Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Prashant is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, working on the ‘Mapping global gender gaps in digital connectivity’ project. Prior to joining Oxford, Prashant was an Assistant Professor in the Economics department at the Indian Institute Management of Amritsar (IIM Amritsar). He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow), specializing in the Economics area. Prashant’s research interests are in the fields of applied microeconomics and development economics, with a focus on issues related to gender, education, health, labor, and religion.
Prashant’s research has been published in international peer-reviewed journals including Economica, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Population and Environment, and Transport Policy. He has also presented his work at several conferences including those organized by the American Economic Association, the European Economic Association, and the Royal Economic Society. Prashant is also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).
Publications
Chatterjee, S., & Poddar, P. (2022). Women's Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Multidimensional Policy in India. Economic Development and Cultural Change, Forthcoming
Chatterjee, S., & Poddar, P. (2021). From safe motherhood to cognitive ability: Exploring intrahousehold and intergenerational spillovers. Economica, 88(352), 1075-1106.
Poddar, P., & Singh, V. (2021). When left is ‘right’! The impact of driving-side practice on road fatalities in Africa. Transport Policy, 114, 225-232.
Poddar, P., Pal, D., & Chatterjee, S. (2021). Moving up the energy ladder: does socio-religious status matter?. Population and Environment, 42, 325-359.
Poddar, P., & Singh, S. K. (2022). Innovation and corruption: Dissecting causal linkage using patent application information from India. The Singapore Economic Review, 67(03), 1147-1173.
Prashant Poddar
PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Prashant is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, working on the ‘Mapping global gender gaps in digital connectivity’ project. Prior to joining Oxford, Prashant was an Assistant Professor in the Economics department at the Indian Institute Management of Amritsar (IIM Amritsar). He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow), specializing in the Economics area. Prashant’s research interests are in the fields of applied microeconomics and development economics, with a focus on issues related to gender, education, health, labor, and religion.
Prashant’s research has been published in international peer-reviewed journals including Economica, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Population and Environment, and Transport Policy. He has also presented his work at several conferences including those organized by the American Economic Association, the European Economic Association, and the Royal Economic Society. Prashant is also a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).
Publications
Chatterjee, S., & Poddar, P. (2022). Women's Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Multidimensional Policy in India. Economic Development and Cultural Change, Forthcoming
Chatterjee, S., & Poddar, P. (2021). From safe motherhood to cognitive ability: Exploring intrahousehold and intergenerational spillovers. Economica, 88(352), 1075-1106.
Poddar, P., & Singh, V. (2021). When left is ‘right’! The impact of driving-side practice on road fatalities in Africa. Transport Policy, 114, 225-232.
Poddar, P., Pal, D., & Chatterjee, S. (2021). Moving up the energy ladder: does socio-religious status matter?. Population and Environment, 42, 325-359.
Poddar, P., & Singh, S. K. (2022). Innovation and corruption: Dissecting causal linkage using patent application information from India. The Singapore Economic Review, 67(03), 1147-1173.