Kaivan Munshi

Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics, Yale University

Kaivan Munshi is currently Professor of Economics at Yale University and was previously the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge. His 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 work by Kaivan Munshi

Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China

Social networks substituted for legally enforced contracts between firms and paved the way for entrepreneurs to flourish

Firms

Ruochen Dai Dilip Mookherjee Kaivan Munshi Xiaobo Zhang

Published 10.08.18

Why is labour mobility in India so low?

Rural insurance networks in India incentivise adult males to remain in villages, contributing to the country’s low rural-to-urban migration rates

Migration & Urbanisation

Kaivan Munshi Mark Rosenzweig

Published 16.07.18

Caste and economic mobility in India

Caste networks play a crucial role in shaping economic mobility in India and can either support or hinder mobility, depending on the circumstances

Labour Markets

Kaivan Munshi

Published 28.07.17
Migration and institutions

In this video, Kaivan Munshi discusses the role of informal community-based institutions in migration and the development process

Institutions & Political Economy

Kaivan Munshi

Published 29.06.16

Kaivan Munshi

Recent work by Kaivan Munshi

Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China

Why is labour mobility in India so low?

Caste and economic mobility in India

Migration and institutions