Dr. Meghna Dutta

Research Areas/Areas of Interest:Applied Microeconomics, Panel Data and Cross–Section Econometrics, International Economics, Development EconomicsOther Interests :Indian Economy, Behavioral Economics, Pricing.

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor at Goa Institute of Management
• Taught at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, School of Rural Development.

Courses Taught:

• HS 201: Microeconomics
• HS 202: Macroeconomics
• HS 504: Econometrics

Training Sessions & Lectures Delivered:

• Lectures delivered at Naval War College at INS Mandovi, Goa on “Macroeconomics” from 10th November to 5^th December, 2015.
• Lectures delivered at Naval War College at INS Mandovi, Goa on “Game Theory” from 18th April to 10^th May, 2016.
• Lectures delivered at Colorcon on “Managerial Economics” from 6th July, 2016 – 10^th November, 2016.

Awards & Honours/ Fellowship:

• ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship

Member of Professional bodies:

• The Indian Econometric Society
• Indian Society for Labour Economics

Book Chapters:

• “International Trade and Production Organization: A Review of Contemporary Literature” in S. Marjit and S. Kar (eds.) International Trade, Welfare, and General Equilibrium: Contemporary and Emerging Perspectives, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
• “Human Capital Fostering Service Sector as an Element in Economic Growth.” in Masaeli et al. (ed.), India of our Dreams: A Model for Global Development, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, forthcoming.
• “The Unorganized Sector and Access to Finance in Rural India” in A. Goyal (ed.), Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st Century: Understanding the Inherent Dynamism, 2014, Oxford University Press, New Delhi (with Saibal Kar).

Publications:

• “Outsourcing and Productivity During Economic Crisis: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Firms”, Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, Vol. 17(2), pp. 1-13, (with Saibal Kar), Sage Publication, 2018.
• “Globalization, Corruption and Women Empowerment”, Economic Papers: A Journal of Applied Economics and Policy, Vol. 37, No. 3, pp. 327-343, Wiley, 2018.
• “FDI and Business Internationalization of the Unorganized Sector: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing”, World Development, 2016, Vol. 83, pp. 340-349, 2016 (with Hamid Beladi and Saibal Kar).
• “Intra-country Technology Transfer”, Indian Economic Review (special volume on Applied Game Theory and Policy), 2017, Vol. LI, No.1-2, pp. 117-127, (with Sugata Marjit).
• “Product Variety, Finite Changes and Wage Inequality”, Economic Modelling, 2013, Vol. 35, pp. 610-613 (with Saibal Kar and Sugata Marjit).
• “Access to Health” in Towards Bridging Disparities, Human Development Report –Solapur district, 2015, UNDP (with Niladri Sekhar Dhar).
• “Gender Equity and Empowerment”, in Towards Bridging Disparities, Human Development Report – Solapur district, 2015, UNDP.

Book Reviews:

• Review of the book International Trade and Economic Development, South Asian Journal of Macroeconomic and Public Finance, Sage Publications, Vol.4, No. 2, pp. 288–290, 2015.
• “In Search of a Better World? Labour Migration from South Asia”, South Asian Economic Journal, Sage Publication, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 335-337 (with Saibal Kar), ISSN: 1391-5614, 2013.

Other Publications:

• “Inter-State Trade Barriers in India: Cause for Concern?”, 2013, Samay Paribartan, Vol. 2, Issue 12 (with Saibal Kar)
• “Quality of Management Education”, 2016, Vyapar Expert, Vol 2, Issue 7 (with Divya Singhal)

Presentations:

• Presented the paper titled “Does Outsourcing enhance productivity? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing firms” at the National Conference Of Input-Output Research Association of India in Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, 2017.
• Presented the paper titled “FDI and Intra-Country Transfer of Technology: A Theoretical Model” at Faculty Research Seminar in the Goa Institute of Management.
• Presented a paper titled “Product Variety, Finite Changes and Wage Inequality” at the National Seminar on Emerging Issues in International Trade: Theory and Empirics at the Jadavpur University, 2013.
• Presented a paper titled “FDI and Production Outsourcing: Evidence from the Organized and Unorganized Sectors in India” at the Young Scholars’ Seminar in Jawaharlal Nehru University, March 2013.
• Participated in the BREAD-IGC-ISI Summer School in July, 2012.
• Presented a paper titled “Occupational Health Hazard in the Informal Sector: Measurement Issues in providing for Social Security” at a seminar on Contemporary Debates in Indian and Regional Economy at the University of Calcutta.