well being. He obtained his Ph.D. from CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain in 1995. His field of research is economic theory and its applications, including strategic foundations of general equilibrium, behavioral biases, welfare and deprivation, financial crises and long-run growth.
Posts by Sayantan Ghosal
यौनकर्मी, कलंक और आत्म-छवि: कोलकाता के वेश्यालयों से साक्ष्य
गरीब या वंचित होना अक्सर कलंक का कारण बनता है, जो किसी व्यक्ति की आत्म-छवि को छिन्न-भिन्न कर सकता है, उप-इष्टतम विकल्पों को प्रेरित कर सकता है और परिणामस्वरूप व्यक्ति मनोवैज्ञानिक गरीबी के जाल में ...
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Sayantan Ghosal
Smarajit Jana
Anandi Mani
Sandip Mitra
Sanchari Roy
31 मई, 2021
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Sex workers, stigma, and self-image: Evidence from Kolkata’s brothels
Being poor or marginalised often brings stigma, which may distort a person’s self-image, inducing sub-optimal choices and resulting in a psychological poverty trap. Based on a study conducted in Kol...
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Sayantan Ghosal
Smarajit Jana
Anandi Mani
Sandip Mitra
Sanchari Roy
13 May, 2021
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Lack of aspirations as a poverty trap
Much of the literature on chronic poverty focuses on external constraints as impediments to escaping the poverty trap. A new strand of research suggests psychological factors such as a lack of aspirat...
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Sayantan Ghosal
10 June, 2013
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