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Tanika Chakraborty

@tanikac

Empiricist,
Professor, IIM Calcutta
Fellow, IZA@Liser, CESifo Munich, GLO
PhD-Economics, Washington University, St Louis
Kolkata tanikac.github.io Joined November 2009
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Tanika Chakraborty @tanikac
Job alert! Great department to work at with fun and helpful colleagues...
Mateo Hoyos @mathoyos Oct 28
We are hiring at CCNY Economics this year!

Not one, not tow, but three tenure track Assistant Professor positions! The ad lists labor, health, and macro as preferred fields, but any field is welcome. Questions? Let me know.

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/as…

#EconJobMarket
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Tanika Chakraborty @tanikac
India's natural experiment with women in village councils changed public good provision. Then came a second experiment: women on the boards of profit-maximising firms. Turns out it changed CSR too.
with Pavel Chakraborty and @nikita_sang
Ideas for India @Ideas4India Aug 31
Using a quasi-natural experiment based on the policy mandating women's representation on firms' board of directors in India, Chakraborty @tanikac & @nikita_sang show that female leaders potentially 📷 CSR spending & direct it towards sustainability issues
ideasforindia.in/topics/social-…
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Tanika Chakraborty @tanikac
It was a pleasure to host you, @SonaldeDesai, at IIMC for the 3rd Amitava Bose Memorial Annual Workshop. Thank you for the fascinating new insights into how Indian households perceive their own relative economic position.
Sonalde Desai @SonaldeDesai Aug 22
Throughly enjoying the ABLEP workshop, terrific presentations by young researchers (awed by their creativity) and the opportunity to get insightful comments on my work. Thank you for the invitation. @ihdscorner
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Tanika Chakraborty @tanikac
Once again, we are excited to welcome many of you to our campus. Get ready for a great lineup of speakers and terrific keynotes. It's time to register if you haven't already !
IIM Calcutta Verified account @IIM_Calcutta Aug 3
The Amitava Bose Lab for Economic Analysis and Policy (ABLEAP) announces the 3rd Amitava Bose Memorial Annual Workshop to be held on 21-22 August 2026 at IIM Calcutta. The workshop will include special lectures by former Dy Governor of the RBI, Prof Viral Acharya, currently at NYU Stern and the Principal Investigator (PI) of the widely used India Human Development Survey (IHDS), Prof Sonalde Desai of NCAER, who is also a Professor Emerita at University of Maryland-College Park. There are 45 presentations scheduled by speakers from across the world. If you are interested in attending, please register by scanning the QR code in the flyer by 10 August 2026. Spot registrations will not be possible.

#IIMCalcutta #ABLEAP #Economics #EconomicResearch #PublicPolicy #Research #AcademicExcellence #HigherEducation

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Why should West Bengal lead with services? Not just because of deindustrialization globally — but because it is costly locally, for reasons of its own. In this piece we argue why WB must reverse the usual industrial sequence: services first, manufacturing to follow.
On the prospects of revival of the West Bengal economy and a case for a service-led growth strategy at least in the short-run, with @tanikac in @EconomicTimes today: economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-com…
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