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Rohini Somanathan

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First Name:Rohini
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Last Name:Somanathan
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Terminal Degree:1996 Department of Economics; Boston University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Department of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi

Delhi, India
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Working papers

  1. Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2022. "Meritocracy and Representation," Working papers 325, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  2. Hemanshu Kumar & Rohini Somanathan & Mahima Vasishth, 2020. "Language and Learning in Ethically Mixed Communities: A Study of School Children in an Indian Village," Working Papers 35, Ashoka University, Department of Economics.
  3. Jean-Marie Baland & Timothée Demont & Rohini Somanathan, 2020. "Child Labor and Schooling Decisions among Self-Help Groups Members in Rural India," AMSE Working Papers 1858, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France.
  4. Afridi, Farzana & Barooah, Bidisha & Somanathan, Rohini, 2019. "Hunger and Performance in the Classroom," IZA Discussion Papers 12627, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. Rohini Somanathan, 2018. "The Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social Difference," Working papers 294, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  6. Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Lore Vandewalle, 2017. "Socially Disadvantaged Groups and Microfinance in India," Working papers 278, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  7. Afridi, Farzana & Barooah, Bidisha & Somanathan, Rohini, 2017. "Improving Learning Outcomes through Information Provision: Evidence from Indian Villages," IZA Discussion Papers 10971, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  8. Hemanshu Kumar & Rohini Somanathan, 2017. "Caste connections and government transfers- The Mahadalits of Bihar," Working papers 270, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  9. Anders Kjelsrud & Rohini Somanathan, 2017. "Poverty Targeting Through Public Goods," Working papers 271, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  10. Farzana Afridi & Bidisha Barooah & Rohini Somanathan, 2016. "Student responses to the changing content of school meals in India," Working papers 264, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  11. Rohini Somanathan & Bidisha Barooah & Farzana Afridi, 2016. "The Mixture as Before? Student Responses to the Changing Content of School Meals in India," Working Papers id:10874, eSocialSciences.
  12. Rohini Somanathan, 2016. "Group Inequality in Democracies: Lessons from Cross-national Experiences," Working papers 260, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  13. Avidit Acharya & John E. Roemer & Rohini Somanathan, 2015. "Caste, Corruption And Political Competition In India," Working papers 241, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  14. E. Somanathan & Rohini Somanathan & Anant Sudarshan & Meenu Tewari, 2015. "The Impact of temperature on productivity and labor supply: Evidence from Indian manufacturing," Discussion Papers 15-03, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  15. Hemanshu Kumar and Rohini Somanathan, 2015. "State And District Boundary Changes In India-(1961-2001)," Working papers 248, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  16. Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Zaki Wahhaj, 2014. "Group Lending and Endogenous Social Sanctions," Studies in Economics 1415, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  17. Anders Kjelsrud & Rohini Somanathan, 2014. "Incorporating Public Good Availability into the Measurement of Poverty," Working Papers id:5784, eSocialSciences.
  18. Ingvild Almas & Anders Kjelsrud & Rohini Somanathan, 2013. "A Behaviour-Based Approach To The Estimation Of Poverty In India," Working papers 226, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  19. Jean-Marie Baland & Lata Gangadharan & Pushkar Maitra & Rohini Somanathan, 2013. "Repayment And Exclusion In A Microfinance Experiment," Working papers 227, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  20. Nzinga H. Broussard & Stefan Dercon & Rohini Somanathan, 2012. "Aid And Agency In Africa Explaining Food Disbursements Across Ethiopian Households, 1994-2004," Working papers 208, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  21. Sanghamitra Das & Kala M. Krishna & Sergey Lychagin & Rohini Somanathan, 2011. "Lifting the Veil: The Face of TFP in an Indian Rail Mill," CESifo Working Paper Series 3515, CESifo.
  22. Rohini Somanathan & Kala Krishna & Sergey Lychagin & Sanghamitra Das, 2010. "Back on the Rails -- Competition and Productivity in State-owned Industry," Working papers 184, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  23. Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Zaki Wahhaj, 2010. "Repayment Incentives And The Distribution Of Gains From Group Lending," Working papers 192, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  24. Rohini Somanathan & Siva Athreya, 2010. "Quantifying Spatial Mislocation in Centrally Provided Public Goods," Working Papers id:2890, eSocialSciences.
  25. B. Deolalikar, Anil & Hasan, Rana & Somanathan, Rohini, 2009. "Public Goods Access and Juvenile Sex Ratios in Rural India: Evidence from the 1991 and 2001 Village Census Data," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 167, Asian Development Bank.
  26. Hemanshu Kumar & Rohini Somanathan, 2009. "Mapping Indian Districts Across Census Years, 1971-2001," Working papers 176, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  27. Rajiv Sethi, 2009. "Racial Inequality and Segregation Measures: Some Evidence from the 2000 Census," Working Papers id:2104, eSocialSciences.
  28. Rohini Somanathan, 2008. "The Demand for Disadvantage," Working Papers id:1763, eSocialSciences.
  29. Rohini Somanathan, 2008. "The Demand for Disadvantage," Working papers 169, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  30. Banerjee, Abhijit & Somanathan, Rohini & Iyer, Lakshmi, 2007. "Public Action for Public Goods," CEPR Discussion Papers 6154, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  31. Isha Dewan & Rohini Somanathan, 2007. "Poverty targeting in public programs: A comparison of some nonparametric tests and their application to Indian microfinance," Working papers 154, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  32. Berman, Eli & Somanathan, Rohini & Tan, Hong W., 2005. "Is skill-biased technological change here yet ? Evidence from Indian manufacturing in the 1990," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3761, The World Bank.
  33. Siva Athreya & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Quantifying spatial misallocaton in centrally provided public goods," Discussion Papers 04-07, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  34. Isha Dewan & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Poverty targeting in public programs: A comparison of alternative nonparametric methods," Discussion Papers 04-16, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  35. Nowook Park & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Patronage in public administration: Presidential connections, position assignments and the performance of Korean public prosecutors, 1992-2000," Discussion Papers 04-02, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  36. Abhijit Banerjee & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India," Discussion Papers 04-17, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  37. Rohini Somanathan & Isha Dewan, 2003. "Identifying targeting with nonparametric methods: An application to an Indian microfinance program," Discussion Papers 03-11, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  38. Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2002. "Inequality and segregation," Discussion Papers 02-06, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.
  39. Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2001. "Racial Income Disparities and the Measurement of Segregation," Urban/Regional 0107001, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Articles

  1. Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2023. "Meritocracy and Representation," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 61(3), pages 941-957, September.
  2. Hemanshu Kumar & Rohini Somanathan & Mahima Vasishth, 2022. "Language and learning in ethnically mixed communities," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(2), pages 835-846, May.
  3. E. Somanathan & Rohini Somanathan & Anant Sudarshan & Meenu Tewari, 2021. "The Impact of Temperature on Productivity and Labor Supply: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 129(6), pages 1797-1827.
  4. Debopam Bhattacharya & Anders Kjelsrud & Rohini Somanathan, 2021. "Estimating the Welfare Gains from Public Schools in Rural India," Sankhya B: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Springer;Indian Statistical Institute, vol. 83(2), pages 430-443, November.
  5. Farzana Afridi & Bidisha Barooah & Rohini Somanathan, 2020. "Designing effective transfers: Lessons from India’s school meal program," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 24(1), pages 45-61, February.
  6. Afridi, Farzana & Barooah, Bidisha & Somanathan, Rohini, 2020. "Improving learning outcomes through information provision: Experimental evidence from Indian villages," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
  7. Jean-Marie Baland & Timothée Demont & Rohini Somanathan, 2020. "Child Labor and Schooling Decisions among Self-Help Group Members in Rural India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 73-105.
  8. Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Lore Vandewalle, 2019. "Socially Disadvantaged Groups and Microfinance in India," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 67(3), pages 537-569.
  9. Ingvild Almås & Anders Kjelsrud & Rohini Somanathan, 2019. "A Behavior‐Based Approach to the Estimation of Poverty in India," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 121(1), pages 182-224, January.
  10. Rohini SOMANATHAN, 2018. "Editorial Introduction," JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 84(1), pages 1-2, March.
  11. Baland, Jean-Marie & Gangadharan, Lata & Maitra, Pushkar & Somanathan, Rohini, 2017. "Repayment and exclusion in a microfinance experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 137(C), pages 176-190.
  12. Acharya, Avidit & Roemer, John E. & Somanathan, Rohini, 2015. "Caste, corruption and political competition in India," Research in Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(3), pages 336-352.
  13. Broussard, Nzinga H. & Dercon, Stefan & Somanathan, Rohini, 2014. "Aid and agency in Africa: Explaining food disbursements across Ethiopian households, 1994–2004," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 128-137.
  14. Baland, Jean-Marie & Somanathan, Rohini & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2013. "Repayment incentives and the distribution of gains from group lending," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 131-139.
  15. Sanghamitra Das & Kala Krishna & Sergey Lychagin & Rohini Somanathan, 2013. "Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-Owned Industry," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 5(1), pages 136-162, January.
  16. Dewan, Isha & Somanathan, Rohini, 2011. "The application of nonparametric tests to poverty targeting," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 113(1), pages 58-61, October.
  17. Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2009. "Racial Inequality and Segregation Measures: Some Evidence from the 2000 Census," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 36(2), pages 79-91, June.
  18. Athreya, Siva & Somanathan, Rohini, 2008. "Quantifying spatial misallocation in centrally provided public goods," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 98(2), pages 201-206, February.
  19. Rohini Somanathan, 2008. "Social Science Knowledge and Economic Development: An Institutional Design Perspective," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 90(2), pages 574-576.
  20. Banerjee, Abhijit & Somanathan, Rohini, 2007. "The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 82(2), pages 287-314, March.
  21. Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Lore Vandewalle, 2007. "Microfinance Lifespans: A Study of Attrition and Exclusion in Self-Help Groups in India," India Policy Forum, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 4(1), pages 159-210.
  22. Abhijit Banerjee & Lakshmi Iyer & Rohini Somanathan, 2005. "History, Social Divisions, and Public Goods in Rural India," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 3(2-3), pages 639-647, 04/05.
  23. Eli Berman & Rohini Somanathan & Rohini Somanathan, 2005. "Is Skill Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from India Manufacturing in the 1990's," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 79-80, pages 299-321.
  24. Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Inequality and Segregation," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 112(6), pages 1296-1321, December.
  25. Abhijit Banerjee & Rohini Somanathan, 2001. "A Simple Model of Voice," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 116(1), pages 189-227.
  26. Somanathan, Rohini, 1998. "School heterogeneity, human capital accumulation, and standards," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 369-397, March.

Chapters

  1. Eli Berman & Rohini Somanathan & Hong W. Tan, 2010. "Is Skill-Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing in the 1990s," NBER Chapters, in: Contributions in Memory of Zvi Griliches, pages 299-321, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  2. Banerjee, Abhijit & Iyer, Lakshmi & Somanathan, Rohini, 2008. "Public Action for Public Goods," Handbook of Development Economics, in: T. Paul Schultz & John A. Strauss (ed.), Handbook of Development Economics, edition 1, volume 4, chapter 49, pages 3117-3154, Elsevier.

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  1. NEP-DEV: Development (13) 2005-12-14 2007-02-24 2007-03-10 2007-06-02 2010-04-17 2011-12-19 2012-02-01 2012-03-28 2016-06-14 2016-11-13 2020-06-22 2020-08-17 2021-06-21. Author is listed
  2. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (12) 2001-09-10 2004-06-02 2007-06-02 2011-02-19 2011-12-19 2013-03-02 2013-05-19 2015-01-26 2015-12-01 2017-09-17 2020-06-22 2020-08-17. Author is listed
  3. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (8) 2004-09-30 2005-12-14 2007-06-02 2009-05-23 2009-07-17 2010-04-17 2010-05-02 2013-03-02. Author is listed
  4. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (7) 2004-06-02 2006-10-07 2007-02-24 2007-03-10 2007-06-02 2010-04-17 2010-10-09. Author is listed
  5. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (6) 2004-06-02 2004-06-02 2009-07-11 2010-10-09 2016-11-13 2017-09-03. Author is listed
  6. NEP-BAN: Banking (4) 2011-02-19 2011-12-19 2015-01-26 2017-09-17
  7. NEP-EDU: Education (4) 2016-06-14 2016-11-13 2017-09-03 2019-09-30
  8. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (4) 2004-09-30 2007-02-24 2009-05-23 2015-02-16
  9. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (3) 2012-02-01 2012-03-28 2013-03-02
  10. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (3) 2010-05-02 2016-03-06 2021-06-21
  11. NEP-AFR: Africa (2) 2012-02-01 2012-03-28
  12. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2013-03-02 2013-05-19
  13. NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty (2) 2001-07-23 2001-09-10
  14. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2018-11-26
  15. NEP-CIS: Confederation of Independent States (1) 2011-02-19
  16. NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2006-10-07
  17. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (1) 2011-02-19
  18. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2021-06-21
  19. NEP-FLE: Financial Literacy and Education (1) 2017-09-17
  20. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2006-10-07
  21. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2005-12-14
  22. NEP-INO: Innovation (1) 2005-12-14
  23. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2001-07-23
  24. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2015-01-26
  25. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2021-06-21
  26. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2016-11-13
  27. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (1) 2015-01-26
  28. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2007-03-10
  29. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2007-06-02

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