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Dr Barnali Basak

Dr Barnali Basak

  • Position: Lecturer in Economics (Teaching and Scholarship)
  • Areas of expertise: Development Economics; Labour Economics; Applied Microeconomics; Advanced Mathematics and Statistics.
  • Email: B.Basak@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 4390
  • Location: Room 2.04 Lyddon Terrace
  • Website: My webpage | CV | LinkedIn | Googlescholar | Researchgate | ORCID

Profile

In my earlier teaching career, I was a Teaching Associate at the Department of Economics,  University of Manchester from September - December 2021. As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, I was engaged in a Kenya based research project in the Department of Economics and Marketing at De Montford University (DMU) during 2020-2021. I obtained a PhD in Economics in 2020 from the Department of Economics, University of Sussex through an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) studentship. I specialise in the field of Development Economics and Labour Economics.

Research interests

My research interest lies in causal inferences. I have researched on child education and child health; fertility impact on female labour market outcomes; and well-being of slums dwelling households belonging to disadvantaged  groups (such as Scheduled Caste, Schedule Tribe and Other Backward Class), especially in the context of India. I have also researched on child marriage and teenage pregnancy in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. I have experience in field survey. My empirical research incorporates both secondary and primary household surveys. 

Qualifications

  • PhD in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Sussex, 2016–2020
  • MSc in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Sussex, UK, 2015
  • MPhil in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2005
  • MSc in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2002
  • BSc (Hons.) in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2000

Student education

I teach both undergraduate and international foundation courses in economics. At the undergraduate level, I teach a module on mathematics and statistics for economics and business. At the international foundation level, I teach a module on foundations of economics.