SOHAM SAHOO
Address: Old Hostel Room 214
Indian Statistical Institute
7 S.J.S.S. Marg, New Delhi 16
Phone: +91-9711713079
Email: [email protected]
http://www.isid.ac.in/~soham9r
Current Position:
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, 2009 till date
Dissertation title: “Essays on Economics of Education”
Adviser: Dr. Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
Expected date of submission: February, 2015
Education:
M.A. in Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2006–2008, First Division
B.A. with Honours in Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2003–2006, First Division
Research Interests:
Economics of Education, Development Economics, Labour Economics
Working Papers:
“Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: Evidence from the National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme”, with Farzana Afridi and Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Young Lives
Working Paper No. 95, (Under review)
“Does Access to Secondary Education Affect Primary Schooling? Evidence from India”, with
Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, IZA Discussion Paper No. 6507, (Under review)
“Intra-Household Gender Disparity in School Choice: Evidence from Private Schooling in India”
Conference/Seminar Presentations:
2014:
European Society for Population Economics Conference (University of Minho, Portugal);
European Population Conference (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary); International
Economic Association World Congress (Jordan); Young Scholars’ Seminar (Jawaharlal Nehru
University, Delhi)
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2013:
IMR Doctoral Conference (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore); Graduate Students’
Seminar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi); 22nd Annual Conference on Contemporary
Issues in Development Economics (Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
2012:
Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Delhi School of Economics); 8th Annual
Conference on Economic Growth and Development (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi);
Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC, Dartmouth College, USA); IZA at
DC Young Scholar Program (Georgetown University, USA); 5th Italian Doctoral Workshop in
Economics and Policy Analysis (Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy); Doctoral Students’
Workshop (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi); 48th Annual Conference of The Indian
Econometric Society (Pondicherry, India)
2011:
7th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development (Indian Statistical Institute,
Delhi); Global Conclave of Young Scholars of Indian Education (Delhi)
Academic Award/Fellowship:
Best Paper Award (Second Place), IMR Doctoral Conference, IIM Bangalore (2013)
Junior and Senior Research Fellowships, Indian Statistical Institute (2009–2015)
Specialized Training Courses:
Workshop on Panel Time Series Econometrics, Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi (2013)
BREAD IGC ISI Summer School in Development Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi (2012)
11th Summer School in International and Development Economics, University of Milan, Gargnano,
Italy (2012)
Computer Skills:
Statistical / Computational Softwares: Stata, R, MATLAB, SPSS
Others: LaTeX, Scientific WorkPlace
Teaching Experience:
Teaching Assistant for:
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Statistics for MS(QE) students, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, 2013
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Econometric Methods – I for MS(QE) students, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, 2011
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Microeconomics for Indian Statistical Service Probationers, 2010
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Stata Instructor, Research Methodology Workshop in Applied Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia
University, Delhi, 2013
Work Experience:
Research Analyst, Society for Economic Research and Financial Analysis, Delhi, January–July, 2009
Research Analyst, Indian Council for Market Research, Mumbai, May–December, 2008
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