Projects

The Demand Drivers of (Unequal) Growth: Evidence from 25 years of structural change in India **NEW!!**
Joint with Gautam Narayanan
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The Demand Drivers of (Unequal) Growth: Evidence from 25 years of structural change in India **NEW!!**
The Unproductive Wealth of Nations - The Case of Gold in India

Joint with Soroush Sabet

Presented at: EWMES (2025), Aix-Marseille (2026), E1 Queen Mary (2026), Groningen (2026), EEA (2026)

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The Unproductive Wealth of Nations - The Case of Gold in India
Estimating government worker skills

New working paper & submitted!

Presented at: World Bank Bureaucracy Lab (April 2024), Stockholm (Nov 2020), EUDN (Sept 2020)

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Estimating government worker skills
Making a Growth Miracle - Historical Persistence and the Dynamics of Development (JMP)

Joint with Oscar Fentanes New version coming soon!

Presented at: Barcelona Summer Forum (2025), Warwick (2025), Cemfi (2025), SED (2024), Princeton (Feb 2023), WashU (Feb 2023), EWMES (Dec 2022), EEA/ESEM (Aug 2022), Annual STEG (Jan 2022), ENTER Jamboree (2021)

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Making a Growth Miracle - Historical Persistence and the Dynamics of Development (JMP)
The Aggregate Costs of Political Connections

Conditional accept at Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics

Presented at: Mannheim (Nov 2021), EEA/ESEM (Aug 2021)

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The Aggregate Costs of Political Connections