Mohd. Imran Khan

Assistant Professor
Program Chair of Ph.D. (Economics)

Area of Specialization

Migration and Labour

 

Interest Areas:

Development Economics, Urban Economics, Microeconomics, Global Political Economy

 

Work Experience:

• Assistant Professor, SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed to be University), M L Mehta Road, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai, Maharashtra (From 11^th March 2019 till date)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, National Law School of India (NLSIU) Bangalore, Karnataka (From 08^th March,2021 to 04^th June 2021)

Research and consultancy

• Consultant (15 December 2023-31January 2024) on an ‘Assessment study for measuring the outcomes/impact of project interventions of "Women’s access to education and livelihood opportunities in Maharashtra” for NGO Humana People to People India (HPPI), New Delhi with DI4C, New Delhi.
• Consultant (16 December 2021 to 15 March 2022) on a project COVID-19 and Internal Return Migration: Analysis of Four States- Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthanunder ERADA (Enhancing Rural Resilience Through Appropriate Development Action) by GIZ-India, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in partnership with the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) at India Migration Now, Mumbai.
• Consultant (12^th-26^th December 2019 and 4^th -18^th January 2019) on a project Status of Adolescents in Tamil Nadu at Centre for Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Analysis (CMEIA), RGNIYD in partnership with UNICEF.
• Consultant (15^thMay 2017 to 15^thAugust, 2017), on Project ‘Impact Evaluation of SEZs on Poverty in Undivided Andhra Pradesh in India’ funded by Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, Asia Research Centre, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Journal publications:

• Rajasulochana, S.R. and Khan, M.I. (2024), "Does access to assistive technologies enhance labour force participation amongst the disabled population? Evidence from India", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-03-2023-0107
• Khan, M.I., Wats, P. & Farida, J.J.(2023). Gender Differences in Returns to Self-employment in India. Ind. J. Labour Econ. 66(1), 239–266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-023-00429-6
• Kannan, K. P., & Khan M.I. (2022). Loss of Job, Work, and Income in the Time of COVID-19-An Analysis of PLFS Data, Economic and Political Weekly,57(2), 37-41.
• Khan, M. I., & Baruah., Ashapurna (2021). Internal Migration, Remittances, and Labour Force Participation in Rural India: A Gender Perspective, International Labour Review 160 (3), 453-476.
• Khan, M.I. (2021), Consequences of Labour Migration on Wages and Employment: Evidence from India, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics 64 (1), 23-47.
• Khan, M. I., & C., Valatheeswaran. (2020). International Remittances and Private Healthcare in Kerala, India. Migration Letters, 17(3), 445-460.
• Valatheeswaran C.& Khan, M. I. (2018). International Remittances and Private Schooling: Evidence from Kerala, India. International Migration, 56 (1), 127-145.
• Khan, M. I. (2017). Migrant Workers in Urban Labour Markets in India: Wage Differentials, Assimilation and Occupational Attainment. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics 60(3), 437–459.
• Khan, M. I. (2016). Migrant and non-migrant wage differentials: a quintile decomposition analysis for India. The Indian Journal of Labour Economics 59 (2), 245- 273.
• Khan, M. I., & Valatheeswaran, C. (2016). International Migration, Remittances and Labour Force Participation of Left-behind Family Members: A Study of Kerala. Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 10(1), 86-118.
• Sofi, I. A., Khan, M. I., Kunroo, M. H., & Khachoo, A. Q. (2016). Labour Market Regulations and In-formalisation of Migrant Worker: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector. Asian Journal of Law and Economics, 7(2), 169-195.

Book Chapters

• Khan, M. I., (2023) Industrial and occupational distribution of migrant workers in India in Ram Kumar Mishra, Sandeep Kumar Kujur, K. Trivikram (Ed) ‘Higher Education, Employment, and Economic Development in India Problems, Prospects, and Policies’, Routledge
• Khan, M. I., (2019) Labour Migration: Trends and Characteristics in Irudaya Rajan and Sumeetha M (Ed) ‘Handbook on Internal Migration in India’, Sage publications

Popular writing

• ‘Navigating the Nuances of Jammu and Kashmir’s Labour Market Recovery’ in Greater Kashmir
• ‘Justice lost in translation’ in Greater Kashmir
• ‘The way to end child marriage’ in The Hindu
• ‘No ‘Room’ for Social Distancing: A Look at India’s Housing and Sanitation Conditions’ in EPW Engage
• ‘As India begins to evacuate citizens from Gulf, many migrants are anxious about their futures’ in Scroll
• ‘Covid-19: How long can consumption be sustained in lockdown?’ in Ideas for India
• ‘Why social distancing is not helping stop corona virus in India’ in Global Indian Times
• ‘Migrant Exodus during the National Lockdown’ in Delhi Post.

 

Invited Lectures/Panellist

• Conducted a one-day workshop on "Applied Econometrics (Applications to NSSO - PLFS Database)" at Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani Goa campus on 25th November 2024.
• Invited as a panellist for the virtual symposium on ‘Migration, Gender and Labour Market Outcomes’ by IIMAD, Trivandrum and O.P Jindal Global University on November 24, 2023.
• Invited as a discussant for the virtual talk on ‘Can PLFS, 2020-21 Help us Understand Internal Migration Patterns in India?’ organized by Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi and the Initiative on Migration Action and Knowledge Engagement (I-MAKE), India Migration Now, Mumbai on 2^nd December 2022.
• Delivered an invited lecture(virtual) on "Relationship between local and migrants on the labour market’ at the CDS workshop on methods in migration research, organised by the Centre for Development Studies between August 9 and 13, 2021.
• Conducted a short training programme on "Understanding NSSO Data and its Extraction”, at the school of HSS, IIT Indore on June 26, 2017.
• Conducted a one-day workshop on ‘NSS Data: Sampling and Extraction Techniques’ in a National Workshop on "Data Extraction Techniques for Social Science Researchers” organised by Department of Economics, Dr John Mathai Centre, Thrissur on 28 October
• Delivered a lecture on ‘NSSO Data on Internal Migration and Labour Markets In India’ for the training programme on "Methods and Approaches in Research on Migration Issues” jointly organized by Loyola Institute of Social Science Training and Research (LISSTAR) and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) at Loyola College, Chennai on I^st  April, 2016.

Selected Workshops, Seminars and Conferences

International

• Presented a paper "Women on the Move: Navigating the Intersections of Marriage, Labour, and Development in India", at 21st KIMEP International Research Conference on "Sustainable Prosperity: Navigating Economic Growth in the AI Era.” organized by KIMEP University, EM Normandie Business School, and ZAGREB School of Economics and Management on April 12-13, 2024.
• Co-presented a paper titled "Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in the Gulf Cooperation Council on the Economic and Health Conditions of Migrant Workers" at the 11th Gulf Research Meeting (GRM) on ‘The COVID-19 Health and Socio-economic Crises: Consequences on Population and Migration in the Gulf.’ held online organized by Gulf Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge during 23-24 July 2021.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Migration, Wages and Employment: Evidence from Urban Labour Markets in India’ at WIDER Development Conference on ‘Transforming economies - for better jobs’ held in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on 11-13 September 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand. 
• Presented a paper titled "International Remittances and Healthcare Expenditure and Access: Evidence from Kerala, India” at WIDER Development conference on ‘Migration and Mobility’ held at the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), Accra, Ghana on 5‐6 October 2017
• Presented a paper titled "International Remittances and Private Healthcare: Evidence from Kerala, India” at The Migration Conference 2017 at Harokopio University in Athens, Greece during 23rd to 26th August, 2017.
• Presented a paper titled "International Remittances and Healthcare Expenditure and Access: Evidence from Kerala, India” in ‘The 7th Gulf Research Meeting’ on ‘The Economics of Migration to the Gulf: Perspectives and Countries of Origin and Destination’ held in Gulf Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge during 16-19 August, 2016
• Presented a Paper titled "Migration, Remittances and Left-behind Members in Home Labour Market: Evidence from Kerala” in Conference on ‘The Structural Transformation of South Asia’ held at Lund University, Lund, Sweden during 20-22 May 2015.

National

• Presented (by invitation) a paper titled "Examining the impact of Gulf migration, return and remittances on the labour market in Kerala", at the ‘Kerala and the World Economy Conference’ on "Migration and Labour" organized by Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala on March 18-19, 2024.
• Presented a paper titled "Social Norms, Intergenerational Influence, and Social Capital in Shaping Young Women's Time Use", presented at 64th ISLE Conference on "Growth and Employment" organized by Department of Economics, Hyderabad Central University, Telangana during March 29-31, 2024.
• Presented (by invitation) a paper titled "Gulf Migration and Remittances in Kerala: Examining the Left-Behind in the Home Labour Market” at the fifth edition of the "International Congress on Kerala Studies” for "Migration Conclave - 2024” organized by AKG Centre for Research and Studies, Trivandrum on January 19-21, 2024 at Thiruvalla, Kerala.
• Presented a paper titled "Social remittances from Gulf: Absence of husbands and the autonomy of wives in Kerala” at an International Conference on "Migration & Sustainable Development: Opportunities, Challenges, and Way Forward” held at TISS, Mumbai organized by IIMAD, Trivandrum and Centre for Labour studies and Social Protection, TISS, Mumbai during 15-16 December, 2023
• Presented a paper titled "Impact of assistive technologies on labour market participation among persons with disability in India” at the 63rd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics held at Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh during 1-3 March 2023.
• Presented a paper titled "Gender differences in returns to Self-employment in India" at the 62nd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, Uttarakhand during 11-13 April 2022.
• Presented (by invitation) a paper on ‘Industrial and occupational distribution of migrants in India: An analysis into the segregation and occupational change’ at an International Conference on the theme "Economic Development: Role of Higher Education Institutions in Employment” on 10th December, 2019 at IPE, Hyderabad.
• Presented a paper titled ‘Domestic Remittances and Labour Supply of left-Behind Family Members: A Case of Rural India’ 61st Annual Conference of Indian Society of Labour Economics organised by Centre for Development Economics and Innovation Studies (CDEIS), Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab from 7- 9 December 2019.
• Presented a paper titled "International Remittances, Healthcare Expenditures and Access: Evidence from Kerala” in international seminar on "Two Decades of Migration Research Based on Kerala Migration Surveys (KMS)” at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala during 17-18 September, 2018.
• Presented a Paper titled "International Remittances and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from Kerala” in Dissemination Workshop on Transnational Migration in Transition: Transformative Characteristics of Temporary Migration, European Union Project at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, Kerala during 23-24 January, 2017.
• Presented a Paper titled "Migration, Wages and Employment: Evidence from Urban Labour Markets in India” in CDS-ISIK-IGIDR Doctoral Students Workshop, 2016 held at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai during 21-22 March,
• Presented a Paper titled "Migration, Remittances and Left-behind Members in Home Labour Market: Evidence from Kerala” in a conference on ‘Migration’ held at IIT Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 6-8 February 2015.
• Presented a Paper titled "Migrant inflow and its impact on the wage of urban workers in the urban labour market of India” in 50th Annual Golden Jubilee Conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES) held at Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR),Mumbai during 22-24 December, 2013.
• Presented a Paper titled "Migrant inflow and its impact on the wage of urban workers in urban labour market of India” in 55th Annual Conference by The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi from 16-18 December, 2013.

Reviewer services

SSM-Population Health, Journal of International Development, Review of Development and Change, International Migration, Journal of South Asian Development, Migration Letters, Review of Development Economies, Migration and Development, Indian Economic Journal, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics.

 

Official Email ID

MohdImran.Khan@nmims.edu

 

Office Phone No.

022 - 42355727