Fields of Interest
Applied Microeconomics and Development, Disability, Labor Economics, Health, Agriculture.
Working Papers
(with J-M. Boussard) A Nonlinear Cobweb Model of Agricultural Commodity Price Fluctuations.
The Recent Decline in the Employment of Persons with Disabilities in South Africa, 1998-2006.
(with U. Sambamoorthi) The Extra Health Care Costs of Living with a Disability.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Mitra S. and U. Sambamoorthi (Forthcoming), Wage Differential by Disability Status in an Agrarian Labor Market in India, Applied Economics Letters.
Mitra, S. and U. Sambamoorthi (2008), Disability and the Rural Labor Market in India: Evidence for Males in Tamil Nadu, World Development, Vol. 36(5), pp. 934-952..
Mitra, S. (2008), The Reservation Wages of Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries, Social Security Bulletin, Vol 67(4), pp. 89-111, 2007.
Mitra, S. and U. Sambamoorthi (2006), Government Programs to Promote Employment among Persons with Disabilities in India, Indian Journal of Social Development, Vol. 6(2), pp. 195-213.
Peer Reviewed Policy Articles
Mitra, S. (Forthcoming), Temporary and Partial Disability Programs in Nine Countries: What can the United States Learn from Other Countries?, Journal of Disability Policy Studies.
Mitra, S. and U. Sambamoorthi (2006), Disability Estimates in India: What the Census and NSS Tell Us, Economic and Political Weekly, September 23; 41(38), pp. 4022-4026.
Mitra S. and U. Sambamoorthi (2006), Employment of Persons with Disabilities: Evidence from the National Sample Survey, Economic and Political Weekly, January 21; 41(3), pp. 199-203.
Mitra, S. (2006), Disability and Social Safety Nets in Developing Countries, International Journal of Disability Studies, Vol 2(1), pp. 43-88, also World Bank Social Protection Working Paper No. 509.
Mitra, S. (2006), The Capability Approach and Disability, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 236-247.
Mitra, S. and D. Brucker (2004), The Early Intervention Project: An Innovative Initiative to Return Social Security Applicants to Work, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 2004, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 159-167.
Peer Reviewed Book Chapters
Bruyere, S., S. Mitra and S. Vanlooy (Forthcoming), Work and Employment, in WHO-World Bank, World Report on Disability and Rehabilitation.
Mitra, S. and D. Stapleton (2006), Disability, Work and Return to Work, in Lewin D. (ed), Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations, Labor and Employment Relations Association Research Volume, Cornell University Press.
Mitra, S. (2005), Disability: Economic and Social Development, in: Albrecht, G. (ed) (2005), The Encyclopedia of Disability, Sage.
