Homagni Choudhury

Teaching Fellow in Economics
BA(Honours) Economics (University of Delhi, India); MSc International Business Economics (University of Lancaster, UK)
Photograph of Homagni Choudhury.

Contact

Email: hoc6@aber.ac.uk
Office: S17, Cledwyn Building
Phone: +44 (0)1970 621587

Teaching Areas

  • Econometrics
  • Business Cycles and Macroeconomic Policy
  • Firms, Markets and Pricing
  • Macroeconomics
  • Empirical Methods

Research

  • Development Economics
  • International Trade
  • Labour Economics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Industrial and Spatial Economics

Biography

Homagni attended the University of Delhi, where he received a degree in BA(Honours) Economics in 2005. Following this, he completed a Master’s in International Business Economics from Lancaster University in 2007. He has recently defended his doctoral thesis successfully in June 2012 at the University of Dundee. Homagni was awarded the prestigious Dundee Discovery Scholarship to pursue his Doctoral research. His PhD thesis addressed the effects of economic reforms on labour market outcomes in India with a particular focus on the changing inter-industry wage structure in the organised manufacturing sector in India.

Homagni has a strong background in academia with professional research and teaching experience in a wide range of topics in economics and related areas in both UK and India. Prior to joining Aberystwyth University, he had substantial teaching experience at the University of Dundee and the University of Stirling.

Additional Interests

 

Staff Publications

Journal Articles

Liberalisation and the Changing Inter-Industry Wage Structure of the Organised Manufacturing Sector in India, 1973-74 to 2003-04, Review of Development Economics (forthcoming) [with Prof M. Chatterji, University of Dundee and University of Cambridge].
Trade Barriers faced by Developing countries' Agricultural Processed products exports, Economic Affairs (forthcoming) [with Dr Sushil Mohan, University of Dundee; and, Dr Sangeeta Khorana, Aberystwyth University].


Working Papers

The Changing Inter-Industry Wage Structure of the Organised Manufacturing Sector in India, 1973-74 to 2003-04, with Prof M. Chatterji, Dundee Discussion Paper in Economics, Working Paper No. 244, ISSN: 1473-236X.
Growth rate estimation in the presence of unit roots, with Prof M. Chatterji, Dundee Discussion Paper in Economics, Working Paper No. 245, ISSN: 1473-236X.


Books

Trade Reforms and Performance in Indian Manufacturing, Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrucken (Germany), Nov 2010, ISBN: 978-3-8433-5454-7.


Conference Papers and Invited Seminar Presentations

Are real wages per worker converging between Indian industries? Time series evidence with two structural breaks (with Prof M. Chatterji, University of Dundee), presented at the 10th Annual GEP PG Conference, Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP), University of Nottingham, April 14-15, 2011, Nottingham (UK).
The Changing Inter-Industry Wage Structure of the Organised Manufacturing Sector in India, 1973-74 to 2003-04 (with Prof M. Chatterji, University of Dundee), presented at the Development Economics Seminar Series, University of Nottingham, Feb 16, 2011, Nottingham (UK).
Growth rate estimation in the presence of unit roots (with Prof M. Chatterji), presented at the 47th Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society, January 6-8, 2011, Indore (India).
Reflections on the Inter-Industry Wage Structure in India, 1973-2003, presented at the Scottish Graduate Program in Economics Annual Conference, January 14-15, 2010, Peebles (UK).
Migration and Urbanization: the Relevance of Theoretical Models in the Indian Context, presented at the Second South Asian Economics Students’ Meet 2005, January 28-30, 2005, Lahore (Pakistan).