Contact Information
E-mail: sisirdebnath@iitd.ac.in
Office: +91-11-2654-8425
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, MS 607
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016
Delhi, India
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
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
Teaching Areas
Microeconomics, Econometrics, Probability and Statistics, Health Economics