Dr Amrit Amirapu

Amrit Amirapu joined the University of Kent in 2015 after receiving his PhD in Economics from Boston University. He also has a BA from Amherst College, where he studied Physics and Political Philosophy, and an MA from Columbia University in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences. Amrit has worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the Center for Global Development, and as an informal adviser in the Indian Ministry of Finance.  

Amrit's research interests span a range of topics in the field of Development Economics, including firm behaviour, household behaviour (including marriage customs and migration decisions), labour markets, institutions (especially legal institutions), political economy, and informality.  

Research areas:

•  Development Economics
• Applied Microeconomics
  

• EC500 Microeconomics
• EC540 Development Economics
• EC885 Topics in Advanced Microeconomics

Administrative roles

• Outreach Officer