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D-Index
36
Citations
5129
World Ranking
2824
National Ranking
1567

Raghav Gaiha 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 Raghav Gaiha sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 232 publications — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Raghav Gaiha 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 Raghav Gaiha sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Raghav Gaiha is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Their contributions span a range of topics including the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, agricultural risk and resilience, microfinance and financial inclusion, income, poverty, inequality, and psychological well-being.

Their recent published papers include:

  • "Poverty Reduction and the Role of Institutions in Developing Asia," 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Covid-19 pandemic and food security in India: Can authorities alleviate the disproportionate burden on the disadvantaged?", 2022, Journal of Policy Modeling
  • "Beyond Piketty: A new perspective on poverty and inequality in India," 2020, Journal of Policy Modeling
  • "Changes in Subjective Well-Being in India," 2023, Social Indicators Research
  • "Severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India. The Case of Three States: Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Meghalaya," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors in Gaiha's research include:

  • Nidhi Kaicker
  • Aashi Gupta
  • Vani S. Kulkarni
  • Katsushi S. Imai
  • Veena S. Kulkarni

Their work has appeared most frequently in these publication venues:

  • Journal of Policy Modeling
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Asian Development Review
  • Review of Development Economics
  • Social Indicators Research

Gaiha's research is grounded in subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Soil Science, Sociology and Political Science, Modeling and Simulation, and Safety Research. Their academic interests also encompass several main topics:

  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

This range of topics reflects a multidisciplinary approach addressing both economic and social dimensions of development and public health challenges, with a significant emphasis on India and developing Asia. Their collaborative work with recurring co-authors highlights ongoing research networks focused on these issues.

Best Publications

  • Remittances, growth and poverty: New evidence from Asian countries

    Katsushi S. Imai;Raghav Gaiha;Abdilahi Ali;Nidhi Kaicker

  • Microfinance and Poverty—A Macro Perspective

    Katsushi S. Imai;Raghav Gaiha;Raghav Gaiha;Ganesh Thapa;Samuel Kobina Annim;Samuel Kobina Annim

  • Persistent, expected and innate poverty: estimates for semi-arid rural South India, 1975–1984

    Raghav Gaiha;Anil B. Deolalikar

  • Women's Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India

    Katsushi S. Imai;Samuel Kobina Annim;Veena S. Kulkarni;Raghav Gaiha

  • Does non-farm sector employment reduce rural poverty and vulnerability? Evidence from Vietnam and India

    Katsushi S. Imai;Raghav Gaiha;Ganesh Thapa

  • ''Capture'' of anti-poverty programs: An analysis of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program in India §

    Raghbendra Jha;Sambit Bhattacharyya;Raghav Gaiha;Shylashri Shankar

  • Vulnerability and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam

    Katsushi S. Imai;Raghav Gaiha;Woojin Kang

  • Poverty, inequality and ethnic minorities in Vietnam

    Katsushi S. Imai;Raghav Gaiha;Woojin Kang

  • Vulnerability, shocks and persistence of poverty: estimates for semi‐arid rural South India

    Raghav Gaiha;Katsushi Imai

  • Information, Access and Targeting: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India

    Raghav Gaiha;Shylashri Shankar;Raghbendra Jha

  • Income Mobility in Rural India

    Raghav Gaiha

  • Calorie and Micronutrient Deprivation and Poverty Nutrition Traps in Rural India

    Raghbendra Jha;Raghav Gaiha;Anurag Sharma

  • Food subsidy, income transfer and the poor: A comparative analysis of the public distribution system in India's states ☆

    Raghbendra Jha;Raghav Gaiha;Manoj K. Pandey;Nidhi Kaicker

  • Social safety nets and nutrient deprivation: An analysis of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Program and the Public Distribution System in India

    Raghbendra Jha;Sambit Bhattacharyya;Raghav Gaiha;Raghav Gaiha

  • Design of poverty alleviation strategy in rural areas

    Raghav Gaiha

  • “Double Burden of Malnutrition”: Reexamining the Coexistence of Undernutrition and Overweight Among Women in India

    Vani S. Kulkarni;Veena S. Kulkarni;Raghav Gaiha

  • Are the Chronically Poor Also the Poorest in Rural India

    Raghav Gaiha

  • Determinants of Undernutrition in Rural India

    Raghbendra Jha;Raghav Gaiha

  • Reviewing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

    Raghbendra Jha;Raghav Gaiha;Shylashri Shankar

  • Measuring vulnerability and poverty estimates for rural India

    Raghav Gaiha;Katsushi Imai

Frequent Co-Authors

Anil B. Deolalikar
Anil B. Deolalikar University of California, Riverside
Kenneth Hill
Kenneth Hill Stanford University
Frances Stewart
Frances Stewart University of Oxford
James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman University of Chicago
Erik Thorbecke
Erik Thorbecke Cornell University

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