Saibal Kar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5723932 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saibal Kar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saibal |
| FAMILY NAME | Kar |
| SIGNATURE | KAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8134-1517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trade Within OECD Countries and Skill Premia
While wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers arising from North–South trade, migration and technology is extensively studied, the impact of trade between OECD countries on skill premia is relatively less explored. This paper uses EU KLEMS data for a panel of 24 OECD countries between 2008 and 2017 to show that trade invariably raises wage premia in these countries. We also include country‐specific technology upgrades, within OECD i…
Prison Inmates, Public Expenditure and Recidivism across States in India
The Model Prison and Correctional Services Act 2023 offers little provisions for rehabilitation of prison inmates in India. The prison reforms and budgetary allocations must take into consideration the impact of training and welfare expenses on the number of rehabilitated inmates for the overall sustainability of the prison and correctional system that have considerable social and economic implications. We show that expenditure per inmate has a p…
Does skill emigration hurt unskilled workers? Theory and cross‐country evidence
How does out‐migration of skilled workers affect unskilled workers' wage in the source country? When skilled workers emigrate, unskilled wages tend to go down in some countries. If the sector that uses both skilled and unskilled workers shows a lower degree of capital intensity as compared to sectors that use only skilled workers in production, it is a common outcome. We use 19 years of cross‐country data from the International Labor Organization…
Seeking Rent in the Informal Sector
Rent seeking within the vast informal segment of the developing world is a relatively under‐explored topic in the interface of labor market policies and public economics. Moreover, how rent seeking and corruption within the informal segment gets affected by economic reforms targeted for the formal sector is rarely discussed in the literature. This paper fills the gap. We identify conditions under which economic reform in the formal segment will i…
FDI and Business Internationalization of the Unorganized Sector: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Protectionary bias in agriculture: A pure economic argument
Protectionary bias in agriculture: A pure economic argument
FDI and Business Internationalization of the Unorganized Sector: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Seeking Rent in the Informal Sector
Rent seeking within the vast informal segment of the developing world is a relatively under‐explored topic in the interface of labor market policies and public economics. Moreover, how rent seeking and corruption within the informal segment gets affected by economic reforms targeted for the formal sector is rarely discussed in the literature. This paper fills the gap. We identify conditions under which economic reform in the formal segment will i…
Does skill emigration hurt unskilled workers? Theory and cross‐country evidence
How does out‐migration of skilled workers affect unskilled workers' wage in the source country? When skilled workers emigrate, unskilled wages tend to go down in some countries. If the sector that uses both skilled and unskilled workers shows a lower degree of capital intensity as compared to sectors that use only skilled workers in production, it is a common outcome. We use 19 years of cross‐country data from the International Labor Organization…
Trade Within OECD Countries and Skill Premia
While wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers arising from North–South trade, migration and technology is extensively studied, the impact of trade between OECD countries on skill premia is relatively less explored. This paper uses EU KLEMS data for a panel of 24 OECD countries between 2008 and 2017 to show that trade invariably raises wage premia in these countries. We also include country‐specific technology upgrades, within OECD i…
Prison Inmates, Public Expenditure and Recidivism across States in India
The Model Prison and Correctional Services Act 2023 offers little provisions for rehabilitation of prison inmates in India. The prison reforms and budgetary allocations must take into consideration the impact of training and welfare expenses on the number of rehabilitated inmates for the overall sustainability of the prison and correctional system that have considerable social and economic implications. We show that expenditure per inmate has a p…
Economics (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Global trade and economics (3 works) · International economics (3 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works) · International trade (2 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Macroeconomics (2 works) · Market economy (2 works)