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Ranjan Ray is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their research spans multiple subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist has published prominently in several academic venues. Frequent publication sources include the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Indian Growth and Development Review, Plant Pathology, Circulation Heart Failure, and DECISION.

Among recent papers authored by Ranjan Ray are the following works:

  • "Continuous Wearable Monitoring Analytics Predict Heart Failure Hospitalization" (2020) published in Circulation Heart Failure
  • "National and subnational purchasing power parity: a review" (2020) published in DECISION
  • "Coal Plants, Air Pollution and Anaemia: Evidence from India" (2022) published in The Journal of Development Studies
  • "Progressivity and redistributive effects of income taxes: evidence from India" (2021) published in Empirical Economics
  • "Should commodity tax rates be uniform across regions in a heterogeneous country? Evidence from India" (2021) published in Journal of Policy Modeling

Ranjan Ray has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, notably:

  • Amita Majumder (five collaborative works)
  • Gaurav Datt (three collaborative works)
  • Sattwik Santra (three collaborative works)
  • Michael Pham (two collaborative works)
  • Pushkar Maitra (two collaborative works)

The research topics covered by Ranjan Ray include:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Economic theories and models
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

Best Publications

  • Child labor, child schooling, and their interaction with adult labor : empirical evidence for Peru and Pakistan

    Ranjan Ray

  • Analysis of child labour in Peru and Pakistan: A comparative study

    Ranjan Ray

  • Measuring the costs of children: an alternative approach.

    Ranjan Ray

  • The effect of transfers on household expenditure patterns and poverty in South Africa

    Pushkar Maitra;Ranjan Ray

  • The Determinants of Child Labour and Child Schooling in Ghana

    Ranjan Ray

  • The joint estimation of child participation in schooling and employment: comparative evidence from three continents

    Pushkar Maitra;Ranjan Ray

  • Impact of Household Size and Family Composition on Poverty in Rural India

    J.V Meenakshi;Ranjan Ray

  • Analysis of a time series of household expenditure surveys for India

    Ranjan Ray

  • Testing for Linear Engel Curves and Additively Separable Preferences Using a New Flexible Demand System

    Richard Blundell;Ranjan Ray

  • Poverty, Household Size and Child Welfare in India

    R. Ray

  • Regional Differences in India's Food Expenditure Pattern: A Complete Demand Systems Approach

    J. V. Meenakshi;Ranjan Ray

  • The collective model of the household and an unexpected implication for child labor: hypothesis and an empirical test

    Kaushik Basu;Ranjan Ray

  • The impact of children's work on schooling: Multi-country evidence

    Ranjan Ray;Geoffrey Lancaster

  • Rangarajan Committee Report on Poverty Measurement Another Lost Opportunity

    Ranjan Ray;Kompal Sinha

  • Estimates of poverty for SC, ST and female-headed households.

    J. V. Meenakshi;Ranjan Ray;Souvik Gupta

  • The testing and estimation of complete demand systems on household budget surveys

    Ranjan Ray

  • On setting the poverty line based on estimated nutrient prices - condition of socially disadvantaged groups during the reform period

    Ranjan Ray;Geoffrey Lancaster

  • Household Expenditure Patterns and Gender Bias: Evidence from Selected Indian States

    Geoffrey Lancaster;Pushkar Maitra;Ranjan Ray

  • Endogenous Intra‐household Balance of Power and its Impact on Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from India

    Geoffrey Lancaster;Pushkar Maitra;Ranjan Ray

  • Comparison of Alternative Models of Household Equivalence Scales: The Australian Evidence on Unit Record Data

    Geoffrey Lancaster;Ranjan Ray

Frequent Co-Authors

Sagnik Dey
Sagnik Dey Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Richard Blundell
Richard Blundell University College London
Gaurav Datt
Gaurav Datt Monash University
Kaushik Basu
Kaushik Basu Cornell University

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