Dr. Alok Kumar

Associate Professor

 

Department of Economics

   Tel. (250) 721-8543 

University of Victoria

Fax: (250) 721-6214

Victoria, BC, Canada V8W2Y2

E-mail: kumara@uvic.ca

                                    

 

                                                        

Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

Research Interests:

Macro and Monetary Economics, Labor Economics, Development Economics

 

 

Recent  Publications:

1. “Market Power, Price Adjustment, and Inflation’’ , with Allen Head and Bev Lapham, forthcoming International Economic Review.

2. “Inflation and the Dispersion of Real Wages’’, May 2008, International Economic Review, 49(2), 377-399 (Lead Article).

3. “Capital Tax, Minimum Wage, and Labor Market Outcomes’’, January 2008, Review of Economic Dynamics, 11(1), 133-154. Among the hottest twenty-five articles published in Review of Economic Dynamics.

4. Price Dispersion, Inflation, and Welfare, with Allen Head, May 2005, International Economic Review, 46(2), 533-572. Among top ten most cited papers published in International Economic Review during 2005-08.

5. Monopsony and Labour Market Flows and Policies”, December 2005, Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 48(4), 463-474 (Lead Article).

 

Papers Under Submission:

1. “Self-Employment and Labor Market Policies’’ , with Herb Scheutze, July 2009, Under Submission.

2. “Monetary Policy, Production, and Distribution’’, April 2009, Under Submission.

Work in Progress:

1. “Labor Markets, Unemployment, and Optimal Inflation’’, July 2008.

2. “Son Preference, Gender Differentials in Child Labor, and Efficiency’’, December 2009.

 

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