Biswajit Banerjee
Visiting Professor of Economics
Biography
Professor Banerjee is a graduate of the University of Delhi, India and received his doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar. Prior to joining Haverford College, he was a senior staff member of the International Monetary Fund. He also previously taught at the University of Oxford for five years.
Teaching
Drawing on his experience at the IMF, Professor Banerjee will teach a course on “Economics of transition and euro adoption in central and eastern Europe”, and a course on “Empirical macroeconomics” aimed at providing students an understanding of the design and implementation of macroeconomic and financial policies. He will also teach introductory and upper level courses on macroeconomics, and advise senior theses.
Education
B.A. and M.A., University of Delhi
M.Phil. and Ph.D., University of Oxford
Research
Professor Banerjee’s research interests are labor economics and empirical macroeconomics. His current research projects include: Job reservations for backward castes in India; Ethnic discrimination in Macedonia; Earnings and occupational segregation in Slovenia; Regional income disparities in the Slovak Republic; and Performance of the Slovak enterprise sector. For list of publications, see curriculum vitae.
Courses: Fall 2009, Haverford
Economics
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Courses: Spring 2010, Haverford
Economics
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