This paper examines the relationship between AI exposure and employment outcomes in India, providing evidence from a developing country context where labor market institutions, informality, and the nature of AI adoption may produce different employment effects.
@unpublished{N25d,author={Naik, Ravikiran},year={2025},title={Canaries in the Code? AI Exposure and Employment in India},note={Working paper},}
Earning Differentials among Heterogeneous Platforms and Non-Platforms in India
This paper examines earning differentials among workers on heterogeneous digital platforms and in traditional non-platform employment in India, analyzing how skill specialization varies across different platform types and how this affects workers’ market power and earnings outcomes.
@unpublished{UN25wp,author={Unni, Jeemol and Naik, Ravikiran},year={2025},title={Earning Differentials among Heterogeneous Platforms and Non-Platforms in India},note={Working paper},}
Gender Differences in Returns to Education Mismatch
Jeemol
Unni and Ravikiran
Naik
In Women and Work: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy, 2025
This chapter examines gender differences in returns to education mismatch in India, analyzing how the misalignment between educational qualifications and occupational requirements affects men and women differently in the labor market.
@incollection{UN25,author={Unni, Jeemol and Naik, Ravikiran},year={2025},title={Gender Differences in Returns to Education Mismatch},booktitle={Women and Work: Challenges, Opportunities and Perspectives for Policy},publisher={Springer Nature},}
Fighting the Double-Edged Sword: Innovation and Internationalisation of Emerging-Market Firms
This paper examines the relationship between innovation and internationalisation strategies of emerging-market firms, investigating how firms in developing economies navigate the dual challenges of innovating while expanding internationally.
@unpublished{SN25,author={Sayyad, Abrar Ali and Naik, Ravikiran},year={2025},title={Fighting the Double-Edged Sword: Innovation and Internationalisation of Emerging-Market Firms},note={Under review at American Business Review},}
Inter-generational Economic Mobility and Transmission in India
This paper examines inter-generational economic mobility and transmission mechanisms in India, investigating the extent to which economic status is transmitted across generations and the institutional channels through which this transmission occurs.
@unpublished{N25b,author={Naik, Ravikiran},year={2025},title={Inter-generational Economic Mobility and Transmission in India},note={Working paper},}
Inter-generational Persistence and Role of Assortative Marriages in India
This paper examines inter-generational persistence of economic status and the role of assortative marriages in India, investigating how marriage patterns contribute to the reproduction of inequality across generations.
@unpublished{N25c,author={Naik, Ravikiran},year={2025},title={Inter-generational Persistence and Role of Assortative Marriages in India},note={Working paper},}
Is There Occupational Rank Premium in the Labour Market in India?
This paper investigates the existence and magnitude of occupational rank premiums in the Indian labour market, examining whether workers in higher-ranked occupations earn premiums beyond what can be explained by standard human capital variables.
@unpublished{NR25,author={Naik, Ravikiran and Ravindra, Samvardhini},year={2025},title={Is There Occupational Rank Premium in the Labour Market in India?},note={Working paper},}
Analysis of Returns to Education-Occupation Mismatch in Presence of Informality in India
This paper analyzes the returns to education-occupation mismatch in the presence of widespread informality in the Indian labor market, investigating how the informal sector mediates the relationship between educational qualifications, occupational placements, and earnings outcomes.
@unpublished{NU25a,author={Naik, Ravikiran and Unni, Jeemol},year={2025},title={Analysis of Returns to Education-Occupation Mismatch in Presence of Informality in India},note={Working paper},}
Workers’ Agency and Geographies of Resistance Within Global AI Production Networks
This paper examines how workers exercise agency and organize geographies of resistance within global AI production networks, investigating the intersection of algorithmic management, worker autonomy, and spatial dimensions of labor resistance.
@unpublished{N25a,author={Naik, Ravikiran},year={2025},title={Workers' Agency and Geographies of Resistance Within Global AI Production Networks},note={Working paper},}
2024
Heterogeneity of Labour on Digital Platforms in India
This paper examines the heterogeneity of labour on digital platforms in India. It analyzes how different platform types – delivery, transport, and service platforms – create varied labor market conditions and employment outcomes for workers.
@article{UN24,author={Unni, Jeemol and Naik, Ravikiran},year={2024},title={Heterogeneity of Labour on Digital Platforms in India},journal={Economic \& Political Weekly},}
2023
Human Development and Disaster Mortality: Evidence from India
This paper examines the relationship between human development and disaster mortality in India. Using data across Indian states, the study demonstrates how variations in human development indices correlate with differential mortality outcomes from natural disasters.
@article{NU23,author={Naik, Ravikiran and Unni, Jeemol},year={2023},title={Human Development and Disaster Mortality: Evidence from India},journal={Geophysical Journal International},}
2022
Gender Differentials in Entrepreneurship: Insights from a Multi-method Study
Jeemol
Unni, Vanita
Yadav, Ravikiran
Naik, and
1 more author
This paper examines gender differentials in entrepreneurship using a multi-method approach that combines quantitative analysis with qualitative insights.
@article{UYND22,author={Unni, Jeemol and Yadav, Vanita and Naik, Ravikiran and Datta, Swati},year={2022},title={Gender Differentials in Entrepreneurship: Insights from a Multi-method Study},journal={The Journal of Entrepreneurship},volume={31},number={1},pages={30--64},}
2021
Women Entrepreneurs In The New Indian Middle Class: Macro & Micro Perspectives
Jeemol
Unni, Vanita
Yadav, Ravikiran
Naik, and
1 more author
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of women entrepreneurs in the new Indian middle class, combining macro-level quantitative survey data with micro-level qualitative insights.
@book{UYND21,author={Unni, Jeemol and Yadav, Vanita and Naik, Ravikiran and Datta, Swati},year={2021},title={Women Entrepreneurs In The New Indian Middle Class: Macro \& Micro Perspectives},publisher={Orient Blackswan},isbn={9789354421457},}
2013
Employment Vulnerability in the Urban Labour Market in India
This paper examines employment vulnerability in the urban labour market in India, analyzing the patterns, determinants, and consequences of vulnerable employment across urban centers.
@article{NU13a,author={Naik, Ravikiran and Unni, Jeemol},year={2013},title={Employment Vulnerability in the Urban Labour Market in India},journal={The Indian Journal of Labour Economics},volume={56},number={4},pages={509--523},}
Measuring Informality of Employment in Urban India
This paper develops and applies measures of informality of employment in urban India, proposing measurement frameworks that capture the multidimensional nature of informal employment.
@article{UN13,author={Unni, Jeemol and Naik, Ravikiran},year={2013},title={Measuring Informality of Employment in Urban India},journal={The Indian Journal of Labour Economics},volume={56},number={4},pages={493--508},}
2009
Gujarat’s Employment Story: Growth with Informality
This book examines Gujarat’s employment trajectory, analyzing how the state’s rapid economic growth coexisted with persistent informality in the labor market.
@book{UN09b,author={Unni, Jeemol and Naik, Ravikiran},year={2009},title={Gujarat's Employment Story: Growth with Informality},publisher={Oxford University Press},isbn={9780199451180},}
Rural Structural Transformation: Case of the Service Sector in India
This paper examines rural structural transformation in India through the lens of the service sector, analyzing how the growth and expansion of services in rural areas is reshaping economic structures and employment patterns.
@article{UN09,author={Unni, Jeemol and Naik, Ravikiran},year={2009},title={Rural Structural Transformation: Case of the Service Sector in India},journal={Economic \& Political Weekly},volume={46},number={26--27},}