Jayanta Talukder receives the Benevolent Association Research Grant

Economics doctoral student Jayanta Talukder has been selected as a Fall 2021 Benevolent Association Research and Creative Activity Grant recipient. His research project is titled "Reverse Migration and Occupational Choice: Evidence from COVID-induced Lockdown in India." The research aims to quantify migrant hardship as a result of the second COVID wave in 2021 in India and its effect on future migration decisions.