Asha Sundaram
Biographic Data
| ID | 6103480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asha Sundaram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asha |
| FAMILY NAME | Sundaram |
| SIGNATURE | SUNDARAM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1864-8019 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Family-Leave Mandates and Female Labor at U.S. Firms
We examine how the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) impacts the gender composition at U.S. firms experiencing a negative demand shock. Combining changes in Chinese imports across industries between 2000 and 2003 and a sharp regression discontinuity to identify FMLA status, we find that an increase in import competition decreases the share of female employment, earnings, and promotions at FMLA relative to non-FMLA firms. This effect is dri…
Human Rights Defenders and the Law A Constitutional and International Legal Approach
Roads, competition, and the informal sector
We examine the impact of competition from better connectivity to domestic markets on formal and informal firms. Combining geolocalized information on road improvements under a large infrastructure investment programme with data on manufacturing firms in Ethiopia between 2001 and 2013, we show that an increase in competition is associated with higher labour productivity, capital-intensity, investment in physical capital and wages in the formal sec…
Import competition, labor market regulations, and firm outsourcing
Cross-embedded ralationship nature of Human Rights-related treaties and instruments with environment-related sustainable development goals
It is imperative that Treaties & Instruments and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) must be analysed, considering their interdependencies and mutually reinforcing nature. The paper examines the Cross Embedded Relationship (CER) nature of core Human Rights-related Treaties & Instruments (HR-T&I) in Environment-related SDGs (E-SDG) in driving a metamorphic transformation process toward inclusive economic growth, adhering to human rig…
Trade liberalization, roads and firm productivity
Do institutions determine economic Geography? Evidence from the concentration of foreign suppliers
The Determinants of Capital Intensity in Manufacturing
Trade liberalization, roads and firm productivity
The Determinants of Capital Intensity in Manufacturing
Roads, competition, and the informal sector
We examine the impact of competition from better connectivity to domestic markets on formal and informal firms. Combining geolocalized information on road improvements under a large infrastructure investment programme with data on manufacturing firms in Ethiopia between 2001 and 2013, we show that an increase in competition is associated with higher labour productivity, capital-intensity, investment in physical capital and wages in the formal sec…
Do institutions determine economic Geography? Evidence from the concentration of foreign suppliers
The Determinants of Capital Intensity in Manufacturing
Do institutions determine economic Geography? Evidence from the concentration of foreign suppliers
Trade liberalization, roads and firm productivity
Cross-embedded ralationship nature of Human Rights-related treaties and instruments with environment-related sustainable development goals
It is imperative that Treaties & Instruments and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) must be analysed, considering their interdependencies and mutually reinforcing nature. The paper examines the Cross Embedded Relationship (CER) nature of core Human Rights-related Treaties & Instruments (HR-T&I) in Environment-related SDGs (E-SDG) in driving a metamorphic transformation process toward inclusive economic growth, adhering to human rig…
Roads, competition, and the informal sector
We examine the impact of competition from better connectivity to domestic markets on formal and informal firms. Combining geolocalized information on road improvements under a large infrastructure investment programme with data on manufacturing firms in Ethiopia between 2001 and 2013, we show that an increase in competition is associated with higher labour productivity, capital-intensity, investment in physical capital and wages in the formal sec…
Import competition, labor market regulations, and firm outsourcing
Human Rights Defenders and the Law A Constitutional and International Legal Approach
Family-Leave Mandates and Female Labor at U.S. Firms
We examine how the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) impacts the gender composition at U.S. firms experiencing a negative demand shock. Combining changes in Chinese imports across industries between 2000 and 2003 and a sharp regression discontinuity to identify FMLA status, we find that an increase in import competition decreases the share of female employment, earnings, and promotions at FMLA relative to non-FMLA firms. This effect is dri…
Business (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Global trade and economics (5 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Market economy (4 works) · Industrial organization (3 works) · International trade (3 works) · Capital (architecture (2 works) · Capital intensity (2 works) · Competition (biology (2 works)