Alok Kumar

Ph.D Candidate

Department of Economic	Tel. (613) 533-6000 Ext. 75532
Dunning Hall, Queen's University	Fax: (613) 533-6668
Kingston, Ontario, Canada	E-mail: kumara@qed.econ.queensu.ca
K7L 3N6	Web: www.econ.queensu.ca/pub/students/kumara
Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests: Macro and Monetary Economics, Search Theory

Research Papers: 1. ``Price Dispersion, Inflation, and Welfare '' , with Allen Head,  June 2002, under submission. [Abstract] 2. ``Unemployment Insurance, Productivity, and Wage Dispersion'',  March 2003, under submission. [Abstract] 3. ``Inflation and  the Dispersion of Real Wages'' ,  March 2003,  under submission. [Abstract]

Work in Progress: ``Search, Inflation, and Endogenous Skill Requirements" ``Inflation and Exchange Rate Pass-through" with Allen Head

Publications: ``Agricultural Development of Bihar'',  in Accelerating Growth though Globalization of Indian Agriculture, edited  by K.P. Kalirajan, G. Mytthili, and U. Sankar, Macmillan India Ltd., Delhi 2001, pages 167-195. ``Agriculture, Employment, and Poverty: Emerging Trends in Bihar'', with A. N. Sharma, in  Growth, Employment, and Poverty: Change and Continuity in Rural India, edited by  Chadha, G.K.and A.N. Sharma, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 1997, pages 365-387. ``Indian Tea Exports - An Analysis of Performance and Constraints'',  with Ramani Kumar, Foreign Trade Review, July-December, 1994, pages 160-180. ``Determinants of the Incidence of Poverty among Rural Labor - a Cross-Sectional Study'',  Indian Journal of Labor Economics , 37(4), October-December, 1994, pages 639-652. ``Rural Non-Farm Employment - a Static and Dynamic Study of Inter-State Variations'',  Indian Journal of Labor Economics,  36(3), July-September, 1993, pages 440-453.