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Krishna B. Kumar

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Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

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Education

Ph.D. in economics, University of Chicago

Research Focus

Economic growth and development; international economics; education; technological change; macroeconomics

RAND Research Areas

Education; Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Policies influencing entrepreneurship in India
  • Prospects for human development
  • Poverty
  • Comparing education in India and China
  • Stagnation in sub-Saharan Africa

Selected Publications

Krishna B. Kumar, "Intermediation Costs and Capital Flows", Review of Economic Dynamics, 7(3) 586-612, 2004

Dirk Krueger, Krishna B. Kumar, "Skill-specific rather than General Education: A Reason for US-Europe Growth Differences?", Journal of Economic Growth, 9(2) 167-207, 2004

Dirk Krueger, Krishna B. Kumar, "US-Europe differences in technology-driven growth: quantifying the role of education", Journal of Monetary Economics, 51(1) 161-190, 2004

Dirk Krueger, Krishna B. Kumar, "US-Europe differences in technology-driven growth: quantifying the role of education", Journal of Monetary Economics, 2004

Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Krishna B. Kumar, "Education for All: The Right Course for Africa?", Review of Economic Dynamics

Ana Fernandes, Krishna B. Kumar, "Inappropriate Technology: What is in it for the rich?", Macroeconomic Dynamics

Research Focus

Economic growth and development; international economics; education; technological change; macroeconomics; international development; country analysis; global aspects of human development (education and health)

RAND Research Areas

Education; Workforce and Workplace

Recent Projects

  • Prospects for human development: Poverty
  • India-China education comparison
  • Labor markets for Anesthesiology
  • Planning Secretariat for Qatar
  • Affirmative Action in India

Selected Publications

Elizabeth M. Caucutt, B. Kumar, "Education for All: The Right Course for Africa ?", Review of Economic Dynamics, 10 294-326, 2007

Ana Fernandes, B. Kumar, "Inappropriate Technology: What is in it for the rich?", Macroeconomic Dynamics, 11 487-518, 2007

Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Selahattin Imrohoroglu, B. Kumar, "Does the Progressivity of Income Taxes Matter for Human Capital and Growth?", Macroeconomic Dynamics, 8(1) 95-118, 2006

Dirk Krueger, Krishna B. Kumar, "Skill-specific rather than General Education: A Reason for US-Europe Growth Differences?", Journal of Economic Growth, 9(2) 167-207, 2004

Dirk Krueger, Krishna B. Kumar, "US-Europe differences in technology-driven growth: quantifying the role of education", Journal of Monetary Economics, 51(1) 161-190, 2004

Elizabeth M. Caucutt, Krishna B. Kumar, "Africa: Is Aid an Answer?", The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Krishna B. Kumar, John G. Matsusaka, "From Families to Formal Contracts: An Approach to Development", Journal of Development Economics

Biography

Kumar's research and teaching interests are economic growth and development, human capital accumulation, technological change, and international aspects of education and health. He has researched the role of economic openness on education and growth, higher education policies in the United States, the effect of tax reform on economic growth, international capital flows, reasons for U.S.-Europe productivity differences, the effect of the Green Revolution on recipient and donor countries, cross-country determinants of firm size, poverty traps in sub-Saharan Africa, policies to revive the stagnant sub-Saharan African economies, and the role of social capital in economic development. He teaches development economics at the Pardee RAND Graduate School, and global economics at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. He has also taught at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and has prior experience in the American and Indian software industries.

Research Focus

Economic growth and development; international economics; education; technological change; macroeconomics

Recent Projects

  • Policies influencing entrepreneurship in India
  • Prospects for human development: poverty
  • Comparing education in India and China
  • Stagnation in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Labor markets for anesthesiology
  • Qatar's development planning
  • Affirmative action in India
  • Productivity differences in the United States and Europe

Selected Publications

"From Families to Formal Contracts: An Approach to Development," Krishna B. Kumar and John G. Matsusaka, Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming

"Africa: Is Aid an Answer?" Elizabeth M. Caucutt and Krishna B. Kumar, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Advances), Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008

"Education for All: A Welfare-Improving Course for Africa?" Elizabeth M. Caucutt and Krishna B. Kumar, Review of Economic Dynamics, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 2007

"Does the Progressivity of Income Taxes Matter for Human Capital and Growth?" Elizabeth M. Caucutt et al., Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2006

"Skill-Specific Rather than General Education: A Reason for US-Europe Growth Differences?" Dirk Krueger and Krishna B. Kumar, Journal of Economic Growth, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2004

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