Biography
Dr Sunil Kumar is a Lecturer in Economics at the India Institute. Before joining King’s, Sunil received his PhD in economics from the University of East Anglia, MA in economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and BA in Mathematics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.
Before embarking on his PhD, he worked for the Social Initiatives Group of ICICI Bank, an erstwhile major funder of non-profit activities in India. From 2011 to 2014, he jointly developed and taught a short course on impact evaluation at the University of East Anglia's School of International Development, and has taught a short version of this for the UK Department of Business Innovation and Skills.
Research
- Causal inference and microeconometrics, especially using observational data such as household surveys
- Conceptualising and measuring discrimination
- Economic development and household decisions, particularly in the context of India
Sunil is an empirical microeconomist and is interested in causal inference, both in terms of theoretical concepts as well as through statistical analysis. The majority of his research uses econometric analysis of survey data to understand household behaviour in emerging economies. As part of this, he also studies caste-based discrimination in the Indian context, and he's interested in conceptual frameworks for discrimination more generally.
Teaching
Postgraduate
PhD supervision
Sunil welcomes PhD/MRes students looking to research India-related issues.
Further details
See Sunil's research profile
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Esposito, L., Kumar, S. M. & Villaseñor, A., 10 Jan 2020, In : JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-019-00764-3
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Kumar, S. M. & Venkatachalam, R., 1 Mar 2018, In : JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1425397
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Kumar, S. M., 2018, In : Applied Economic Letters. p. 409-414 6 p. Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1327118
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Kumar, S. M., Jun 2016, 38 p. Research output: Working paper
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Kumar, S. M., Apr 2016, In : Economia Politica. 33, 1, p. 83-98 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888-016-0027-1
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Kumar, S. M., 2015, (Unpublished). Research output: Working paper
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Kumar, S. M., 2015, (Unpublished) Research output: Non-textual form - Software
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Kumar, S. M., 2015, (Unpublished) Research output: Non-textual form - Software
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Kumar, S. M., Mar 2013, In : WORLD DEVELOPMENT. 43, p. 315-328 Research output: Contribution to journal - Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.11.001