Prof. Srinivasan Murali is an Assistant Professor - Economics at FLAME University. He holds a Doctorate Degree in Economics from Ohio State University. He also has a Master’s Degree in Economics from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology from PSG College of Technology, Anna University. 

Srinivasan has worked at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He was also a visiting scientist at Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. 

His research specialization lies at the intersection of macroeconomics, labour economics, and quantitative methods. He uses quantitative frameworks to understand the macroeconomic perspective of labour markets and labour flows. 

Published

• Pandemic Containment and Inequality in a Developing Economy (with Kunal Dasgupta), Economic Inquiry, 2024, 62(2), pages 837-864 (ABDC-A)


• Labour Search with Endogenous Outside Option (with Ritesh Jain), Economics Bulletin, 2022, 42(2), pages 1092-1102 (ABDC-C)

Accepted

• Job Specialization and Labor Market Turnover, conditionally accepted at Review of Economic Dynamics (ABDC-A*)

Working Papers

• Gender Gap and Decline in Female Labour Force Participation in India: A Joint Search Perspective" (with Monisankar Bishnu and S Chandrasekhar),


• Macroeconomics of Racial Disparities: Discrimination, Labor Market, and Wealth" (with Guanyi Yang)


• Effect of Social Information on Competition Choice (with Ritwik Banerjee, Lata Gangadharan, and Anand Kumar)


• Wage Cyclicality Across Time and Frequencies (with Shweta Sogani),

Conference Presentations

• American University Cairo, Jobs and Development Conference (8-9 August 2024), “Gender Gap and Decline in Female Labour Force Participation in India: A Joint Search Perspective”.


• World Bank, Washington DC, Female Labor Force Participation: Drivers and Policy Options (December 6 2024), “Gender Gap and Decline in Female Labour Force Participation in India: A Joint Search Perspective”.

Awards and Honors

• World Bank Travel grant, Conference on Female Labor Force Participation, 2024


• Second-best paper award at the Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2023, IGIDR, Mumbai


• Young Faculty Research Chair, IIM Bangalore, 2018-2021


• Award for Excellence in Teaching, IIM Bangalore, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24.