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D-Index
46
Citations
7024
World Ranking
1686
National Ranking
193

Kunal Sen publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kunal Sen sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 352 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Kunal Sen D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kunal Sen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kunal Sen is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a variety of topics primarily within the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. The subfields prominently covered include Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, General Economics, General Health Professions, and Accounting.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

Sen has contributed extensively to scholarly publications, with a notable presence in several key venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Working Paper Series
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • World Development
  • The Journal of Development Studies
  • Journal of Institutional Economics

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Sen are:

  • "Was Kuznets Right? New Evidence on the Relationship between Structural Transformation and Inequality" (2020, The Journal of Development Studies)
  • "A Manufacturing (Re)Naissance? Industrialization in the Developing World" (2022, IMF Economic Review)
  • "The corruption-growth relationship: does the political regime matter?" (2020, Journal of Institutional Economics)
  • "Will South Asia Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Learning from the MDGs Experience" (2020, Social Indicators Research)
  • "The Political Economy of the Resource Curse: A Development Perspective" (2021, Annual Review of Resource Economics)

Sen collaborates regularly with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Antonio Savoia
  • Rajesh Raj Natarajan
  • Michael Danquah
  • Simone Schotte
  • Maria C. Lo Bue

In addition to articles, Sen has authored a variety of book publications. The majority are published through the Working Paper Series, with topics ranging from industrialization trends in developing countries to the impacts of COVID-19 on labor markets and poverty. One book is published by Cambridge University Press, titled "Varieties of Structural Transformation" (2023).

Sen's work is characterized by a focus on structural transformation, inequality dynamics, fiscal policy, gender and labor aspects, as well as developmental economics in the context of emerging and developing countries.

Best Publications

  • The Determinants of Private Saving in India

    Prema Chandra Athukorala;Kunal Sen

  • Caste, Ethnicity and Poverty in Rural India

    Ira N. Gang;Kunal Sen;Myeong-Su Yun

  • The process of financial liberalization in India

    Kunal Sen;Rajendra R. Vaidya

  • Poverty in rural India: Caste and tribe

    Ira N. Gang;Kunal Sen;Myeong Su Yun

  • Trade liberalization and productivity growth: Evidence from Indian manufacturing

    Satish Chand;Kunal Sen

  • Equity market linkages in the Asia Pacific region: A comparison of the orthogonalised and generalised VAR approaches

    Arie Dekker;Kunal Sen;Martin R. Young

  • Saving, investment, and growth in India

    Premachandra Athukorala;Kunal Sen

  • MEASUREMENT, EVOLUTION, DETERMINANTS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF STATE CAPACITY: A REVIEW OF RECENT RESEARCH

    Antonio Savoia;Kunal Sen

  • The politics of inclusive development : interrogating the evidence

    Samuel Hickey;Kunal Sen;Badru Bukenya

  • State Business Relations and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Kunal Sen;Dirk Willem Te Velde

  • Trade openness, labour institutions and flexibilisation: Theory and evidence from India☆

    Bibhas Saha;Kunal Sen;Dibyendu Maiti

  • Organised versus Unorganised Manufacturing Performance in the Post-Reform Period

    Vinish Kathuria;S N Rajesh Raj;Kunal Sen

  • Outward Orientation, Investment and Finance Constraints: A Study of Indian Firms

    A. Ganesh-Kumar;K. Sen;R. R. Vaidya

  • Formal and Informal Institutions in a Transition Economy: The Case of Vietnam

    Liesbet Steer;Kunal Sen

  • What has luck got to do with it? A regional analysis of poverty and agricultural growth in rural India

    Richard Palmer-Jones;Kunal Sen

  • The Puzzling Decline in Rural Women’s Labor Force Participation in India: A Reexamination

    Daniel Neff;Kunal Sen;Veronika Kling

  • The Political Dynamics of Economic Growth

    Kunal Sen

  • Processed food exports from developing countries: patterns and determinants

    Prema-chandra Athukorala;Kunal Sen

  • Do Effective State Business Relations Matter for Economic Growth? Evidence from Indian States

    Massimiliano Calì;Kunal Sen

  • Is household income diversification a means of survival or a means of accumulation? Panel data evidence from Tanzania

    Ralitza Dimova;Kunal Sen

  • Looking for a break: Identifying transitions in growth regimes

    Sabyasachi Kar;Lant Pritchett;Selim Raihan;Kunal Sen

Frequent Co-Authors

Ira N. Gang
Ira N. Gang Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lant Pritchett
Lant Pritchett London School of Economics and Political Science
Prema-chandra Athukorala
Prema-chandra Athukorala Australian National University
Sumit K. Majumdar
Sumit K. Majumdar The University of Texas at Dallas
Sam Hickey
Sam Hickey University of Manchester
David Hulme
David Hulme University of Manchester
James B. Ang
James B. Ang Nanyang Technological University
Armando Barrientos
Armando Barrientos University of Manchester
Catherine Dolan
Catherine Dolan School of Oriental and African Studies

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