Sudhir K. Singh
Welcome!
I am an Economist and Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economics at the University of Rochester. I have worked as an Economist and Consultant at the World Bank Group and have consulted for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C. I am also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).
My primary research interests are in labor and development economics. To learn more about my work, please visit my Research page or download my CV.
Working Papers
Female Leaders and Welfare in a Water-Scarce Economy
with Caitlin Brown & Aruni Mitra
College Access and Domestic Violence
with Ha Luong
under review
Misallocation and Product Choice
with Stepan Gordeev
Input-Driven Production Technology Heterogeneity and the Allocation of Inputs
with Stepan Gordeev
Political Exit: The Unintended Effects of Electoral Rules in India
with Varun K.R. & Drew Stommes
under review
How Productive are Workfare Programs? Evidence from India
with K. Deininger & S. Jin
revise and resubmit
Publications
Addressing Declining Female Labor Force Participation in India: Does Political Empowerment Make a Difference?
with K. Deininger, S. Jin, & H. K. Nagarajan
Journal of Development Studies
Women’s Political Leadership and Economic Empowerment: Evidence from Public Works in India
with K. Deininger & H. K. Nagarajan
Journal of Comparative Economics
Wages, Prices, and Agriculture: How Can Indian Agriculture Cope with Rising Wages
with H. Binswanger
Journal of Agricultural Economics
Can Labor Market Imperfections Explain Changes in Farm Size Productivity Relationship? Longitudinal Evidence from India
with K. Deininger, S. Jin, & Y. Liu
Land Economics
Determinants of Productivity and Structural Change in a Large Commercial Farm Environment: Evidence from Ukraine
with K. Deininger & D. Nizalov
The World Bank Economic Review
Does Land Fragmentation Increase the Cost of Cultivation? Evidence from India
with K. Deininger, D. Monchuck, & H. K. Nagarajan
Journal of Development Studies
Consumption Smoothing and Insurance against the Income Risks: A Case of India
with P. Kumar
Indian Economic Review
Selected Work in Progress
Housing, Network, and Migration
with Travis Baseler and Alp Sungu
fieldwork in progress
Farm, Trade, and Misallocation
with Stepan Gordeev