
PARTHA CHATTERJEE
Professor
Department of Economics
Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
Partha Chatterjee is currently Professor at the Department of Economics at Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, Delhi-NCR. He is the Founding Head of the Department of Economics and served as its head from 2013 to 2022. He was also the first Dean for International Partnerships at Shiv Nadar University.
A Ph.D. in Economics from University of Minnesota USA, Professor Chatterjee’s research interests are broadly in macroeconomics, international economics, and issues related to emerging economies.He is also interested in issues of higher education, particularly in India.



Recent Activities
LABOR MARKET IN INDIA AND COVID: A NEW PUBLICATION
Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Flows in India: Impact of Covid-19 (with Aakash Dev). Indian Journal of Labour Economics (2023).
INFLATION AND MONETARY POLICY
Robert Lucas, the Nobel laureate who revolutionized macroeconomics
Why the Fed is right in hiking rates
Why RBI’s inflation forecasting model needs to be bolstered for economic recovery
Globalization of Inflation and Monetary Policy Making
Quoted @The Telegraph India
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BUDGET 2023-24
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Post budget opinion @Times of India
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Pre budget discussion on ZEE Business TV.
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Panel discussion at IIFT.
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Panel discussion at the Second SHSS Budget Discussion at India Habitat Center.
ASIA: UP FOR CHANGE?
The fog of uncertainty that has engulfed us over the last two years lingers on. It is difficult, indeed risky, to peer through that shroud and hazard a guess about how the future might shape up. But one thing is for sure; it will be different from what it was in the past. This is particularly true if we try to think about the economic future of Asian countries.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Why are people choosing not to work in India? Understanding labor market and labor participation in India
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Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Flows in India: Impact of Covid-19 (with Aakash dev), 2023, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 66, pages299–327 (2023) #labour #labor #covid
Understanding productivity at plant level using data from manufacturing sector in India (with Shweta Jain)
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Evolution of the distribution of plant level productivity. #prodcutivity #innovation #imitation #entry #exit #skill #india
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Did Economic Reforms Affect Manufacturing Productivity in India? #prodcutivity #policy #economicliberalization #reforms #india
Covid: The Indian Economy, particularly manufacturing
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Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Flows in India: Impact of Covid-19 (with Aakash dev), 2023, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 66, pages299–327 (2023) #labour #labor #covid
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Lives and Livelihoods: An Exit Strategy from Lockdown For India (with Soma Dey and Shweta Jain), 30 May, 2020. EPW, Special Article, Vol. 55, Issue No. 22. #covid #policy #wfh #nightlight #india
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Impact of COVID -19 on Manufacturing Industries in India: Networks and Trade Dependence, with Shweta Jain, in The COVID-19 Pandemic, India and the World. Economic and Social Policy Perspectives, Rajib Bhattacharyya, Ananya Ghosh Dastidar, and Soumyen Sikdar (eds), Routledge, India, September 2021. #covid #india #manufacturing #supplychain #disruption
Research
My research interests are broadly in macroeconomics, international economics and issues related to emerging economies.
Understanding productivity at plant level using data from manufacturing sector in India (with Shweta Jain)
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Evolution of the distribution of plant level
Federalism and optimal (indirect) tax design
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Optimal Taxation in a Federation and GST in India (with Trishita Ray Barman) #optimaltaxation #GST #india #federalism
Frictions in the Indian Economy
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Monetary Business Cycle Accounting Analysis of Indian (with Kshitiz Mishra), Forthcoming, Journal of Quantitative Economics. #frictions #india #bca