Arnab K. Basu is Professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University. His main research interests are in the areas of labor markets in development countries, the economics of eco-and social labeling, and field experiments to elicit behavioral preferences. Within labor markets, Arnab's research spans topics on the informal sector, minimum wage and enforcement, labor contracts, employment guarantee schemes, child labor, and human trafficking. His recent research involves the design (in Colombia and Cote d’Ivoire) and evaluation (in Ethiopia and Vietnam) of field experiments to study how behavioral preferences affect production decisions, household labor supply, human capital investments and labor mobility. He is also involved in several projects that are India-specific, viz., the link between indoor air pollution and child mortality, differential health reporting error amongst older adults and the link between a ban alcohol purchase and intimate partner violence. Arnab is a past research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, visiting scholar at the United Nations University-World Institute of Development Economics Research, and is a recipient of the Theodore W. Schultz Young Economist Prize awarded by the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE). He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Economic Policy Reform and an Academic Editor for the Public Library of Science journal, PLoS ONE. Arnab holds a Ph.D in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University and a M.A in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in December 2008.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15808
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15583
Ralitza Dimova, Edouard Pokou Abou, Arnab K. Basu, Romane Viennet
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14867
revised version published in: Economic Modelling, 2022, 108, 105733
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13420
published in: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 2020, 102 (3), 237-253
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12609
forthcoming in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11579
revised version forthcoming in: Journal of Development Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9973
revised version forthcoming as 'Consequences of Offshoring to Developing Nations: Labor-Market Outcomes, Welfare and Corrective Interventions' in: Economic Inquiry
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9972
forthcoming in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6228
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 1-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6226
revised version published in: Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, 57 (2), 349-386
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5845
revised version forthcoming in: Economic Journal [Online First]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5701
Journal of Economic Inequality, 2013, 11 (1), 1-34,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5229
published in: International Review of Economics and Finance, 2010, 19, 662-670
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5142
published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing: 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3002
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (3-4), 482-497
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2998
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (543), 244 - 269
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