Priyankar Datta

Priyankar Datta

PhD candidate in Economics

Michigan State University

Welcome

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Economics at Michigan State University. I enjoy using quasi-experimental empirical methods to answer policy relevant questions in labor, public, and health economics. I am currently on the job market and am available for interviews

Interests
  • Labor economics
  • Public economics
  • Health economics
Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2022 (Expected)

    Michigan State University

  • MA in Economics, 2016

    Michigan State University

  • MA in Economics, 2014

    Delhi School of Economics

  • B.Sc. in Economics (Honors), 2012

    Presidency College

Working Papers

Priyankar Datta
October 2021
The Impact of Mandated Paid Sick Leave Laws on the Long-Term Care Industry [Job Market Paper]

I study the effect of paid sick leave mandates on long term care facilities and their residents. I find that paid sick leave mandates lead to increases in part time staffing of nursing assistants, improvements in resident health and safety, and a reduction in elderly mortality rate ( preventing on average 4000 deaths per year).
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Priyankar Datta
April 2019
Parent's Divorce and the Gender Gap in Long Term Labor Market Outcomes

This paper looks at the impact of parent’s divorce on the gender gap in childrens long term labor market outcomes. I find that boys whose parents are divorced are less likely to graduate high school and attend college compared to their sisters.
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Teaching

EC 340: Survey of International Economics

[Instructor] Online: Summer 2017

PIM 822: Macroeconomics for Managers

TA: Fall 2021

PIM 821: Managerial Economics

TA: Fall 2016 & 2021

MBA 814: Applied Economics

TA: Spring 2017

EC 485: Economics of Education

TA: Spring 2017

EC 499: Senior Seminar in Economics

TA: Fall 2018 & 2019, Spring 2019 & 2020

EC 438: Urban Economics

TA: Fall 2018 & 2019, Spring 2019 & 2020

EC 306: Comparative Economic Systems

TA: Fall 2016

EC 302: Intermediate Macroeconomics

TA: Fall 2017

EC 202: Introductory Macreonomics

TA: Fall 2015

EC 201: Introductory Micreonomics

TA: Fall 2018 & 2015, Spring 2016 & 2018

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