Anand Kumar

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Behavioural Economics
Economics of Education
Conflicts
Experimental Economics

Biography

Anand received his PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore in 2024. He was a visiting PhD Fellow at the United Nations University – World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki, Finland. Before his PhD, he worked in the banking sector. He is a graduate from the National Defence Academy (NDA), and a veteran of the Indian Air Force (IAF) with 160+ hours of flying experience as a pilot.

Anand’s research interests are in Economics of Education and Behavioural Economics. His thesis, titled Essays in Education Economics explores how social identities, behavioural traits and social environments shape educational outcomes. In his research, he uses various empirical methods on experimental, survey, and administrative data to study educational outcomes.

Publications

_{Journal Article}

Kumar, A., & Sahoo, S. (2024). Caste, gender, and intersectionality in stream choice: Evidence from higher secondary education in India. Education Economics, 32(1), 20 – 46. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2023.2170983

_{Online Article}

Kumar, A., & Sahoo, S. (2023, Nov 9). The role of caste and gender in determining science education in India. Ideas of India. https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/human-development/the-role-of-caste-and-gender-in-determining-science-education-in-india.html

_{Ongoing Work}

Banerjee, R., Gangadharan, L., Kumar, A. & Srinivasan, M. Effect of social information on competition choice.
Banerjee, R., Kumar, A., Nsabimana, A. & Sahoo, S. Effect of conflict and post-conflict reconciliation on education: Evidence from Rwanda.
Bishnu, M., Iyer, S., Kumar, A. & Srinivasan, M. Measuring religiosity over the business cycle.