Rajesh Raj S.N.

   Designation: Associate Professor

   Date of Joining: 24/06/2014

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Academic Record & distinction

MA, MPhil (University of Kerala)

PhD (IIT Madras)

Visiting Scholar, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, March-May, 2020

Honorary Research Fellow, SEED, University of Manchester, 2014-2017.

Areas of Specialization

Industrial Economics, Labour Economics, Firm Dynamics, Informal Economy

Latest Publications

1. Small Firm Ownership and Credit Constraints in India, (with S. Sasidharan), Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2021, ISBN: 978-0-367-13512-6 (hbk) pages xvi+199
2. Out of the Shadows? The Informal Manufacturing in Post-Reform India, (with K. Sen), New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016, ISBN-13:978-0-19-946084-7 (hbk), pages xx+260
3. Make in India in Budgets: Allocation and Outcome(s)!, (with Kathuria, V.), Economic and Political Weekly, (2024) 59(39): 45-51.
4. Is bribery a conscious, strategic and rational choice? Impact on firms’ growth in India, (with Chhetri, P. C.), Journal of Policy Modeling, (2024) 46(5): 1000-1019.
5. What explains exit in Indian manufacturing industries?, (with Kathuria, V.), Indian Growth and Development Review, (2024) 17(2): 207-223.
6. Productivity and wage gaps between informal and formal firms in India: Trends and determinants, (with Rabbani, G.), Journal of the International Council for Small Business, (2024) 5(3): 282-303.
7. The role of financial constraints in firm transition—Evidence from Indian manufacturing, (with Rabbani, G.), Journal of International Development, (2024) 36(4): 2193-2228.
8. Payment delay in workfare programmes and household welfare: Theory and some evidence from India, (with Sen, K. and Basu, P.), Manchester School, (2024) 92(2): 93-121.
9. Hitting the Target, Missing the Point? Microcredit and Women Empowerment in Rural India, (with Basumatary, H. and Chhetri, P.C.) Journal of Poverty, (2023) 27(3): 217-234.
10. Small firms amidst COVID-19: Financial constraints and role of government support, (with Chundakkadan, R. and Sasidharan, S.), Economic Notes, (2022) 51(3): e12206.
11. Does the gender of the owner affect firm productivity in India’s informal economy, (with Gang, I. Sen, K. and Yun, M-S.), Journal of Income Distribution, (2022) 31(3-4): 180-222.
12. Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship: India’s informal sector firms, (Gang, I. and Sen, K.), Journal of Development Studies, (2022) 58(7): 1383-1402.