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Krishna B. KumarSanta Monica Office Senior Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School EducationPh.D. in economics, University of Chicago |
Research Focus
Economic growth and development; international economics; education; technological change; macroeconomics
RAND Research Areas
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
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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