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College / Department

School of Business Administration

Department of Economics

Teaching areas

Statistics and Econometrics, Microeconomics

Research areas

Environmental Economics, Urban Development, Development Economics

Education

PhD, Phd In Economics, Cornell University, United States, 2017

MS, Ms In Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, India, 2012

BA, Ba In Economics, Jadavpur University, India, 2010

Professional experience

Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2017 - Present

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2354

Dr. Sanket Roy

Assistant Professor

PhD, Cornell University, United States

Sanket Roy's research interests are in the fields of environmental economics, urban development, applied economics and development economics. In his dissertation, his research focusses on contemporary issues in climate change and urban development.

Publications

Mehreen Mookerjee, Manini Ojha And Sanket Roy. Fertility targets: Linkages between desire for sons and sterilization in India, Applied Economics

Mehreen Mookerjee, Manini Ojha And Sanket Roy. Who's your neighbour? Social influences on domestic violence, The Journal Of Development Studies

Mehreen Mookerjee, Manini Ojha And Sanket Roy. Spousal beliefs and intimate partner violence: Are we conditioned to internalize patriarchal norms?, Economics Letters, 19 March 2021

Conference Presentations

Could too much Political Stability be bad for Economic Growth? Evidence from Indian States, Forum For Economists International, 26 May 2019

The Short and Long Run Impacts of Temperature on U.S. Residential Energy Consumption, 10th Global Conference, Forum For Economists International, 27 May 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, FRG 2019, American University of Sharjah, UAE, June 2019

Awards and Honors

FRG 2019, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH, 1. PROJECT ABSTRACT Employer discrimination on various attributes of employees (race, gender etc.) has long been an important area of research. However, if employees self-select to apply to jobs with certain em-ployee characteristics, or in other words, if employees discriminate on employer characteristics, - the current estimates of labor market discrimination only provide us an understanding of the demand side, but completely ignores the supply side. Hence it is important to investigate the existence of employee side discrimination and the ...

Sage Fellowship, Cornell University, 21 August 2012