Abhiroop MUKHOPADHYAY
(Associate Researcher, November 2017 – present)
Biography:
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay is a Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute. His research focuses on education and health in India, using econometric methods and experimental approaches, including randomized controlled trials and natural experiments. He studies how pedagogy, school access, and women’s bargaining power influence human capital outcomes, as well as the links between human capital and economic growth. His health research examines the household impacts of diseases such as AIDS, cancer, and hypertension. His work has been published in leading journals, and he has contributed to major public policy debates and government advisory committees in India.
Publications:
- “Weather shocks, Domestic Migration and Human Capital” (with Papiya Mazumdar, Sumit Mazumdar and Ajay Sharma), Journal of Quantitative Economics (Forthcoming)
- “Shaping Minds: The Transformative Effects of Theater-Based Learning” (with Ritam Chaurey, Sara Constantino, Shantanu Khanna, Nishith Prakash & Raisa Sherif), Conditional Accept based on Pre-Results Review, Journal of Development Economics
- Who bears the distance cost of Public Primary Healthcare? Hypertension among the elderly in Rural India (with Bertrand Lefevbre and Vastav Ratra) Social Science and Medicine, Volume 366, February 2025
- “Does Affirmative Action in Politics Hinder Performance? Evidence from India” (with Sabyasachi Das and Rajas Saroy), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 214, pp 370-405, October, 2023.
- “Science Education and Labor Market Outcomes in a Developing Economy” (with Tarun Jain, Nishith Prakash and Raghav Rakesh) , Economic Inquiry, 60(2), pp 741-763, April 2022
