Aaditya Dar

Aaditya Dar

Assistant Professor (On Leave), Economics and Public Policy

Email Aaditya_Dar@isb.edu

Website https://aadityadar.com/

Overview

Aaditya Dar is a development economist. His research examines the social, political and historical factors that cause and accentuate poverty, and how individuals and communities can break away from these structural constraints. One strand of his work focuses on elite formation, state capacity, conflict and governance. A second strand engages with agrarian issues such as technology adoption, groundwater depletion and agricultural trading markets. Aaditya has a PhD from George Washington University, MA from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and BA from University of Delhi.

Experience

Academic

2019 - Present: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
2016 - 2016: Intermediate Microeconomics, George Washington University

Research & Publications

Published Papers

Dar, Aaditya., Blakeslee, David., Fishman, Ram., Malik, Samree., Pelegrina, Heitor., Singh, Karan. (2023) "Irrigation and the Spatial Pattern of Structural Transformation in India", Journal of Development Economics (161), 102997 Dar, Aaditya., Fishman, Ram., Barnwal, Prabhat., Mueller, Nathaniel., Goltz, Jan., McCord, Gordon. (2020) "Health Impacts of the Green Revolution: Evidence from 600,000 births across the Developing World", Journal of Health Economics , 74

Working Papers

Dar, Aaditya., Gupta, Pranav., Verma, Rahul. "Electoral Cycles in Food Prices: Evidence from India" Dar, Aaditya., Sahay, Abhilasha. "Designing Policy in Weak States: Unintended Consequences of Alcohol Prohibition in Bihar" Dar, Aaditya., Fishman, Ram., Jain, Meha. "The Groundwater Constraint: Farmer Responses to Falling Water Tables in India" Dar, Aaditya. "“All is Water”: Technological Complementarities and Path Dependence in Indian Agriculture" Dar, Aaditya. "Parachuters vs Climbers: Economic Consequences of Barriers to Political Entry in a Democracy"

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