Shruti Sharma

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Applied Microeconomics, International Economics, Development Economics

PUBLICATIONS

• “Trends in Employment and Wages of Female and Male Workers in India: A Task-Content-of-Occupations Approach,” Asian Development Review: Volume 39, Number 1, March 2022
• “The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Gender Inequality in India,” Transnational Corporations, Volume 27, Nov 2020, Number 3
• “Heterogeneity of Imported Intermediate Inputs and Labour: Evidence from India’s Input Tariff Liberalization,” Applied Economics, Vol. 50, Issue 11, 2018
• “Does Plant-Size Matter? Differential Effects of FDI on Wages and Employment in Indian Manufacturing,” Asian Development Review, Vol. 35, Issue 1, March 2018
• “Employment, Wages, and Inequality in India: An Occupations and Tasks-based Approach.” Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 59, Issue 4, December 2016
• “State-led corridor development: Economic and environmental consequences of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor,” with Seth Schindler. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 52, Issue No. 44, 04 Nov, 2017
• “Information Technology and Productivity in Indian Manufacturing,” with Nirvikar Singh. India Policy Forum 2012-13, 2013, Vol. 9, pp. 189-231, Edited by Shekhar Shah, Barry Bosworth and Arvind Panagariya, An NCAER and Brookings Publication.
• “Case Study: India" Chapter 5 in "Trade Liberalization and Poverty in South Asia,” with Rashmi Banga, Routledge Studies in Growth Economies in Asia, Routledge Publication, July 2011
• “Panchayat and the Community Based Monitoring System in Sehore District, Madhya Pradesh,” with Sameer Chaturvedi, Marissa Larma and Seth Schindler, UNICEF KCCI Case Study, February 2006

WORKING PAPERS

• “The Differential Effects of Technology and Trade on Female and Male Workers in India,” ADBI Working Paper 1031. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute, Nov 2019
• “Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Pollution Abatement, ” ADBI Working Paper 1003. Tokyo: Asian Development Bank Institute, Sep 2019
• “Foreign market access and Chinese competition in India’s textile and clothing industries: Impacts on firms and workers, ” IGC Working Paper, F-89317-INC-1, August 2017
• “ICT Adoption and Organizational Change in Public and Private Enterprises: An Exploration of Plant and Enterprise Level Data in India,” with Rakesh Basant, IIMA Working Papers, WP 2014-01-04
• “Imported Intermediate Inputs and Workforce Composition: Evidence from India’s Tariff Liberalization,” The Conference Board, Economics Program Working Paper Series, EPWP #13 – 03, June 2013

Degrees

• University of California, Santa Cruz

• PhD, Economics 2008 – 2013

• Jawaharlal Nehru University (Center for Economic Studies and Planning)

• M.A., Economics 2005 – 2007

• Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University

• B.A., Economics 2002 – 2005