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Soham Sahoo

Loughborough University and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
soham.sahoo@iimb.ac.in

Soham Sahoo an Assistant Professor of Economics based at Loughborough University, UK. He is also associated with the Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

His research interest is broadly in development economics, with a focus on education, gender, labour, and political economy. Soham holds a Ph.D. in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. Before joining IIM Bangalore, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Economics of University of Goettingen, Germany. He has also held visiting positions at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Goettingen and Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick.

Posts by Soham Sahoo

निजी शिक्षा बाज़ार में स्थानीय राजनेताओं का प्रभाव

भारत में स्कूलों की संख्या और छात्र नामांकन- दोनों के सन्दर्भ में निजी स्कूली शिक्षा का तेज़ी से विस्तार हुआ है। इस लेख में 2005-2017 के आँकड़ों का विश्लेषण करने पर, पता चलता है कि सत्तारूढ़ दल से जुड...

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The influence of local politicians in the private education market

Private schooling has experienced rapid expansion in India – both in terms of number of schools and student enrolment. Analysing data from 2005-2017, this article shows that constituencies represent...

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भारत में विज्ञान शिक्षा के निर्धारण में जाति और लिंग की भूमिका

12 जनवरी को राष्ट्रीय युवा दिवस के रूप में मनाया जाता है। इसी सन्दर्भ में प्रस्तुत है यह आलेख। शिक्षा और करियर युवाओं के लिए अत्यंत महत्त्वपूर्ण होते हैं। भारत में विज्ञान, प्रौद्योगिकी, इंजीनियरिंग औ...

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The role of caste and gender in determining science education in India

Studying science at the higher secondary level is essential to pursue further STEM education in India. However, based on recent research, this article documents the prevalence of gender- and caste-bas...

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जब आपराधिकता अपराध को जन्‍म देती है: निर्वाचित राजनेताओं की भूमिका

राजनीति का अपराधीकरण समाज के लिए एक बहुत बड़ा खतरा बन गया है। यद्यपि साहित्य में आपराधिक रूप से आरोपी नेताओं के आर्थिक परिणामों पर अध्ययन तो किया गया है, लेकिन उनके क्षेत्राधिकार में आपराधिक माहौल पर ...

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When criminality begets crime: The role of elected politicians

The criminalisation of politics has become a massive threat to society. While the impact of criminally accused leaders on economic outcomes has been studied in the literature, little is known about th...

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Employment entry and exit by women in India

While India’s low female labour force participation has been studied extensively in the recent literature, an aspect that has received insufficient attention is the dynamic nature of employment – ...

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