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Anirban Mukherjee

University of Calcutta - Department of Economics

Assistant Professor

56A, B.T. Road

Kolkata, 700050

India

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (13)

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1.

Patriarchal Norms and Women's Labor Market Outcomes

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
Anirban Mukherjee and Sukanya Sarkhel
University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and St. XAVIER'S COLLEGE
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Family culture, gender wage gap, India

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Political Economy of Identity Formation: Theory and Evidence from India

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Political Economy of Identity Formation: Theory and Evidence from India

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 16 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2024
Sourav Bhattacharya, Anirban Mukherjee and Soham Kumar Paul
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and University of Calcutta - Department of Economics
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Caste politics, ethnic identity, Indian economy, liberalization

Political Economy of Identity Formation: Theory and Evidence from India

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 07 May 2024 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2025
Sourav Bhattacharya, Anirban Mukherjee and Soham Kumar Paul
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and Adamas University
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Ethnic Identity, conflict, redistribution, caste politics, Indian Economy

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Caste, Courts and Business

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Caste, Courts and Business

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 03 May 2021 Last Revised: 14 Sep 2021
Tanika Chakraborty, Anirban Mukherjee, Sarani Saha and Divya Shukla
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, University of Calcutta - Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur
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caste network, Indian courts, entrepreneurship

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The Rise of Statism in Contemporary India: An Institutional Perspective

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2022
Anirban Mukherjee
University of Calcutta - Department of Economics
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Statism, India, State-Community Conflict, Inequality, Club-Goods

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Demand for Health Insurance: Financial and Informational Role of Informal Networks

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Demand for Health Insurance: Financial and Informational Role of Informal Networks

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2026
Titir Bhattacharya, Tanika Chakraborty and Anirban Mukherjee
University of Warwick, IIM Calcutta and University of Calcutta - Department of Economics
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Health insurance, informal network, Adoption, Utilization, Demand

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Institutional Barriers to Technology Adoption in Colonial India

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2020
Anirban Mukherjee and Subhasree Sarkar
University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
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Economic Geography of Contagion: A Study on Covid-19 Outbreak in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14400
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Tanika Chakraborty and Anirban Mukherjee
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur and University of Calcutta - Department of Economics
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industrial-heterogeneity, nightlight, core-periphery, contagion, COVID-19

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Violence as a Signal in Electoral Democracy

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Dec 2024
TC Shinali, Sukanta Bhattacharya and Anirban Mukherjee
University of Calcutta, University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and University of Calcutta - Department of Economics
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Electoral competition, costly signals, public goods

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Rainfall Shocks, Access to Water and Caste-Based Crimes in India

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Aug 2025
Anirban Mukherjee and Ambika Roy
University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and University of Calcutta - Department of Economics
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climate shock, ethnic conflict, caste

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Social Heterogeneity and Technology Adoption in Colonial India

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2026
Anirban Mukherjee and Shankhajit Sen
University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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social fragmentation, technology adoption, textile productivity

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Violence as a signal in electoral democracy

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 07 Oct 2025
Sukanta Bhattacharya, Anirban Mukherjee and TC Shinali
University of Calcutta, University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and University of Calcutta
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Electoral competition, costly signals, public goods, weak political institutions, commitment, ethnic violence

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Immigration status and skill mismatch in the UK labour market

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 Sep 2025
Subhasish Dey, Mahima Kapoor and Anirban Mukherjee
The University of Manchester, Independent and University of Calcutta - Department of Economics
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second-generation Immigrants, education-occupation mismatch, UK

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Community identity and skill mismatch: A study on Indian labour market 

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Apr 2026
Anirban Mukherjee and Sourabh B. Paul
University of Calcutta - Department of Economics and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
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