Subham Kailthya

Teaching Fellow in Economics

University of Warwick

Hi !

I’m a Teaching Fellow in Economics at the University of Warwick, UK (web-page). I have a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Reading, UK. Prior to joining Warwick, I was a post-doctoral research assistant at Reading where I examined the sources of productivity differences across manufacturing firms in India and the significant role of transportation infrastructure in encouraging economic activity.

At Warwick, I lead the EC122: Statistical Techniques A module. I’m also a joint lecturer on the EC902: Econometrics A and EC976: Econometrics modules. I supervise postgraduate dissertations and undergraduate projects in applied economics. I also conduct small-group classes for Development Economics (Macroeconomics) and Econometrics.

My research interests lie at the intersection of economics, politics and human development. My recent work includes:

analysing the role of transportation infrastructure in boosting economic activity using plant-level panel data from India.
investigating the relationship between political competition and the public provision of healthcare where I find that politicians in India prioritise more ‘visible’ components of healthcare over less visible components since the former is more electorally rewarding.
examining the role of workfare programs as a safety net to mitigate the adverse economic impact induced by unpredictable weather shocks in India.

Interests

Development Economics
Political Economics
Empirical IO
Applied Microeconometrics

Education

PhD in Economics

University of Reading
MSc in Economics

Madras School of Economics
BA in Economics

University of Pune, Fergusson College

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Projects

Climate Change

What is the impact of climate change on household behaviour?

Firms

How do we measure firm-productivity? What makes some firms more productive than others?

Political Economics

How do political-economic factors affect public provision?

Highlights

Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2022). Political Competition and Public Healthcare: Evidence from India. World Development.

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Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2021). Road to Productivity: Effects of Roads on Total Factor Productivity in Indian Manufacturing. Journal of Comparative Economics.

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Kailthya S (2018). Vulnerability of Households to Weather Shocks and the Mitigating Role of Workfare Programs. Working Paper.

Hui N, Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2015). Infrastructural Development and Firm Efficiency in India (1999-2007). Review of Development and Change, Volume XX, Number 2.

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Research

Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2022). Political Competition and Public Healthcare: Evidence from India. World Development.

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Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2021). Road to Productivity: Effects of Roads on Total Factor Productivity in Indian Manufacturing. Journal of Comparative Economics.

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Kailthya S (2018). Vulnerability of Households to Weather Shocks and the Mitigating Role of Workfare Programs. Working Paper.

Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2018). Spatial Interactions and the Political Economics of Public Provision: Evidence from India. Working Paper.

Kailthya S, Nygaard A (2018). Political Competition, Associational Lobbying and Legal Status: The Political Economics of Public Provision in Urban Slums. Working Paper.

Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2017). The heterogeneous effect of political competition on government responsiveness in India. Working Paper.

Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2017). Political Competition and Government Responsiveness: Evidence from Rural India. Working Paper.

Hui N, Kailthya S, Kambhampati U (2015). Infrastructural Development and Firm Efficiency in India (1999-2007). Review of Development and Change, Volume XX, Number 2.

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Teaching

I’m teaching the following courses in 2021-22:

Post-graduate Courses

Quantitative Methods: Econometrics A (EC902) (lecturer, joint with Manuel Bagues)
Econometrics (EC976, Warwick Business School) (lecturer, joint with Tom Martin)
MSc Dissertation Supervision (EC959)

Under-graduate Courses

Statistical Techniques A (EC122) (module leader)
Research in Applied Economics (EC331)
Development Economics (Macroeconomics) (EC205) (tutor)

I have previously taught the following post-graduate courses at the University of Reading:

Development Economics (ECM171)
Microfinance (IDM075)
Macroeconomics for Developing Countries (IDM063)
Microeconomics for Developing Countries (IDM070)

Contact

Subham.Kailthya@warwick.ac.uk
+44 (0) 24 7655 0047
Department of Economics, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK