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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
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 ...
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Tarun Jain
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Nishith Prakash
Raghav Rakesh
17 सितंबर, 2021
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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...
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Gautam Bose
Tarun Jain
Sarah Walker
10 जून, 2021
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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...
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Robert C M Beyer
Tarun Jain
Sonalika Sinha
08 June, 2021
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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...
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Gautam Bose
Tarun Jain
Sarah Walker
28 May, 2021
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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 ...
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Tarun Jain
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Nishith Prakash
Raghav Rakesh
24 June, 2020
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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...
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Tarun Jain
Revathy Suryanarayana
12 जून, 2019
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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...
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Sisir Debnath
Tarun Jain
Dibya Mishra
Revathy Suryanarayana
27 August, 2018
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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...
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Tarun Jain
Revathy Suryanarayana
27 February, 2017
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Public health insurance for tertiary diseases: Lessons from Andhra's Aarogyasri programme
Private health insurance covering tertiary diseases is limited to the upper middle class in India. One reason for low take-up of publicly-financed health insurance among economically weaker sections i...
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Tarun Jain
12 April, 2016
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Social influences and public health insurance utilisation
In developing countries there are often limited formal sources of information about programme benefits or how to access them. Social networks might influence adoption by providing more programme inf...
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Tarun Jain
31 March, 2016
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Citizens' trust in local politicians and implications for good governance
The new state of Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014, after a prolonged movement by the people of Telangana region for a separate state. Based on field experiments among citizens ...
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Lata Gangadharan
Tarun Jain
Pushkar Maitra
Joseph Vecci
10 June, 2015
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Women leaders and deceptive behaviour
Are women in leadership positions more dishonest than men? Based on an artefactual field experiment in rural Bihar, this column finds that women in leadership positions deceive more than men, especia...
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Lata Gangadharan
Tarun Jain
Pushkar Maitra
Joseph Vecci
29 January, 2015
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