About Us
Name : Dr. Neha Jain
Specialization : Economics
Designation : Assistant Professor (Contractual)
Email : nehajain@iift.edu
Qualification
Ph.D.in Economics, Centre for the study of Regional Development (CSRD), School of Social Science (SSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi-IN
M.Phil in Economics, CSRD, SSS, JNU, New Delhi-IN
National Eligibility Test (NET) and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Economics conducted by University Grants Commission (UGC)
M.A. Economics, Ambedkar University, Delhi
B.A. (Hons.) Economics, Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University, Delhi
Areas of Interest / Specialization
Applied Econometrics
Demographic Economics
Work Experience
Presently - Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi-IN
2020 - Guest Faculty, NCWEB, University of Delhi, Delhi-IN
2015 - Assistant Professor, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, Delhi-IN
2014 - 2015 - Content Writer, e-PG Pathshala by UGC under the NMCEIT mission of MHRD, Govt. of India , New Delhi-IN
June 2012- July 2012 - Internship, Confederation of Indian Industry, Delhi-IN
Publications
2024 | “Patrilocality and Child Sex Ratios in India”, Population Research and Policy Review, DOI: 10.1007/s11113-024-09897-0. (Co-authored with Srinivas Goli, Somya Arora, and TV Sekher). [ABDC – A] |
2024 | “Digitalization and Exports: A Case of Indian Organized Sector Manufacturing MSMEs”, Forthcoming in an edited volume to be published by Routledge in collaboration with ISID. (Co-authored with Sugandha Huria and Kriti Sharma) |
2023 | “Political determinants of health: (re)Examining the role of governance in reducing maternal mortality”, Health Economics, Policy and Law, DOI:10.1017/S1744133123000026. (Co-authored with Chhavi Tiwari, Srinivas Goli, and Parul Puri)). [ABDC – B] |
2022 | “Demographic change and private savings in India”, Journal of Social and Economic Development, DOI: 10.1007/s40847-022-00175-3. (Co-authored with Srinivas Goli). [ABDC – C] |
2022 | “Potential demographic dividend for India, 2001 to 2061: a macro-simulation projection using the spectrum model”. SN Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00462-0. (Co-authored with Srinivas Goli). |
2022 | [Op-ed] “Can Digitization be a Potential Driver for Improving MSMEs’ Export Performance” – Published in Indian Retailer, November 24, 2022 (with Sugandha Huria and Kriti Sharma) https://www.indianretailer.com/article/technology-e-commerce/digital-trends/can-digitization-be-potential-driver-improving-msmes |
2020 | [Op-ed] “Modi’s Population Growth ‘Problem’ Is an Old Fallacy in a New Bottle”, The Wire Science (with Srinivas Goli). |
Working Papers | |
2024 | “Examining the Relationship between Cost of Doing Business and Firm Productivity: Insights from Indian Industries and States”, Under Review in EPW Special issue on India’s Industrial Transformation. (Co-authored with Sugandha Huria and Geeta Tiwari). [ABDC – B]. |
2022 | “Nexus between Digitalization, Productivity, and International Trade Participation: Firm-level evidence from India’s Unorganized Sector MSMEs”, Under Review in Indian Growth and Development Review. (Co-authored with Sugandha Huria and Kriti Sharma). [ABDC – B]. |
2021 | “Demographic Change and Economic Growth in India”, Under Review in Journal of Economics of Ageing. (Co-authored with Srinivas Goli). [ABDC – B]. |
Professional / Academic Affiliations
Academic Affiliation
Member of Association for Environment and Development Research (AEDR)
Research Projects
2021-22 - Co-Principal Investigator for PayPal India - Digitalization of Indian MSMEs: Impact, Challenges, and Opportunities
2022 - 23 - Principal Investigator to Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India - Ease of Doing Business and the Performance of Indian Firms: A Firm-Level study across Industries and States
Conference/Seminar Presentation/Workshop Participation
Participated at the 6th South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) Annual Economists Conference (SAEC), 4-5th February 2023
Participated in the online one week “Research Methodology Workshop focusing on Large Scale Data Analysis" from January 3-8, 2023, organized by Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Prayagraj, UP
Participated in the training and capacity-building program organized by SANEM in collaboration with the USAID titled "Bay of Bengal Regional Trade and Connectivity Capacity Building Program" conducted from 7 October 2021 to 29 November 2022
Participated in the IIFT’s Eighth International Conference on “Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance” at the New Delhi Campus on the 15th and 16th of December 2022
Participated in the Rajagiri Conference on Economic and Finance 2022 (RCEF2022), 28-29th November 2022
Participated in the VI Portuguese Conference of Demography 2022, Lisbon, 13 – 14th Oct 2022.
Participated in the Australian Conference of Economists (ACE) 2022, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 10 - 13th July 2022.
Participated in a panel discussion on “Forfeited Before Realizing: Demographic Dividend’s Potential & Reality In India” on June 24, 2022 at 3:00 PM IST on Zoom and Facebook platforms.
https://www.impriindia.com/event-report/demographic-dividend-india/
Participated in the Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2022, Krea University, India, 16 - 17th June 2022.
Participated in the International Online Conference on ‘GEOGRAPHY AND THE DIGITAL: INTERSECTIONS AND CONFLATIONS’ organized by the Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India from 23rd to 25th May 2022.
Participated in the International Seminar ‘Population, Health and Sustainable Development’ organized by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) from 10th-12th March 2022.
Participated in the Young Scholars’ Conference ‘Exploring New Research Frontiers in Social Sciences’ organized online by the Society for Social and Economic Research, New Delhi on January 15 - 16, 2022.
Participated in the International Population Conference (IPC2021), 5-10 December 2021.
Participated in the 10-day online workshop conducted by Xavier University, Bhuvaneshwar on Advanced Empirical Economics and Econometrics from May 24 to June 05, 2021.
Participated in the 3rd International Conference on Business, Economics and Sustainable Development (ICBESD 2020), March 2-3, 2020
Participated in the International Seminar on “Changing Contours of Indian Agriculture: Agricultural growth, Non-farm employment, and Rural poverty, march 12-13, 2016 at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Awards
Third Best Paper Award in Economics for presenting the paper titled ‘Digitalization and Exports : A case of Indian Manufacturing MSMEs’ at the Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2022, Krea University, India, 16 - 17th June 2022.
CFA Institute Asia-Pacific Research Exchange Best Paper Award for presenting the paper titled ‘Demographic change and Economic Growth in India’ at the 3rd International Conference on Buisness, Economics and Sustainable Development (ICBESD 2020), March 2-3, 2020
Junior Research Fellowship Award by the UGC for conducting doctoral research in Indian Universities (2015)