Sankar Mukhopadhyay
Biographic Data
| ID | 5986890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sankar Mukhopadhyay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sankar |
| FAMILY NAME | Mukhopadhyay |
| SIGNATURE | MUKHOPADHYAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Reno |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1824-8843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Long-term consequences of early-life exposure to Famine
While a large literature has examined the consequences of many major famines of the 20th century, almost nothing is known about the long-run health effects of the 1943 Bengal famine, which resulted in the death of an estimated three million people in Bengal. During the 1943 Bengal famine, while food was available in the rest of India, millions of people died in Bengal of starvation, primarily due to wartime policy restrictions by the British gove…
The cost of health insurance and entry into entrepreneurship
The effects of Medicaid expansion on job loss induced mental distress during the Covid-19 pandemic in the US
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented level of job losses in the U.S., where job loss is also associated with the loss of health insurance. This paper uses data from the 2020 Household Pulse Survey (HPS) and difference-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of Medicaid expansion on anxiety and depression associated with job loss. Estimates show that the respondents who live in expansion states are 96.6% more likely to have …
Elections have (health) consequences
Do employers discriminate against obese employees? Evidence from individuals who are simultaneously self-employed and working for an employer
Language assimilation and performance in achievement tests among Hispanic children in the U.S
Will Skill-Based Immigration Policies Lead to Lower Remittances? An Analysis of the Relations between Education, Sponsorship, and Remittances
As more and more developed countries adopt policies that favour highly educated immigrants, the impact of such policies on developing countries remains unclear. Some researchers have argued that migrants who are more educated tend to bring their immediate family members to host countries, and thus, send less money to source countries in remittances. While a number of papers have documented the relationship between education and remittance, whethe…
New Evidence on International Transferability of Human Capital
This article sheds new light on the portability of human capital. We estimate the returns to source country experiences, viz., general, occupation-specific, and task-specific experiences, using data from the New Immigrant Survey (NIS), conducted in 2003. While the “returns to general experience” has been discussed in the literature, we are not aware of any previous attempt to estimate the returns to source country occupation-specific and task-spe…
Incentive design to boost health for juveniles with Medicaid coverage
An Application of Difference-in-Difference-Difference Model
Institutional laws and arrangements such as prevailing wage laws influence the employment levels and wage rates of the local labor supply. Conflicting research, however, has shown that prevailing wage laws lead to higher construction costs, while others show little to no relationship. Most of these studies are completed at the national level whose results at the regional level may not be applicable. This article examines the impact of prevailing …
Long‐Term Trends in Relative Earnings Mobility
Objectives The extent of individual mobility across hierarchical ranks of the income distribution is a critical factor in interpreting the sociopolitical significance of well‐documented increases in cross‐sectional inequality. The objective of this study is to replicate two earlier investigations of mobility, allowing one to discern trends in mobility rates and patterns. Methods Mobility was measured using data from NLSY79 (where NLSY is National…
The Value of an Employment-Based Green Card
The need for and role of highly skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. economy is fiercely debated. Proponents and opponents agree that temporary foreign workers are paid a lower wage than are natives. This lower wage partly originates from the restricted mobility of workers while on a temporary visa. In this article, we estimate the wage gain to employment-based immigrants from acquiring permanent U.S. residency. We use data from the New Immigran…
An Application of Difference-in-Difference-Difference Model
Institutional laws and arrangements such as prevailing wage laws influence the employment levels and wage rates of the local labor supply. Conflicting research, however, has shown that prevailing wage laws lead to higher construction costs, while others show little to no relationship. Most of these studies are completed at the national level whose results at the regional level may not be applicable. This article examines the impact of prevailing …
Long‐Term Trends in Relative Earnings Mobility
Objectives The extent of individual mobility across hierarchical ranks of the income distribution is a critical factor in interpreting the sociopolitical significance of well‐documented increases in cross‐sectional inequality. The objective of this study is to replicate two earlier investigations of mobility, allowing one to discern trends in mobility rates and patterns. Methods Mobility was measured using data from NLSY79 (where NLSY is National…
The Value of an Employment-Based Green Card
The need for and role of highly skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. economy is fiercely debated. Proponents and opponents agree that temporary foreign workers are paid a lower wage than are natives. This lower wage partly originates from the restricted mobility of workers while on a temporary visa. In this article, we estimate the wage gain to employment-based immigrants from acquiring permanent U.S. residency. We use data from the New Immigran…
The Value of an Employment-Based Green Card
The need for and role of highly skilled immigrant workers in the U.S. economy is fiercely debated. Proponents and opponents agree that temporary foreign workers are paid a lower wage than are natives. This lower wage partly originates from the restricted mobility of workers while on a temporary visa. In this article, we estimate the wage gain to employment-based immigrants from acquiring permanent U.S. residency. We use data from the New Immigran…
Long‐Term Trends in Relative Earnings Mobility
Objectives The extent of individual mobility across hierarchical ranks of the income distribution is a critical factor in interpreting the sociopolitical significance of well‐documented increases in cross‐sectional inequality. The objective of this study is to replicate two earlier investigations of mobility, allowing one to discern trends in mobility rates and patterns. Methods Mobility was measured using data from NLSY79 (where NLSY is National…
An Application of Difference-in-Difference-Difference Model
Institutional laws and arrangements such as prevailing wage laws influence the employment levels and wage rates of the local labor supply. Conflicting research, however, has shown that prevailing wage laws lead to higher construction costs, while others show little to no relationship. Most of these studies are completed at the national level whose results at the regional level may not be applicable. This article examines the impact of prevailing …
Incentive design to boost health for juveniles with Medicaid coverage
Language assimilation and performance in achievement tests among Hispanic children in the U.S
Will Skill-Based Immigration Policies Lead to Lower Remittances? An Analysis of the Relations between Education, Sponsorship, and Remittances
As more and more developed countries adopt policies that favour highly educated immigrants, the impact of such policies on developing countries remains unclear. Some researchers have argued that migrants who are more educated tend to bring their immediate family members to host countries, and thus, send less money to source countries in remittances. While a number of papers have documented the relationship between education and remittance, whethe…
New Evidence on International Transferability of Human Capital
This article sheds new light on the portability of human capital. We estimate the returns to source country experiences, viz., general, occupation-specific, and task-specific experiences, using data from the New Immigrant Survey (NIS), conducted in 2003. While the “returns to general experience” has been discussed in the literature, we are not aware of any previous attempt to estimate the returns to source country occupation-specific and task-spe…
Do employers discriminate against obese employees? Evidence from individuals who are simultaneously self-employed and working for an employer
The effects of Medicaid expansion on job loss induced mental distress during the Covid-19 pandemic in the US
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented level of job losses in the U.S., where job loss is also associated with the loss of health insurance. This paper uses data from the 2020 Household Pulse Survey (HPS) and difference-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of Medicaid expansion on anxiety and depression associated with job loss. Estimates show that the respondents who live in expansion states are 96.6% more likely to have …
Elections have (health) consequences
The cost of health insurance and entry into entrepreneurship
Long-term consequences of early-life exposure to Famine
While a large literature has examined the consequences of many major famines of the 20th century, almost nothing is known about the long-run health effects of the 1943 Bengal famine, which resulted in the death of an estimated three million people in Bengal. During the 1943 Bengal famine, while food was available in the rest of India, millions of people died in Bengal of starvation, primarily due to wartime policy restrictions by the British gove…
Economics (10 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Health care (3 works)