Working Papers

1. “A Skeptical Note on the Role of Constant Elasticity of Factor Substitution in Labor Income Share Dynamics” ADBI Working paper (Forthcoming).
2. “Attitudes towards displacement in West Bengal, India: To move (again) or not?” ADBI Working paper (Forthcoming) (with V. Sharma).
3. “An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Syrian Refugees on the Turkish Labor Market” ADBI Working paper (Forthcoming) (with K. Suzuki, T. Maru and M. Kusadokoro).
4. “Globalization, Structural Transformation, and the Labor Income Share” (2018). ADBI Working Paper 893. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute (with K. Suzuki, and Y. Oishi).
5. “The Effect of Skilled Emigration on Real Exchange Rates through the Wage Channel,” (2018) ADBI Working Paper 823 (with Ouyang, A. Y).
6. “The Effect of Emigration on Household Labor Supply: Evidence from Central Asia and South Caucasus,” (2018) ADBI Working Paper 822.
7. “A Primer on the Drivers of Labor Income Share,” (2018) ADBI Working Paper 888 (with Y. Oishi).
8. “Sectoral Labor Income Share dynamics: Cross-country Evidence form a Novel Data Set” (2018) ADBI Working paper no. 839 (with Y. Oishi).
9. “Capital Skill Substitutability and the Labor Income Share: Identification Using the Morishima Elasticity of Substitution,” (2018) ADBI Working paper no. 839.
10. “A Framework to Study the Role of Structural Transformation in Productivity Growth and Regional Convergence,” (2018) ADBI Working paper no. 833 (with K. Fukao).
11. “Land Acquisition and Infrastructure Development through Land Trust Laws: A Policy Framework for Asia” (2018). ADBI Working Paper 854. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute (with N. Yoshino, V. Sarma, and S. Lakhia).
12. “Structural Transformation, Growth and Inequality: Evidence from Vietnam” ADBI Working paper 681, (2017) (with V. Sarma and G. Wan).
13. “The Role of Structural Transformation in Regional Productivity Growth and Convergence in Japan: 1874 – 2008” (with Kyoji Fukao)
14. “Evaluating Efficiency Gains from Tenancy Reform Targeting a Heterogeneous Group of Sharecroppers: Evidence from India,” (2016) IER Working paper no. 2016-10 (with T Kurosaki and R Parinduri).
15. “Heterogeneous Structural Transformation and Growth Incidence across the Income Distribution: the Kuznets Curve Revisited” (2016), CEI Working Paper, 2016-1.
16. "Are Special Economic Zones a curse on those ‘chosen’ to be evicted? Evidence from West Bengal, India” (2014) Discussion Paper No. 472, Institute of Developing Economies Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) (with V. Sarma).
    
17. Paul, Saumik & Shonchoy, Abu S. & Dabalen, A. (2015). "Food crop diversification as a risk mitigating strategy during conflict : evidence from Cote d'Ivoire," IDE Discussion Papers 496, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO).
18. "Investors are unwilling to pay for corporate social responsibility activities: Evidence from India’s Companies Act 2013," (2015) MPRA Paper 61360, University Library of Munich, Germany (with R. Parinduri).
19. "Are special economic zones a curse on those "chosen" to be evicted? : evidence form West Bengal, India," (2014) IDE Discussion Papers 472, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (with V. Sharma).
20. "Skilled emigration and exchange rate : theory and empirics," (2014) IDE Discussion Papers 484, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (with Ouyang, A. & Li, Rachel).
21. “The Effects of the Intensity, Timing and Persistence of Personal History of Mobility on Support for Redistribution” (2014) World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6803 (with A. Dabalen and R. Parinduri).
22. "The Livelihood Effects of Industrialization on Displaced Households: Evidence from Falta Special Economic Zone, West Bengal" (2013) ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-083 (with V.  Sarma).
23. “Accounting for heterogeneity in growth incidence in Cameroon using re-centered influence function regression” (2013) ECINEQ Working Paper no. 289 (with Essama-Nssah and Leandre Bassole).
24. "The Livelihood Effects of Industrialization on Displaced Households: Evidence from Falta Special Economic Zone," (2013) Discussion Papers 13/09, University of Nottingham, CREDIT (with V. Sarma).
25. “Economic Crisis and Female Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia” (2013) CREDIT 13/08 (With V. Sarma).
26. “Effect of Conflict on Dietary Energy Supply: Evidence from Cote d'Ivoire” (2012) CREDIT Research paper no. 12/09 (with Andrew Dabalen).
27. “Estimating the Causal Effects of Conflict on Education in Côte d'Ivoire” (2012) Policy Research Working Paper 6077, the World Bank (with Andrew Dabalen).
28. “Estimating the Causal Effects of War on Education in Cote d’Ivoire” (2012) HiCN Working Paper 120 (with A. Dabalen).
29. “Causes of Civil War: Micro-level Evidence from Cote d’Ivoire” (2012) HiCN Working Paper 118 (with A. Dabalen and E. Kedebe).
30. “Historical Events and Life-satisfaction in Transition Countries” (2011) Policy Research Working Paper 5526, World Bank (with A. Dabalen).
31. “The Impact of Emigration on Source Country wages: Evidence from the Republic of Moldova” (2011) Policy Research Working Paper 5764, World Bank (with L. Bouton & E. R. Tiongson).
32. "Accounting for Heterogeneity in Growth Incidence in Cameroon” (2010) Policy Research Working Paper 5464, the World Bank (with B. Essama-Nssah and Leandre Bassole).