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RESEARCH

PUBLISHED RESEARCH PAPERS

  1. ‘Bharat Rice’ Brand: Is curbing food inflation or a political game changer?, Economic and Political Weekly, 2024
  2. The Role of Human Capital Components in Gender Wage Inequality in India, Studies in Micro Economics, Sage Publications, May, 2024.
  3. “Wage Inequality across Regions in India: Exploring the Role of Education and Skills,” Journal of Public Affairs, Wiley, 24(2), May, 2024.
  4. “How do Linguistic and Technical Skills Affect Earnings in India,” Indian Economic Review, Springer, Delhi School of Economics, Vol. 57: 27-57, 12-May-2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41775-022-00132-1).
  5. “Livelihood Vulnerability, Policy Response of State and Coping Strategies during COVID-19: A Study of Informal Workers in Kerala, India,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. LVIII No.32, August 12, 2023.
  6. “Methodological and Econometric Issues in the Wage Determination between the Immigrant and Local Labourers,” Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 57, Issue No. 7, 12 Feb 2022.
  7. “Hazard Analysis of Unemployment Duration of Return Migrants: The Case of Indian State of Kerala,” Journal of Quantitative Economics (JQE), Springer, Indian Econometrics Society (TIES), 20, PP: 881–901, 2022. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40953-022-00325-8).
  8. “An institutional framework for the socio-economic reintegration of return migrants: A Kerala experience,” Journal of Public Affairs, Wiley, 11 March 2023. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2855).
  9. “Has Emigration Perked Up Entrepreneurship Among Return Migrants in Kerala? Findings from a Survey in a High Migration Density District,” The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer, The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), Vol. 64(3), pages 769-786, September 2021. (DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-021-00332-y).
  10. “Effectiveness of public policy in reviving the COVID-19 hit economy: Evidences from Kerala, India,” Journal of Public Affairs, Wiley, e2794, 18 November 2021. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2794).
  11. “Kerala’s electoral victory 2021: Has the politics of behavioural nudging paid off?,” Journal of Public Affairs, Wiley, 10.1002/pa.2798, 30-Aug-2021. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2798).
  12. “How do workers sustain Covid-induced labour market shock: Evidence from the Indian state of Kerala,” Indian Economic Journal, Sage, Indian Economic Association (IEA), Vol. 69(3), 31 March 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1177/00194662211023814).
  13. “The Complementarity of English Language Skills: Effects on Wage Returns, Education, and Job Market Experience in India,” Artha Vijnana, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, 69(01), 2025.
  14. “Covid Induced Economic Shock and its Impact on the income of the people in India,” Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 40 No.(1), pp 1-12, March 2021. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.25175/jrd/2021/v40/i1/166499).
  15. “What Promotes Happiness of Indians? Empirical Evidence from World Values Survey,” Indian Journal of Economics, No. 402, Vol. CI, PART-III, January 2021.
  16. “Labour market absorption of return migrants in Kerala,” Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. XCVII, PART-III, January 2018.

RESEARCH PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

  1. Why do Indians experience less happiness than Pakistanis?”, Economic and Political Weekly(Ref. No: 38702)
  2. Criminal Politicians in Indian Politics: A Systemic Challenge to Democratic Governance, Economic and Political Weekly
  3. Land Holdings and Temporary Migration: A Study of Rural Households in Erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, India, Economic and Political Weekly
  4. Effect of political connections on public sector employment in India, Economics Letters, (submitted)
  5. Effect of IT Skills on Wage Returns of Indian Immigrant Workers in Gulf Countries, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of Oxford University Press
  6. The Contribution of Computer skills, English-speaking skills and Other human capital factors to the Gender Wage Gap in India, Journal of Quantitative Economics, (TIES), Published by Springer Nature, Manuscript ID: JQEC-D-23-00105
  7. Effectiveness of Government Interventions for Health and Nutritional Status of Under-Five Tribal Children in Attappady, Kerala, Journal of Public Affairs
  8. Impact of English Language Proficiency on the Wage Returns of Indian Migrant Workers in Gulf Countries, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics
  9. Returns to English language and technical skills in India: An inter-occupational disparity, The Indian Journal of Human Development
  10. Return Migration, Wellbeing and the Problem of Reintegration in Kerala, Labour & Development, Journal of V.V. Giri National Labour Institute
  11. Exploring Nutritional Status and Nutritional Inequality among Under Five Tribal Children at Attappady, Kerala: An Investigation of Contributing Factors and Policy Implications, Artha Vijnana
  12. Multidimensional Determinants of Child Health in Attappady Tribes, Kerala, Journal of Social and Economic Development
  13. Examining COVID-Induced Subjective Well-Being Vulnerability Among Indian Migrants, Indian Journal of Social Work
  14. The Role of Income, Education, and Health in Shaping Happiness Inequality: A Cross-Country Study from 1994 to 2022, Indian Journal of Economics
  15. Gender Differences in Happiness Across World Regions, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

RESEARCH PAPER WORK COMPLETED / NEAR SUBMISSION

  1. Occupational Choice of Indian immigrant workers in Gulf countries, Targeted Journal: International Migration, IOM Journal, Published by Wiley
  2. Effect of Objective Social Conditions (OSE) on Subjective Health Status: A cross country study, Targeted Journal: Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier.
  3. How Social-Economic Conditions Explain Subjective Health Status?: A Comparative Study Between Low-Income and High-Income Countries, Targeted Journal: Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer.

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS

  1. How does the instruction in English medium influence the choice of government educational institutions in Kerala? Targeted Journal: Economic and Political Weekly
  2. Choice and shifting of educational institutions in India, Targeted Journal: Economics of Education Review
  3. Gender differences in Occupations: Evidence from India and USA, Targeted Journal: Indian Economic Review
  4. Migration, Health shock and Households Vulnerability, Targeted Journal: World Development
  5. Different types of shocks and household Vulnerability in India, Journal of Development Studies

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

I have regular research collaborations with internationally renowned academics such as Professor Chandan Kumar Jha, Associate Professor, Purcell Endowed Chair in Finance & Finance Program Director, Madden College of Business & Economics, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, USA; Professor K. S. Hari Professor & Associate Dean of Research, Gokhale Institute Of Politics And Economics, Pune; Professor Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (OSU), OK, USA; C Veeramani, Director, Centre for Development Studies (CDS); Professor Ravi Ram, State Planning Board member, Government of Kerala; and other eminent academicians.

EMail: azad4bin@gmail.com | Address: Department of Economics, MES Mampad College Autonomous, Malappuram, Kerala