This study analyses and estimates the impact of demonetisation on the welfare of poor households in the Sundarbans region of India. Using a unique high frequency (weekly) data set collected during the process of demonetisation, we estimate that household welfare is reduced by INR 1,414 (US $...

A number of studies have examined the direct impacts of cash crop production on producer households. This is the first to quantify the general equilibrium impacts of introducing a new cash crop into a poor isolated economy, including impacts on environmentally sensitive fishing activities. We...

Motives for remittance transfers and recipient’s subsequent use of remittance income is a widely researched topic in the economics of migration literature. However, choices over the format in which migrants send remittance is ill understood. Decisions over remittance transfers involve more...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the largest number of lockdowns across the globe, affecting nearly half of the world's population by the first week of April 2020. The biggest lockdown was the one declared by the Indian government. All economic activity was shut down overnight, impacting the lives...