Research Interests
Communities and development. Networks. Migration. Misallocation
Biography
Kaivan Munshi's research career has been devoted to the analysis of communities and their interaction with economic activity. His recent work has examined the effect of community networks on education, health, and mobility, which are key determinants of growth and development. Munshi's research has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Review of Economic Studies. He is currently co-editor of the Journal of Development Economics.
Recent Publications
Published Papers
Munshi, K. and Rosenzweig, M. Networks and misallocation: insurance, migration, and the rural-urban wage gap, (2016) American Economic ReviewMunshi, K. Community networks and the process of development, (2014) Journal of Economic Perspectives
Nancy, L. and Munshi, K. Women as agents of change: female income and mobility in India, (2011) Journal of Development Economics
Munshi, K. Strength in numbers: Networks as a solution to occupational traps, (2011) Review of Economic Studies
Eeckhout, J. and Munshi, K. Matching in informal financial institutions, (2010) Journal of the European Economic Association
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Munshi, K. Community Networks and the Process of Development, (2015) CWPE1545Munshi, K. and Rosenzweig, M. Networks and Misallocation: Insurance, Migration, and the Rural-Urban Wage Gap, (2015) CWPE1562
Chapter in Book
Munshi, K. Community networks and migration, (2016) in the book: The Oxford handbook of the economics of networks - Oxford University PressMunshi, K. Caste networks in the modern Indian economy, (2016) in the book: Development in India: micro and macro perspectives - Springer India
Munshi, K. Labor and credit networks in developing economies, (2010) in the book: Handbook of Social Economics - Elsevier
Recent Activities
Large-scale Experiments Workshop - Publication Date: 2016-11-25
Large-scale Experiments Workshop. This event will take place from the 21st March 2017, in the Moller Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Professor Munshi awarded the Infosys Prize - Publication Date: 2016-11-21
The Faculty is delighted to announce the news that Professor Kaivan Munshi has been awarded the 2016 Infosys Prize in the Social Sciences
Networks and Misallocation: Insurance, Migration, and the Rural-Urban Wage Gap - Publication Date: 2016-11-17
by Kaivan Munshi and Mark Rosenzweig
Institutions are implicit or explicit rules that bring people with the same objective together. In new research, Professor Kaivan Munshi discusses the role of informal community-based institutions in migration and the development process.
Andrew Odlyzko Public Talk (21 Oct) - Publication Date: 2015-10-12
Andrew Odlyzko will give a public talk called "The Uses, Abuses, and Non-uses of Quantitative Models in the British Railway Mania", on 21st October 2015 at 11am - 12.30pm in the Meade Room
Cambridge-INET The Economic Development of India Workshop - Publication Date: 2015-06-22
"An interdisciplinary workshop on the economic development of India will be held in Trinity Hall, Cambridge, on 26-27 June 2015. The aim is to encourage discussion across economics, history and related disciplines that is accessible to a wide audience.
Research Grants
The Economics Of Stigma: Community-Level Determinants And Consequences For Health (ISAAC NEWTON TRUST)
Keynes Fund Sponsored Projects
The Economic Consequences of Marriage-Market Inefficiency: Gender Inequality and Human Capital Accumulation in a Transition Economy (JHLL)
Teaching
PIIB Paper 8 - Lent - Development Economics II
M500 - Development Economics
PhD Students
Supervisor
Stephanie De Mel
PhD Title: Private or Public? Efficiency and Equity Implications of Tertiary Education Choice
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PhD Title: Private or Public? Efficiency and Equity Implications of Tertiary Education Choice
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