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Subhankar Mukherjee
Subhankar Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. He holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta. His research interests lie in development economics and applied microeconomics
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How to ease Covid-19 lockdown? Forward guidance using a multi-dimensional vulnerability index
While extending the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown for two more weeks starting 17 May 2020, the government has given major relaxations for public movement and economic activity in non-containment zones in India. Essentially the current method for classifying all the districts into zones is unidimensional in nature, relying primarily on the existing penetration of the infection as a predictor of future spread. Chakrabarty, Mandi, and Mukherjee construct a multi-dimensional Vulnerability Index for Indian districts that can provide guidance for lifting the lockdown sequentially.
