

Sanket Roy
Associate Professor of Economics American University of Sharjah
Dr. Sanket Roy is an Associate Professor of Economics at the American University of Sharjah’s School of Business Administration. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University in 2017. His research addresses critical issues such as child malnutrition, intimate partner violence, and the economics of gender and household dynamics, utilizing extensive survey data from India.
Recent work by Sanket Roy
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The role of family planning in nurturing child health in India
Economic theory predicts that smaller families can lead to healthier children. Evidence from India shows contraception plays a vital role in reducing child malnutrition, potentially by enabling parents to invest more resources in each child.
Published 05.12.24