Research

What Drives Global Patenting Activity? A Panel and Cross-Sectional Econometric Analysis of Resident Patent Filings, Economic Development, and Industrial Intensity

Uses a 141-country cross-section and a 2,201-observation panel (136 countries, 2000–2021) with OLS, panel fixed effects, a Negative Binomial count model and grouped-cross-validated machine learning. The income–patents association is largely a between-country pattern.

Research on Migration, Health and Global Skills Partnerships

Research on international migration, health and global skills partnerships between labour-abundant and labour-short economies.

Bleeding at the Margins: Understanding Period Poverty among SC and ST Women Using Decomposition Analysis

Uses NFHS-5 and decomposition analysis to examine period poverty among Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe women in India.

The Feldstein–Horioka Puzzle at Forty-Five: A Panel Smooth Transition Regression Approach

Revisits the savings–investment relationship and capital mobility using a panel smooth transition regression.

Walmart–SAIS Policy Challenge Report

Policy challenge research completed as part of the SAIS–Walmart Global Policy Challenge.

Does India’s National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly Improve Health Satisfaction? A Difference-in-Differences Analysis Using WHO-SAGE India, 2007–2015

Collective Action and Property Ownership Among Married Women in India: Evidence from the India Human Development Survey

Functional Independence, Widowhood, and Cardiometabolic Health: Evidence from India’s Longitudinal Ageing Study

Does marital status moderate the protective effect of functional status on hypertension and sleep problems in elderly Indian women?

Does Kerala’s Nurse Emigration Constitute a “Brain Drain”?

Does the Education of Political Representatives Matter?

Health as a Human Right: A Critical Assessment of Public Health Governance and Health Outcomes in Uttar Pradesh, India

Expanding the Reach of Justice: Strengthening the National Human Rights Commission’s Outreach in Rural India

A report exploring how the NHRC can strengthen its reach and accessibility in rural communities.

India’s progress in global university rankings: Concentrated, not broad-based excellence

The paradox between the QS rankings of Indian institutions and India's overall performance in higher education.

Numbers and Narratives: The Human Side of Economics Research

Reflection on the human dimensions of economics research.

Can Policy and Narratives Go Hand in Hand?

Explores the relationship between policy and public narratives.

Government Implementation of Demonetisation

A Letter to My Favourite Books

An Afternoon of Verse: American-Czech Poetry Reading at I-House DC