Undergraduate studies: Presidency College, Calcutta Uni (BA); Postgraduate Studies: Delhi School of Economics, Delhi Uni; Doctorate at London School of Economics, London Uni. Present Position: Professor in Economics, Uni of Tas since 1995, Chief Investigator on several small & large ARC projects.
Research Interests
Specif & Est of Demand Systems; Computing Optimal Taxes & Analysis Econometric Implicat; Measurement of Poverty & Inequality & Policy Implicat; Estimation of Equivalence Scales & Policy Implicat esp Children & Family Welfare; Estimating Labour Supply Functions & Implicat for Optimal Tax Calculations; Theory & Estimation of True Cost of Living Indices & Policy Implicat; Optimal Commodity Taxes in the Presence of Rationing & Demographic Variables; Fiscal Federalism & Resource Transfers; Dietary Habits in Developing Countries; Evasion of Income & Commodity Taxes; Gender Bias in Levels of Living esp Developing Countries; Child Welfare in Developing Countries esp Child Health & Labor
Teaching
Econometric Theory, Applied Econometrics, Public Economics, Microeconomics, Statistical Techniques in Development Planning, Mathematical Methods for Economists, Issues in Development Economics.
I have taught all of the above subjects both on specialist economics/econometrics degrees & on general degrees with an economics content at undergraduate & postgraduate levels.
UnitsSelected Publications:- Ray, R. and P. Maitra, 2003, 'The Effects of Transfers on Household Expenditure Patterns and Poverty in South Africa', Journal of Development Economics, 71, pgs. 23-49
- R Ray, D Coondoo and A Majunder, 2004, 'On a Method of Calculating Regional Consumer Price Differentials with Illustrative Evidence from India', Review of Income and Wealth, 50(1), pgs. 51-68
- R Ray, 2004, 'Child Labour: A Survey of Selected Asian Countries', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 18(2), pgs. 1-18
- R Ray and G Lancaster, 2005, 'The Impact of Children's Work on School: Multi-Country Evidence', International Labour Review, 14(2), pgs. 189-210
- R Ray, G Lancaster and P Maitra, 2006, 'Endogenous Intra-Household Balance of Power and its Impact on Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from India', Economica, 73(291), pgs. 435-460
- R Ray, G Lancaster and P Maitra, 2006, 'Household Expenditure Patterns and Resource Pooling: Evidence of Change In Post-Apartheid South Africa', Reivew of Economics of the Household, 4(3), pgs. 325-347
- R Ray, 2007, 'Analysis of Changes in Food Consumption and their Implications for Food Security and Under Nourishment', Development and Change, 38(2), pgs. 321-343
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