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Maitreesh Ghatak is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, focusing on economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, and related subfields. The scholar has contributed significantly to areas such as income, poverty, and inequality; gender, labor, and family dynamics; land rights and reforms; and taxation and compliance studies.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Economic Theories of the Social Sector: From Nonprofits to Social Enterprise," 2021, LSE Public Policy Review
  • "Is Funding a Large Universal Basic Income Feasible? A Quantitative Analysis of UBI with Endogenous Labour Supply," 2020, LSE Public Policy Review
  • "Direct transfer policies for the poor," 2023, Journal of Social and Economic Development

In addition to their solo work, they have frequently collaborated with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Timothy Besley
  • Henry G. Overman
  • Daniel J. Gottlieb
  • Wouter Denhaan
  • Oriana Bandiera

Their research has been published in a range of academic venues. The most common publication outlets are:

  • Economica
  • LSE Public Policy Review
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Social and Economic Development
  • The Quarterly Journal of Economics

Their scholarly interests span several main topics, including:

  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Land Rights and Reforms
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Agricultural Risk and Resilience
  • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Community Development and Social Impact

Maitreesh Ghatak's contributions provide an interdisciplinary approach that intersects economic theory with social policy issues. Their work on universal basic income, social enterprises, and direct transfer policies reflects an engagement with both theoretical frameworks and applied economic questions concerning poverty alleviation and social welfare.

Best Publications

  • Competition and Incentives with Motivated Agents

    Timothy Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • The economics of lending with joint liability: theory and practice

    Maitreesh Ghatak;Timothy W. Guinnane

  • Group lending, local information and peer selection

    Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Empowerment and Efficiency: Tenancy Reform in West Bengal

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Paul J. Gertler;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Property Rights and Economic Development

    Timothy J. Besley;Timothy J. Besley;Timothy J. Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Retailing public goods: the economics of corporate social responsibility

    Timothy Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Screening by the Company You Keep: Joint Liability Lending and the Peer Selection Effect

    Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Government versus Private Ownership of Public Goods

    Timothy J. Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Property rights and economic development

    Timothy Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Marry for What? Caste and Mate Selection in Modern India

    Abhijit V. Banerjee;Esther Duflo;Maitreesh Ghatak;Jeanne Lafortune

  • Incentives, choice and accountability in the provision of Public Services

    Timothy Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Property Rights and Economic Development

    Timothy J. Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • A simple model of inequality, occupational choice, and development

    Maitreesh Ghatak;Neville Nien-Huei Jiang

  • Group Lending Without Joint Liability

    Jonathan de Quidt;Thiemo Fetzer;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Financially Interlinked Business Groups

    Maitreesh Ghatak;Raja Kali

  • Recent reforms in the Panchayat system in west Bengal: toward greater participatory governance

    Maitreesh Ghatak;Maitreya Ghatak

  • Land reform and agricultural productivity in India: a review of the evidence

    Maitreesh Ghatak;Sanchari Roy

  • Can unobserved heterogeneity in farmer ability explain the inverse relationship between farm size and productivity

    Juliano J. Assunção;Maitreesh Ghatak

  • Land Acquisition for Industrialization and Compensation of Displaced Farmers

    Maitreesh Ghatak;Dilip Mookherjee

  • Reforming Public Service Delivery

    Timothy Besley;Maitreesh Ghatak

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy Besley
Timothy Besley London School of Economics and Political Science
Dilip Mookherjee
Dilip Mookherjee Boston University
Pranab Bardhan
Pranab Bardhan University of California, Berkeley
Paul J. Gertler
Paul J. Gertler University of California, Berkeley
Robin Burgess
Robin Burgess London School of Economics and Political Science
Debraj Ray
Debraj Ray New York University
Oriana Bandiera
Oriana Bandiera London School of Economics and Political Science
Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu Cornell University

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