Surbhi Kesar

Surbhi Kesar

Azim Premji University

H-index: 10

Asia-India

About Surbhi Kesar

Surbhi Kesar, With an exceptional h-index of 10 and a recent h-index of 10 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Azim Premji University, specializes in the field of Political economy of development, development economics, informality, decolonising economics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Subcontracting Linkages in India's Informal Economy

Standing in the way of rigor? Economics’ meeting with the decolonization agenda

Economic transition, dualism and informality in India: Nature and patterns of household‐level transitions

Why do economists have trouble understanding racialized inequalities?

Exclusion, Surplus Population, and the Labour Question in Postcolonial Capitalism: Future Directions in Political Economy of Development

An acknowledgement of women’s work in economics-hits, misses, and a long road ahead

Religious Identity-Based Inequality in the Labour Market: Policy Challenges in India

Down and out? The gendered impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on India’s labour market

Surbhi Kesar Information

University

Position

; Past: South Asian University University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Citations(all)

483

Citations(since 2020)

480

Cited By

47

hIndex(all)

10

hIndex(since 2020)

10

i10Index(all)

10

i10Index(since 2020)

10

Email

University Profile Page

Azim Premji University

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Surbhi Kesar Skills & Research Interests

Political economy of development

development economics

informality

decolonising economics

Top articles of Surbhi Kesar

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Subcontracting Linkages in India's Informal Economy

Development and Change

Surbhi Kesar

2024

Standing in the way of rigor? Economics’ meeting with the decolonization agenda

Review of International Political Economy

Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven

Surbhi Kesar

2023/9/3

Economic transition, dualism and informality in India: Nature and patterns of household‐level transitions

Review of Development Economics

Surbhi Kesar

2023/8/22

Why do economists have trouble understanding racialized inequalities?

INET Economics Blog

Ingrid Kvangraven

Surbhi Kesar

2023/8/3

Exclusion, Surplus Population, and the Labour Question in Postcolonial Capitalism: Future Directions in Political Economy of Development

Review of Political Economy

Snehashish Bhattacharya

Surbhi Kesar

Sahil Mehra

2023/1/2

An acknowledgement of women’s work in economics-hits, misses, and a long road ahead

Rosa Abraham

Surbhi Kesar

2023/10/10

Religious Identity-Based Inequality in the Labour Market: Policy Challenges in India

Surbhi Kesar

Rosa Abraham

2023/9/19

Down and out? The gendered impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on India’s labour market

Economia Politica

Rosa Abraham

Amit Basole

Surbhi Kesar

2022/4

Contradictions and Crisis in the World of Work: Informality, Precarity and the Pandemic

Surbhi Kesar

Snehashish Bhattacharya

Lopamudra Banerjee

2022/11

State of working India 2021: one year of Covid-19

Amit Basole

Rosa Abraham

Rahul Lahoti

Surbhi Kesar

Mrinalini Jha

...

2021/5/5

Pandemic, informality, and vulnerability: Impact of COVID-19 on livelihoods in India

Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d'études du développement

Surbhi Kesar

Rosa Abraham

Rahul Lahoti

Paaritosh Nath

Amit Basole

2021/3/13

The Budget does not help those facing hunger, unemployment and loss of educational opportunities

Frontline

Surbhi Kesar

Rahul Lahoti

2021/2/13

Pandemic effect: 9 Months on, more younger workers remain jobless

India Spend

Rosa Abraham

Amit Basole

Surbhi Kesar

2021/1/20

Identity in economics or identity of economics?

Miami Institute for the Social Sciences Blog

Surbhi Kesar

2020/12/9

Pandemic as a lens: Identifying and addressing livelihood vulnerabilities

Ideas for India

Rosa Abraham

Amit Basole

Surbhi Kesar

Rahul Lahoti

Paaritosh Nath

2020/7/13

Precarity and Development: Production and Labor Processes in the Informal Economy in India

Review of Radical Political Economics

Snehashish Bhattacharya

Surbhi Kesar

2020/2/11

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