Sourabh is an economist working on issues in development and applied macroeconomics. His research focuses on how economic changes in India affect labor markets, inequality, health, and productivity. He has studied caste-based occupational mobility, skill mismatch, and gender disparities in employment. His work on nutrition and food preferences examines dietary shifts and the puzzle of declining calorie consumption in India. He also works on the targeting of social pensions, the impact of transportation infrastructure, and the economic costs of road accidents. His recent projects use satellite data to study local living conditions. Sourabh holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, an M.S. in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, and an M.Phil. from IGIDR. At IIT Delhi, he teaches econometrics and macroeconomics to undergraduate students, and macroeconomics, time series econometrics and forecasting to Ph.D. students. His recent research includes monetary economics, focusing on sentiment analysis of monetary policy communication using machine learning techniques.
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