Soham Sahoo

Research Fellow

Loughborough University

S.Sahoo@lboro.ac.uk

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Research Interests

Soham Sahoo is an Assistant Professor currently with the Economics Group at Loughborough University, UK. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore.

His research interest is broadly in development economics, with a focus on education, gender, labour, and political economy. Soham holds a PhD in Quantitative Economics from Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. Before joining IIM Bangalore, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economics of University of Goettingen, Germany. He has also held visiting positions at the London School of Economics and the University of Warwick.

Soham Sahoo joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2021.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17879

Improving First-Generation College Students’ Education and Employment Outcomes: Effects of a Targeted Scholarship Program

Gopinath Annadurai, Soham Sahoo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17527

The Political Economy of Privatization of Education: Role of Local Politicians in India

Muneer Kalliyil, Soham Sahoo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17404

Does Restricting Access to Credit Affect Learning Outcomes? Evidence from a Regulatory Shock to Microfinance in India

Muneer Kalliyil, Soham Sahoo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16552

Air Pollution and Time Use: Evidence from India

Jafar Jafarov, Tejendra P. Singh, Soham Sahoo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16167

Impact of Early Childhood School Intervention on Enrollment and Learning Outcomes: Evaluation of a Public Program in India

Nilanjan Bhattacharya, Debayan Pakrashi, Sarani Saha, Soham Sahoo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15278

Do Educated Leaders Affect Economic Development? Evidence from India

Chandan Jain, Shagun Kashyap, Rahul Lahoti, Soham Sahoo

published as 'The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India' in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2023, 51 (3), 1068-1093

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15259

When Criminality Begets Crime: The Role of Elected Politicians in India

Nishith Prakash, Soham Sahoo, Deepak Saraswat, Reetika Sindhi

published online in: Journal of Law Economics and Organization, 30 August 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14305

Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India

Sonali Rakshit, Soham Sahoo

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 161, 103041

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11660

Gender Segregation in Education and Its Implications for Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from India

Soham Sahoo, Stephan Klasen

revised version published in: Demography, 2021, 58 (3), 987-1010