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Tarun Jain is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. Before joining IIM Ahmedabad, he was on the faculty at the Indian School of Business (ISB). His research focuses on understanding causes and consequences of human capital formation (for instance, with education and health), especially in the context of fast-growing developing countries. Gender is a topic of special research interest given that women face persistent barriers in economic advancement. His research has received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the International Growth Centre (IGC), and the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, and been published in peer-reviewed journals suchas the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Economic History. He has written for media outlets such as the New Indian Express, Ideas for India, ISBInsight, and Mint.
Professor Jain earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia, and his B.A. in mathematics and economics from Franklin and Marshall College. Before his Ph.D., he was a management consultant with Charles River Associates in Washington DC and Oliver Wyman in Boston.
Professor Jain teaches the core course on microeconomics in the flagship Post-Graduate Programme at IIM Ahmedabad. At the ISB, he taught the core course in managerial economics as well as an elective in information economics.
Posts by Tarun Jain
पीढ़ी-दर-पीढ़ी बुनाई : ग्रामीण भारत में पारिवारिक व्यवसायों में उत्पादकता लाभ
हर साल 12 फरवरी को मनाए जाने वाले राष्ट्रीय उत्पादकता दिवस का उद्देश्य अर्थव्यवस्था में उत्पादकता, नवाचार और निपुणता के महत्त्व पर ज़ोर देना है। इसी सन्दर्भ में प्रस्तुत इस लेख में पारिवारिक स्वामित्व ...
- Shreya Banerjee Aastha Dang Jane Hammaker Tarun Jain Chandan Jain Divya Pandey Fatema Patel
- 13 फ़रवरी, 2024
- लेख
Weaving through generations: Productivity gains in family-owned businesses in rural India
In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, weaving is often a family enterprise. Using data from over 1,800 households, this ongoing mixed-methods evaluation by Patel et al. shows that households with multi-gen...
- Shreya Banerjee Aastha Dang Jane Hammaker Tarun Jain Chandan Jain Divya Pandey Fatema Patel
- 01 February, 2024
- Articles
हाई स्कूल में विज्ञान? कॉलेज और नौकरी के परिणाम
भारत में विज्ञान के अध्ययन के साथ जुड़े कैरियर पथ, हाई स्कूलों में अन्य विषयों के अध्ययन से जुड़े कैरियर पथ के मुक़ाबले, अधिक प्रतिष्ठित और लाभप्रद माने जाते हैं। यह लेख उच्चतर माध्यमिक विद्यालय में ...
- Tarun Jain Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay Nishith Prakash Raghav Rakesh
- 17 सितंबर, 2021
- लेख
आज़ादी के फल? महिलाओं की कार्य में भागीदारी और घरेलू उपकरणों को अपनाना
क्या महिलाओं की कार्य भागीदारी में वृद्धि घरेलू उपकरणों को अधिक अपनाये जाने का कारण बनती है, या मामला ठीक इसके विपरीत है? इस प्रश्न को हल करने के लिए, इस लेख में द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध की अवधि के अमेरिकी...
- Gautam Bose Tarun Jain Sarah Walker
- 10 जून, 2021
- लेख
Economic consequences of Covid-19 lockdowns: Lessons from India’s first wave
As India combats the second wave of Covid-19, the impact on economic activity remains a major concern. Drawing lessons from the first wave in 2020, this article provides an assessment of how containme...
- Robert C M Beyer Tarun Jain Sonalika Sinha
- 08 June, 2021
- Articles
Fruits of liberation? Women’s work participation and adoption of household appliances
Does increase in women’s work participation lead to greater adoption of household appliances, or is it the other way round? To address this question, this article analyses US data from the Second Wo...
- Gautam Bose Tarun Jain Sarah Walker
- 28 May, 2021
- Articles
Science in high school? College and job outcomes
Career paths associated with the study of science vis-à-vis other disciplines in high school, are considered more prestigious and renumerative in India. This article examines the association between ...
- Tarun Jain Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay Nishith Prakash Raghav Rakesh
- 24 June, 2020
- Articles
जनभाषा? मातृभाषा में पढ़ाई शिक्षा को कैसे प्रभावित करती है
2016 में जारी किए किए गए राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति के प्रारूप में मातृभाषा में शिक्षा, खास कर स्कूल के रचनात्मक वर्षों के दौरान मातृभाषा में शिक्षा के महत्व पर जोर दिया गया था। इस कॉलम में दक्षिणी भारत की...
- Tarun Jain Revathy Suryanarayana
- 12 जून, 2019
- लेख
Understanding Career Choice in a Developing Country: Reading the Mind of High School Students in Cities of India?
The main objective of this project is to understand the process in which students choose their career path. In particular, what are the factors that play a role in the decision-making process? Are stu...
- Tarun Jain Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay Nishith Prakash
- 31 December, 2018
- IGC Research on India
Designing India’s national healthcare protection: Challenges and opportunities
The burden of non-communicable diseases, requiring costly hospital-based treatment, is increasing in India, and only 15% of the population has health insurance coverage. The Modi government recently i...
- Sisir Debnath Tarun Jain Dibya Mishra Revathy Suryanarayana
- 27 August, 2018
- Perspectives
Impact of Elite Capture on the Provision of Public Services
The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Project commonly called JEEViKA, is a community-driven poverty reduction programme with the key aim of improving the social and economic empowerment of the rural poor.
- Lata Gangadharan Tarun Jain Pushkar Maitra Joseph Vecci
- 31 March, 2018
- IGC Research on India
Common tongue? How mother tongue instruction influences education
The recently released draft of the National Education Policy stresses the importance of education in the mother tongue, especially in the formative years at school. This column seeks to uncover the li...
- Tarun Jain Revathy Suryanarayana
- 27 February, 2017
- Perspectives