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Shantanu Khanna

University of California, Irvine
shantanu@uci.edu

Shantanu is a Ph.D. candidate in economics at the University of California, Irvine. He has completed his M.Phil. and Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He was previously an (ad-hoc) Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Delhi and has worked as a short-term consultant on various projects with the World Bank. His research interests are in labour economics, development economics, and experimental economics.

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कोविड-19 संकट और छोटे व्यवसायों की स्थिति: एक प्राथमिक सर्वेक्षण से निष्कर्ष

हाल के अपने बयान में, सूक्ष्म, लघु और मध्यम उद्यम मंत्रालय के केंद्रीय मंत्री ने स्वीकार किया कि यह क्षेत्र "अस्तित्व के लिए जूझ रहा है"। इस आलेख में, शांतनु खन्ना और उदयन राठौर ने, मई 2020 में, 360 स...

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Covid-19 crisis and health of small businesses: Findings from a primary survey

In a recent statement, the Union Minister for micro, small, and medium enterprises, acknowledged that the sector is “battling for survival”. This article reports some key findings from a survey of...

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The decline of rural earning inequality in India

While earnings inequality remained virtually unchanged in urban India between 2004-05 and 2011-12, it declined sharply in rural India over this period. This column finds that although the change in t...

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Women and the Indian job market: Glass ceiling or sticky floor?

The gender wage gap among regular wage and salaried workers in India was 49% in 2009-10. This column finds the bulk of the gap is due to discrimination against women in the job market, rather than di...

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