PARTHA CHATTERJEE
Dean of Academics
Professor of Economics
Shiv Nadar IOE, Delhi-NCR
Partha Chatterjee is a macroeconomist and an educator based in India. Partha Chatterjee is currently the Dean of Academics at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR, and a Professor at the Department of Economics. Previously, he was a faculty member at the National University of Singapore Business School and FMS, University of Delhi. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota. Professor Chatterjee’s research interests are broadly in macroeconomics, international economics, and issues related to emerging economies. He also has a keen interest in issues related to higher education, particularly in India, both intellectually and as a practitioner. ​​
Recent Activities
NEW POSTS
Small-business risk sharing can deliver inclusive economic growth
This is why central banks unlikely to cut rates so soon
The promise and peril of generative AI: Should research be stopped?
India's GDP figures for Jan-Mar 2023 Quarter - My inital reaction at BBC World News.
Robert Lucas, the Nobel laureate who revolutionized macroeconomics
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LABOR MARKET IN INDIA
Labour Market Dynamics and Worker Flows in India: Impact of Covid-19 (with Aakash Dev). Indian Journal of Labour Economics (2023).
Quoted by BW on MSMEs and government internship scheme
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INFLATION​ AND MONETARY POLICY
This is why central banks unlikely to cut rates so soon
Why the Fed is right in hiking rates
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Why RBI’s inflation forecasting model needs to be bolstered for economic recovery
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Globalization of Inflation and Monetary Policy Making
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Quoted @The Telegraph India
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Research
My research interests are broadly in macroeconomics, international economics and issues related to emerging economies.
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CURRENT PROJECTS
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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
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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
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​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
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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
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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
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