Rohini Somanathan
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First Name: Rohini
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Last Name: Somanathan
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- Department of Economics
Delhi School of Economics
University of Delhi - Location: Delhi, India
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Phone: 91-11-2766-6533
Fax: +91-11-7667159
Postal: Delhi 110 007
Handle: RePEc:edi:deudein (more details at EDIRC)
Works
Working papers
- Ingvild Almås & Anders Kjelsrud & Rohini Somanathan, 2013.
"A Behaviour-based Approach to the Estimation of Poverty in India,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
4122, CESifo Group Munich.
- 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.
- 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.
- Broussard, Nzinga H & Dercon, Stefan & Somanathan, Rohini, 2012. "Aid and Agency in Africa: Explaining Food Disbursements Across Ethiopian Households, 1994-2004," CEPR Discussion Papers 8861, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Lore Vandewalle, 2011. "Socially Disadvantaged Groups and Microfinance in India," Working Papers 1117, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
- 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 Group Munich.
- Rohini Somanathan & Siva Athreya, 2010.
"Quantifying Spatial Mislocation in Centrally Provided Public Goods,"
Working Papers
id:2890, eSocialSciences.
- Athreya, Siva & Somanathan, Rohini, 2008. "Quantifying spatial misallocation in centrally provided public goods," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 98(2), pages 201-206, February.
- Siva Athreya & Rohini Somanathan, 2006. "Quantifying Spatial Misallocation In Centrally Provided Public Goods," Working papers 148, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
- Sanghamitra Das & Kala Krishna & Sergey Lychagin & Rohini Somanathan, 2010.
"Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-owned Industry,"
NBER Working Papers
15976, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- 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 136-62, January.
- Rohini Somanathan & Sanghamitra Das & Kala Krishna & Sergey Lychagin, 2010. "Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-owned Industry," Working Papers id:2835, eSocialSciences.
- 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.
- 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.
- Baland, Jean-Marie & Somanathan, Rohini & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2011. "Repayment incentives and the distribution of gains from group lending," CEPR Discussion Papers 8197, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Hemanshu Kumar & Rohini Somanathan, 2009.
"Mapping Indian Districts Across Census Years, 1971-2001,"
Working papers
176, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
- Rohini Somanathan & Hemanshu Kumar, 2009. "Mapping Indian Districts Across Census Years, 1971-2001," Working Papers id:1947, eSocialSciences.
- Rohini Somanathan & Rajiv Sethi, 2009.
"Racial Inequality and Segregation Measures: Some Evidence from the 2000 Census,"
Working Papers
id:2104, eSocialSciences.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2009. "Racial Inequality and Segregation Measures: Some Evidence from the 2000 Census," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 79-91, June.
- Anil B. Deolalikar & Rana Hasan & Rohini Somanathan, 2009.
"Public Goods Access And Juvenile Sex Ratios In Rural India: Evidence From The 1991 And 2001 Village Census Data,"
Working Papers
200911, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics, revised Sep 2009.
- 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.
- Rohini Somanathan, 2008. "The Demand for Disadvantage," Working papers 169, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
- Abhijit Banerjee & Lakshmi Iyer & Rohini Somanathan, 2007.
"Public Action for Public Goods,"
NBER Working Papers
12911, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Banerjee, Abhijit & Iyer, Lakshmi & Somanathan, Rohini, 2008. "Public Action for Public Goods," Handbook of Development Economics, Elsevier.
- Banerjee, Abhijit & Iyer, Lakshmi & Somanathan, Rohini, 2007. "Public Action for Public Goods," CEPR Discussion Papers 6154, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eli BERMAN & Rohini SOMANATHAN & Rohini SOMANATHAN, 2005. "Is Skill Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from India Manufacturing in the 1990’s," Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, ENSAE, issue 79-80, pages 299-321.
- Eli Berman & Rohini Somanathan & Hong W. Tan, 2010. "Is Skill Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from India Manufacturing in the 1990s," NBER Chapters, in: Contributions in Memory of Zvi Griliches, pages 299-321 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Siva Athreya & Rohini Somanathan, 2004.
"Quantifying spatial misallocaton in centrally provided public goods,"
Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers
04-07, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Athreya, Siva & Somanathan, Rohini, 2008. "Quantifying spatial misallocation in centrally provided public goods," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 98(2), pages 201-206, February.
- Siva Athreya & Rohini Somanathan, 2006. "Quantifying Spatial Misallocation In Centrally Provided Public Goods," Working papers 148, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
- Nowook Park & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Patronage in public administration: Presidential connections, position assignments and the performance of Korean public prosecutors, 1992-2000," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 04-02, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Abhijit Banerjee & Rohini Somanathan, 2004.
"The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India,"
Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers
04-17, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- 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.
- Isha Dewan & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Poverty targeting in public programs: A comparison of alternative nonparametric methods," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 04-16, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Rohini Somanathan & Isha Dewan, 2003. "Identifying targeting with nonparametric methods: An application to an Indian microfinance program," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 03-11, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2001.
"Inequality and Segregation,"
Microeconomics
0108005, EconWPA.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Inequality and Segregation," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 112(6), pages 1296-1321, December.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2002. "Inequality and segregation," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 02-06, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Inequality and segregation," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 04-03, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2001. "Racial Income Disparities and the Measurement of Segregation," Urban/Regional 0107001, EconWPA.
Articles
- 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 136-62, January.
- Sanghamitra Das & Kala Krishna & Sergey Lychagin & Rohini Somanathan, 2010. "Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-owned Industry," NBER Working Papers 15976, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Rohini Somanathan & Sanghamitra Das & Kala Krishna & Sergey Lychagin, 2010. "Back on the Rails: Competition and Productivity in State-owned Industry," Working Papers id:2835, eSocialSciences.
- 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.
- Dewan, Isha & Somanathan, Rohini, 2011. "The application of nonparametric tests to poverty targeting," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 113(1), pages 58-61, October.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2009.
"Racial Inequality and Segregation Measures: Some Evidence from the 2000 Census,"
The Review of Black Political Economy,
Springer, vol. 36(2), pages 79-91, June.
- Rohini Somanathan & Rajiv Sethi, 2009. "Racial Inequality and Segregation Measures: Some Evidence from the 2000 Census," Working Papers id:2104, eSocialSciences.
- Athreya, Siva & Somanathan, Rohini, 2008.
"Quantifying spatial misallocation in centrally provided public goods,"
Economics Letters,
Elsevier, vol. 98(2), pages 201-206, February.
- Rohini Somanathan & Siva Athreya, 2010. "Quantifying Spatial Mislocation in Centrally Provided Public Goods," Working Papers id:2890, eSocialSciences.
- Siva Athreya & Rohini Somanathan, 2006. "Quantifying Spatial Misallocation In Centrally Provided Public Goods," Working papers 148, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
- Siva Athreya & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Quantifying spatial misallocaton in centrally provided public goods," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 04-07, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- 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.
- 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.
- Abhijit Banerjee & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 04-17, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- 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.
- 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.
- Eli BERMAN & Rohini SOMANATHAN & Rohini SOMANATHAN, 2005.
"Is Skill Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from India Manufacturing in the 1990’s,"
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique,
ENSAE, issue 79-80, pages 299-321.
- Eli Berman & Rohini Somanathan & Hong W. Tan, 2010. "Is Skill Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from India Manufacturing in the 1990s," NBER Chapters, in: Contributions in Memory of Zvi Griliches, pages 299-321 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- 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.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2004.
"Inequality and Segregation,"
Journal of Political Economy,
University of Chicago Press, vol. 112(6), pages 1296-1321, December.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2002. "Inequality and segregation," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 02-06, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2001. "Inequality and Segregation," Microeconomics 0108005, EconWPA.
- Rajiv Sethi & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "Inequality and segregation," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 04-03, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- Abhijit Banerjee & Rohini Somanathan, 2001. "A Simple Model Of Voice," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, MIT Press, vol. 116(1), pages 189-227, February.
- Somanathan, Rohini, 1998. "School heterogeneity, human capital accumulation, and standards," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 369-397, March.
Chapters
- Eli Berman & Rohini Somanathan & Hong W. Tan, 2010.
"Is Skill Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from India Manufacturing in the 1990s,"
NBER Chapters,
in: Contributions in Memory of Zvi Griliches, pages 299-321
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Eli BERMAN & Rohini SOMANATHAN & Rohini SOMANATHAN, 2005. "Is Skill Biased Technological Change Here Yet? Evidence from India Manufacturing in the 1990’s," Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, ENSAE, issue 79-80, pages 299-321.
- 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.
- Banerjee, Abhijit & Iyer, Lakshmi & Somanathan, Rohini, 2008.
"Public Action for Public Goods,"
Handbook of Development Economics,
Elsevier.
- Banerjee, Abhijit & Iyer, Lakshmi & Somanathan, Rohini, 2007. "Public Action for Public Goods," CEPR Discussion Papers 6154, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Abhijit Banerjee & Lakshmi Iyer & Rohini Somanathan, 2007. "Public Action for Public Goods," NBER Working Papers 12911, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
NEP Fields
25 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):- NEP-AFR: Africa (2) 2012-02-01 2012-03-28
- NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (3) 2012-02-01 2012-03-28 2013-03-02
- NEP-BAN: Banking (2) 2011-02-19 2011-12-19
- NEP-CIS: Confederation of Independent States (1) 2011-02-19
- NEP-CMP: Computational Economics (1) 2006-10-07
- NEP-CTA: Contract Theory & Applications (1) 2011-02-19
- NEP-CWA: Central & Western Asia (7) 2004-09-30 2005-12-14 2007-06-02 2009-05-23 2009-07-17 2010-04-17 2010-05-02. Author is listed
- NEP-DEV: Development (8) 2005-12-14 2007-02-24 2007-03-10 2007-06-02 2010-04-17 2011-12-19 2012-02-01 2012-03-28. Author is listed
- NEP-EFF: Efficiency & Productivity (1) 2010-05-02
- NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (1) 2006-10-07
- NEP-HRM: Human Capital & Human Resource Management (1) 2005-12-14
- NEP-INO: Innovation (1) 2005-12-14
- NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2001-07-23
- NEP-LTV: Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty (2) 2001-07-23 2001-09-10
- NEP-MFD: Microfinance (5) 2001-09-10 2004-06-02 2007-06-02 2011-02-19 2011-12-19. Author is listed
- 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
- NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (3) 2004-09-30 2007-02-24 2009-05-23
- NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2007-03-10
- NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2007-06-02
- NEP-URE: Urban & Real Estate Economics (4) 2004-06-02 2004-06-02 2009-07-11 2010-10-09
Statistics
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- Abhijit Banerjee & Rohini Somanathan, 2004. "The political economy of public goods: Some evidence from India," Indian Statistical Institute, Planning Unit, New Delhi Discussion Papers 04-17, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
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- Hemanshu Kumar & Rohini Somanathan, 2009. "Mapping Indian Districts Across Census Years, 1971-2001," Working papers 176, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
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