Bhaskar Chakravorty
Biographic Data
| ID | 6448314 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bhaskar Chakravorty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bhaskar |
| FAMILY NAME | Chakravorty |
| SIGNATURE | CHAKRAVORTY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8510-0024 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Caste, gender and intersectionality in labour market aspirations
This study examines how social identity shapes future aspirations in a developing country context. Using data from a large-scale skill-training program for rural youth in India, we focus on two key identity dimensions: caste and gender. Our findings suggest that trainees from the socially disadvantaged groups – Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled Caste (SC) – have significantly lower income aspirations and expectations than trainees from privilege…
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India
We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the …
Impact of the Covid-19 crisis on India’s rural youth
This paper presents evidence on the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis on India’s rural youth. We interviewed about 2,000 vocational trainees from Bihar and Jharkhand three times after the first national lockdown in 2020, between June 2020 and December 2021. We find that a third of respondents who were in salaried jobs pre-lockdown lost their jobs, and half of those who worked out of state returned home shortly after the lockdown. …
Costs and Benefits of Australia's Alliance with the United States
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India
We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the …
Impact of the Covid-19 crisis on India’s rural youth
This paper presents evidence on the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis on India’s rural youth. We interviewed about 2,000 vocational trainees from Bihar and Jharkhand three times after the first national lockdown in 2020, between June 2020 and December 2021. We find that a third of respondents who were in salaried jobs pre-lockdown lost their jobs, and half of those who worked out of state returned home shortly after the lockdown. …
Costs and Benefits of Australia's Alliance with the United States
Impact of the Covid-19 crisis on India’s rural youth
This paper presents evidence on the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 crisis on India’s rural youth. We interviewed about 2,000 vocational trainees from Bihar and Jharkhand three times after the first national lockdown in 2020, between June 2020 and December 2021. We find that a third of respondents who were in salaried jobs pre-lockdown lost their jobs, and half of those who worked out of state returned home shortly after the lockdown. …
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India
We use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impact of providing richer information about prospective jobs to vocational trainees on their employment outcomes. The setting of the study is the vocational training program DDU-GKY in India. We find that including in the training two information sessions about placement opportunities make trainees 18% more likely to stay in the jobs in which they are placed. We provide suggestive evidence that the …
Caste, gender and intersectionality in labour market aspirations
This study examines how social identity shapes future aspirations in a developing country context. Using data from a large-scale skill-training program for rural youth in India, we focus on two key identity dimensions: caste and gender. Our findings suggest that trainees from the socially disadvantaged groups – Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Scheduled Caste (SC) – have significantly lower income aspirations and expectations than trainees from privilege…
Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Vocational education (2 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Alliance (1 work)