Sisir Debnath
Assistant Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
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Biography
RESEARCH AREAS
Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- Ph.D., Economics, University of Virginia, 2013
- M.Phil., Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2006
- M.A., Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2004
TEACHING AREAS
Microeconomics, Econometrics, Probability and Statistics, Health Economics
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Assistant Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2019 - current
- Assistant Professor, Economics and Public Policy, Indian School of Business, 2013 - 2019
PUBLICATIONS
The Impact of Household Structure on Female Autonomy in Developing Countries, Journal of Development Studies, 51:5, 485-502, 2015
Intergenerational Consequences of Early Age Marriages on Human Capital, (with Sheetal Sekhri) Journal of Development Studies, 50:12, 1670-1686, 2014
Improving Maternal Health with Incentives to Mothers vs. Health Workers: Evidence from India. Eco- nomic Development and Cultural Change,2018, https://doi.org/10.1086/703083
Social connections and tertiary health-care utilization, (with Tarun Jain), Health Economics, 29:4, 464- 474, 2020
A Breath of Fresh Air: Raising Awareness for Clean Fuel Adoption (with Farzana Afridi and E. Somanathan), Journal of Development Economics, Volume 151, June 2021, 102674
Videos
IGC Panel Discussion: [6/14] Women’s Health – Key for Sustainable Development - Sisir Debnath
Discussion | The Challenge of Financing Primary Health Care in India
IGC Panel Discussion: [1/14] Women’s Health – Key for Sustainable Development - Sisir Debnath
Can technology improve the delivery of school feeding programmes?
SESSION 3: AGRICULTURE AND MIGRATION, IGC Bihar Growth Conference 2015, 25-26 July.
[1/7 ] Shri Sanjay Kumar, IAS and Dr Sisir Debnath : Setting the Agenda
Q&A - How technology improved accountability for delivery of mid-day meals
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