Raj Arunachalam

University of Michigan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
    Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center
    Associate Director, Center for South Asian Studies




Contact

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Research

"The Price of Fertility: Marriage Markets and Family Planning in Bangladesh" (with Suresh Naidu), under review  
     [new version August 2008]

"On the Heterogeneity of Dowry Motives" (with Trevon D. Logan), under review   
    [new version June 2008]

"Is There Dowry Inflation in South Asia?" (with Trevon D. Logan), under review

"Prostitutes and Brides?" (with Manisha Shah), American Economic Review P&P, May 2008

"The Prostitute's Allure: The Returns to Beauty in Commercial Sex Work" (with Manisha Shah), 2008

"Are All STI Epidemics Self-Limiting?" (with Manisha Shah), 2008



Teaching

Economics 461 -- Development Economics, Winter 2008

Economics 666 -- Political Economy of Development (PhD Course), Winter 2008

Previous Courses