Shantanu is an applied microeconomist with research interests in the fields of labour, development, public, urban, and experimental economics. Research topics include wage inequality, job creation, hiring discrimination, and the impacts of public policies on labour markets in developed and developing countries.
Education
PhD in Economics, University of California, Irvine
Publications
- “Combining Rules and Discretion in Economic Development Policy: Evidence on the Impacts of the California Competes Tax Credit” (with M. Freedman and D. Neumark), Journal of Public Economics, 2023
- “The Impacts of Opportunity Zones on Zone Residents” (with M. Freedman and D. Neumark), Journal of Urban Economics: Insights, 2021
- “Can Weak Ties Create Social Capital? Evidence from Self-Help Groups in Rural India” (with A. Deshpande), World Development, 2021
- “Gender Discrimination in Hiring: An Experimental Re-examination of the Swedish Case” (with A. Ahmed and M. Granberg), PLOS One, 2021
- “Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis on MSMEs: Evidence from a Primary Firm Survey in India” (with U. Rathore), Economic and Political Weekly, 2021
- “Salary History Bans and Wage Bargaining: Experimental Evidence”, Labour Economics, 2020
- “Bad Karma or Discrimination? Male-Female Wage Gaps Among Salaried Workers In India” (with A. Deshpande and D. Goel), World Development, 2018
- “Decomposition analysis of earnings inequality in rural India: 2004 – 2012” (with D. Goel, and R. Morissette), IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016
Publications in Progress
- “Firm Responses to State Hiring Subsidies: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from a Tax Credit Formula” (with B. Hyman, M. Freedman and D. Neumark), NBER WP 30664, 2022
- Many Channels of Adjustment to a Higher Minimum Wage: Evidence from Restaurant Reviews
- An Empirical Investigation of Child Labor in India (with U. Rathore)
Teaching
Northeastern University
Statistical Analysis, Intermediate Microeconomics
University of Delhi
Economic Development, Intermediate Microeconomics, Mathematical Methods, Statistical Methods, Introductory Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics
Awards & Recognition
Blogs | Editorials | Reports
- Covid-19 crisis and health of small businesses: Findings from a primary survey, Ideas for India, June 17, 2020 (Co-authored with U. Rathore)
- The decline of rural earnings inequality, Mint, April 5, 2017 (Co-authored with D. Goel and R. Morissette, also Published in Ideas for India)
- An analysis of earnings inequality of paid workers in rural India from 2004/05 to 2011/12, Nopoor Policy Brief No.17, 2016, (Co-authored with D. Goel and R. Morissette)
- Women and the Indian job market: Glass ceiling or sticky floor?, Ideas for India, June 10, 2016 (Co-authored with A. Deshpande and D. Goel)
- Forget the ‘glass ceiling' – Indian women must worry about the ‘sticky floor' instead, Quartz, March 18, 2016 (Co-authored with A. Deshpande and D. Goel, also published in Scroll.in)
Media Coverage
- Self-help groups play a big role in the empowerment of women, Supriya Sule, Mint, March 2022
- Opportunity Zones have had minor impacts on labor markets so far, Kadija Yilla and David Wessel, Brookings Blog, March 2021
- Covid crisis: India will not be ready for growth unless it addresses MSMEs problems, by Nirvikar Singh, Financial Express, June 26,2020
- Women bosses earn less than men in India, The Times of India, June 4, 2014