Amarjyoti Mahanta

Biographic Data

ID4621259
NAMEAmarjyoti Mahanta
GIVEN NAMESAmarjyoti
FAMILY NAMEMahanta
SIGNATUREMAHANTA A
AFFILIATIONSIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati
ORCID0000-0003-1502-4948
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Variations in Livelihood Diversification among the Plains and Hill Tribal Communities of Assam, Northeast India

    Open AccessDebakshi Bora, Amarjyoti MahantaARTICLEHuman Ecology2026

  • Does Economic Deprivation Lead to Property Crimes

    Open AccessD N Dhar, Amarjyoti Mahanta et al.ARTICLEPoverty & Public Policy2026References: 15

    It is an evident fact that economic deprivation increases crimes; however, in a developing country like India, deprivation measured in terms of per capita consumption expenditure or income might not be able to provide a comprehensive picture due to the persistence of cash in kind, unavailability of district‐level statistics, and the presence of seasonal elements in income and expenditure. Therefore, this study creates a deprivation index based on…

  • Friendship–kinship network and access to bank credit in India

    Open AccessPallabi Chakraborty, Amarjyoti MahantaARTICLEEmpirical Economics2025

    We examine the relationship between friends and relatives (FR) network and Indian households’ access to formal (bank) credit. Using a nationally representative dataset and a Heckman sample selection model with instrumental variables, we find that households with an active FR network are less likely to apply for bank loans, but conditional on applying, they are more likely to be approved. These results support our hypotheses that informal borrowin…

  • Rural Livelihood Diversification Among Tribal Communities of North-Eastern Region of India

    Open AccessDebakshi Bora, Amarjyoti MahantaARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2024

    This article is furnished with a comprehensive review of nature and extent of rural livelihood diversification with special focus on North-Eastern region of India. This study reveals that the tribal communities of this region adopt livelihood diversification as a strategy of coping with risk due to persistent low agricultural productivity and population pressure. Despite this fact, the extent of diversification is low. Agriculture and land still …

  • Rural non-farm employment diversification in India

    Open AccessKashmiri Das, Amarjyoti MahantaARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2023

    Purpose Non-farm employment has transitioned from a residual to a dominant livelihood option in rural India. Despite the sector’s diverse welfare implications, it is still a male-dominant sector with limited scope for female’s participation. Several socio-economic and cultural factors are responsible for such disparities in occupational choices. The purpose of this study is to examine this gender dimension of occupational diversification for rura…

  • Pattern and drivers of profitability in India’s unorganised manufacturing sector

    Md Nasir Khurshid, Debarshi Das et al.ARTICLEReview of Social Economy2023

    Using data from National Sample Survey Organisation surveys, the paper analyses the profit rate and its drivers in India’s unorganised manufacturing sector for the period 2000–01 to 2015–16. The entire period has been subdivided into three smaller periods to examine the short-run fluctuations in profitability. The study has been carried out at disaggregate level, namely, state and industry levels as well. The output-capital ratio has behaved cycl…