Dr. Lakhwinder Singh

Professor

Dr. Lakhwinder Singh is Professor at the Thapar School of Libral Arts and Sciences (TSLAS). He has served as President of the 65th Indian Society of Labour Economics conference and is Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi. Prior to this, Dr. Singh has been Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, India where he has founded Centre for Development Economics and Innovation Studies (CDEIS). He has also served as a senior economist at the National Institute for Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi. Dr. Singh has been awarded prestigious scholarships such as Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Economics and Asia Fellow of International Institute for Education (IIE), New York. He has held several visiting positions including Yale University, USA and Seoul National University, South Korea. Dr. Singh has teaching experience of more than 32 years and has successfully supervised 21 Ph.Ds. Professor Singh is Coordinator of Indialics-a Chapter of Globelics in India.

He is founding editor of Millennial Asia-An International Journal of Asian Studies since 2009 which is published by SAGE and indexed in SCOPUS and Clarivate Analytics (ESCI). He has contributed ten books and more than a hundred articles in various reputed journals and leading national newspapers.

Books Published

• Reimagining Innovation Systems in the Covid and Post-Covid World, Routledge-Taylor and Francis Group, London, and New York (edited with K J Joseph) 2024.
• Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Development: Public Policy Lessons from Punjab Experience, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2021 (Coedited with Sukhpal Singh and Kamal Vatta).
• Agriculture Innovation System in Asia: Towards Inclusive Rural Development, Routledge, London, New York, New Delhi (jointly edited with Anita Gill), 2020
• Agrarian Distress and Farmer Suicides in North India, Routledge-Taylor and Francis Group, London, New York, and New Delhi, Second edition 2020 and first edition 2016 (Jointly with K S Bhangoo and Rakesh Sharma).
• Economic Transformation of a Developing Economy: The Experience of Punjab, India, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2016 (Jointly edited with Nirvikar Singh).
• Technology, Innovations and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Robert E. Evenson, (Jointly edited with K J Joseph and Daniel K N Johnson) SAGE Publications, New Delhi, London and Los Angles, 2015.
• Punjab’s Economic Development in the Era of Globalisation, LG Publishers and Distributors, Delhi 2014 (Jointly edited with Inderjeet Singh and Sukhwinder Singh).
• Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the Asian Region (Jointly edited with Sucha Singh Gill and Reena Marwah) Routledge, London, New York and New Delhi, 2010 and 2016 (Paper Back edition).
• Economic Cooperation and Infrastructure Linkages between Two Punjabs: Way Ahead (Jointly with Sucha Singh Gill et.al) CRRID Publications, Chandigarh, 2010.
• Status of Local Agricultural Labour in Punjab, The Punjab State Farmers Commission, Government of Punjab, Mohali, 2007 (Jointly with R. S. Ghuman and Inderjeet Singh)

Research Articles Published

• Economic Development of Punjab: Prospects and Policies, India Policy Forum (IPF), NCEAR, July 2-3, 2024 (with Nirvikar Singh and Parkarsh Singh).
• Dynamics of Innovation and Income Inequality Mediated by Human Capital and Financial Development: A Panel Data Study of Asia-Pacific Countries, Innovation and Development,DOI:10.1080/2157930X.2024.2374158, 2024 (with Zemed Degu).
• Foreword, Reflections from the Pandemic Hit Economy, (Eds.) Ravi Inder Singh and Pooja Sikka, 2024.
• Relationship Between Human Capital and Income Distribution of a Developing Economy: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia, Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2023 (with Zemed Degu) DOI:10.1177/00219096231215687.
• Prospects for Punjab’s Economic Development, in Pritam Singh and Meena Dhanda (eds.) Handbook of Punjab Studies, Routledge, London (forthcoming) 2024 (with Nirvikar Singh).
• Dreaming with Innovation Systems: The Plausible Pathways from the Pandemic, in Singh, L. and Joseph, K.J. (eds.) Reimagining Innovation Systems in the Covid and Post-Covid World, Routledge, London and New York, 2024 (with K J Joseph)
• Reimagining Innovation System in the Pandemic Shock and Aftermath, in Singh, L. and Joseph, K. J. (eds.) Reimagining Innovation Systems in the Covid and Post-Covid World, Routledge, London and New York, 2024 (with K J Joseph).
• Global Governance, Covid-19 Crisis and Challenges to Innovation System, in Singh and Joseph, K. J. (eds.) Reimagining Innovation Systems in the Covid and Post-Covid World, Routledge, London and New York, 2024 (with Swati Mehta)
• Trade and Development in Asia: An Introduction, Millennial Asia-An International Journal of Asia Studies, 14(3) September 2023:311-314 (With Sukhpal Singh).
• Punjab’s Economic Development Undersiege: Towards a Strategy for Making Punjab Economy Dynamic, Mainstream Weekly, 61(27), July 1, 2023 (With Baldev Singh Shergill).
• Human Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth of Ethiopian Economy, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 15(2):211-226, 2023 (with Zemed Degu Mengesha).
• Income Inequality, Innovation and Human Capital Nexus: A Comparative Analysis of Asia-Pacific Countries, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 36, No. 1, February 2023 (with Zemed Degu Mengesha). DOI: 10.22904/sje.2023.36.1.001
• The Deadly Cost of Informal Lending: An Economic Model of Agrarian Suicides in Punjab, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, online first, 2023 (with Daniel K N Johnson, K S Bhangoo and Tianyi (Lincy) Qin).
• Foreword in Mor, S., Madan, S. and Das, M. (eds.) Sustainability Driven Initiatives in Indian Higher Education Institutions, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi 2023: VII-VIII.
• Determinants of human capital development in Ethiopian economy: Theory and empirical evidence, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 21, Issue 2, 2022, Intellect UK (with Zemed Degu Mengesha).
• Fiscal Policy and Private Investment in Developing Economies: Evidence from Ethiopia, African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development, Vol.14, No.7, 2022 (with Fekadu Mekonnen Bedhiye).
• Separating Wheat from the Chaff: Farm Acts, Farmers Protest and Outcomes, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 12, No.3, December 2021, 390-410 (with Baldev Singh Shergill).
• Agrarian Crisis and Agricultural Market Reforms in South Asia, Millennial Asia-An International Journal of Asian Studies, 12(3), 265-276 (Coauthored with Sukhpal Singh and Barbara Hariss-White).
• Punjab’s Migration Crisis under lockdown and Beyond: Some Suggestion for Public Policy in Sukhpal Singh, Lakhwinder Singh and Kamal Vatta (eds.) Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Development: Emerging Public Policy Lessons from Indian Punjab, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2021.
• Covid-19 Pandemic and Sustainability of Punjab Economy in Sukhpal Singh, Lakhwinder Singh and Kamal Vatta (eds.) Covid-19 Pandemic and Economic Development: Emerging Public Policy Lessons from Indian Punjab, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, 2021.
• Covid-19 Pandemic: The Asian Experience, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3, December 2020 (with Sukhpal Singh).
• Global Spread and Socio-Economic Determinants of COVID-19 Pandemic, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2020 (With Varinder Jain).
• Agriculture Innovation System for Inclusive Rural Development in Asia: An Introduction, in Lakhwinder Singh and Anita Gill (eds.) Agriculture Innovation System in Asia: Towards Inclusive Rural Development, Routledge, London, New York and New Delhi, 2020 (with Anita Gill).
• Agriculture Innovation System and Productivity Growth Across North Indian States,in Lakhwinder Singh and Anita Gill (eds.) Agriculture Innovation System in Asia: Towards Inclusive Rural Development, Routledge, London, New York and New Delhi, 2020 (with Anita Gill and Rakesh Sharma).
• Asia’s Economic Development Experience in the 21st Century, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 10, No.3, 2019 (with Sukhpal Singh and Reena Marwah)
• Short run and Long run Technical Efficiency Analysis: Application to the Ethiopian Manufacturing Firms, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2019 (Jointly with Yismaw Ayelign)
• Skill Formation, Competitiveness and Industrialization: The South Asian Experience, in Sachin Chaturvedi and Sabayasachi Saha (eds.) Manufacturing and Jobs in South Asia: Strategy for Sustainable Economic Growth, Springer Nature, Singapore, 2019.
• Indian Economic Development Under Globalization, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 9, No.3, 2019 (with Sukhpal Singh).
• Interconnection between R&D and Industrial Production Structure: The Experience of India, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3:278294, 2018 SAGE publishers (with Deepika Chawla).
• Structural Change and Economic Growth across Major States of India, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2018:162-182, SAGE Publications (with Monica Thind).
• The Determinants of Food Security among the Pastoral Households of Amibara District in AFAR National Regional State, International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2018 (with Abdurhman Kader).
• Quality Standards and Technological Capabilities: Empirical Evidence from Indian Firms, Journal of Regional Development and Planning, Vol.7, No. 2, 2018: 29-39, India (With Kriman).
• Knowledge Spillovers Across Developing Economies, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2017 (with Manjinder Kaur).
• Innovations and Intellectual Property Rights in Asia: An Introduction, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol.8, No.1, 2017, SAGE, New Delhi (with Ryuhei Wakasugi and Sukhpal Singh).
• R&D Expenditure and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2016 (with Manjinder Kaur).
• Knowledge in the Economic Growth of Developing Economies, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2016 (with Manjinder Kaur).
• Emergence of Innovative Manufacturing Firms across Asian Countries, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2016 (with Anita Gill).
• Economic Transformation and Development Experience of Punjab: An Introduction, in Lakhwinder Singh and Nirvikar Singh (eds.) Economic Transformation of a Developing Economy: The Experience of Punjab, India, Springer Nature, 2016 (with Nirvikar Singh).
• Decent Work and Economic Growth, in Pramod Kumar (ed.) Vision Document 2030 for the State of Punjab, Chandigarh: Department of Planning, Government of Punjab and Institute of Development and Communication, 2016.
• Towards Alternative Strategy for Economic Development in Punjab, Journal of Punjab Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2015.
• Intra Household Allocation of Resources in Rural Punjab: Comparative Analysis of Migrants and Non-Migrants Households, Journal of Agricultural Development and Policy, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2015 (with Samita Behl).
• Technology, Innovations and Economic Development-An Introduction, in Technology, Innovations and Economic Development, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2015 (with K J Joseph and Daniel Johnson).
• Technological Capability, Employment Growth and Industrial Development: A Quantitative Anatomy of the Indian Scenario, in Lakhwinder Singh, K. J. Joseph and Daniel K N Johnson (eds.) Technology, Innovations and Economic Development: Essays in Honour of Robert E Evenson, SAGE Publishers, New Delhi 2015 (with Baldev Singh Shergill).
• Economic Development in Punjab-An Introduction, in Punjab’s Economic Development in the Era of Globalisation (eds.) Inderjeet Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Lakhwinder Singh, 2014 (With Inderjeet Singh and Sukhwinder Singh).
• Economic Governance and Punjab's Economic Growth, in Punjab’s Economic Development in the Era of Globalisation (eds.) Inderjeet Singh and Sukhwinder Singh and Lakhwinder Singh, 2014.
• Cancer Suffering Households in Punjab: Economic and Financial Consequences, in Punjab’s Economic Development in the Era of Globalisation (eds.) Inderjeet Singh, Sukhwinder Singh and Lakhwinder Singh), 2014 (with Inderjeet Singh and Parmod Kumar).
• Dealing with the Innovation-Inequality Conundrum: The Indian Experience, in Mario Scerri, Maria Clara Couto Soares and Rasigan Maharajh (eds.) Inequality and Development Challenges, Routledge, London, 2014 (with K J Joseph and Vinoj Abraham).
• Trade and Development Cooperation Among Asian Countries: Introduction, Special Issue, Millennial Asia-An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, October 2014, Sage Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India (with Sukhpal Singh).
• Understanding India’s Economic Growth: Implications for India-Korea Economic Cooperation, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2014, South Korea (with Keun Lee).
• The State, Systems of Innovation and Economic Growth: Comparative Perspectives from India and South Korea, Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2014, South Korea (with K S Bhangoo).
• Surjit Singh: A Committed Development Economist, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLIX, No. 7, February 15, 2014, India (with Reena Marwah and Sukhpal Singh).
• Vision for Economic Development in Punjab, Conference Rebuilding Punjab, 2013 https://thi.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Vision-for-Economic-Development-in-Punjab.pdf
• Internationalization of Firms from China and India: Theory, Evidence and Policy, Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2012, India (with Anita Gill).
• Post-Reform Economic Development in Punjab: A Comparative Perspective and Alternative Strategy, in H. S. Shergill, Sucha Singh Gill and Gurmail Singh (ed Understanding North-West Indian Economy, Serials Publications, New Delhi, 2011, India.
• Economic Development, Foreign Direct Investment and Policy in India, in Sucha Singh Gill, Lakhwinder Singh and Reena Marwah (eds.) Economic and Environmental Sustainability of the Asian Region, Routledge, London, New York and New Delhi, 2010.
• Changing Contours of Indian Investment Abroad: Evolution, Diagnosis and Public Policy, in Mustafa ZihniTunca (ed.) Sustainable Economic Development and the Influence of Information Technologies: Dynamics of Knowledge Society Transformation, IGI Global Publishers, 2010. USA, (with Varinder Jain).
• Emerging Pattern of Employment in the Organised Manufacturing Sector of India, in R.S. Ghuman, Surjit Singh and J S Brar (eds.) Globalisation and the State: Perspectives from Punjab-Essays in Honour of Prof. Sucha Singh Gill, Rawat Publishers, Jaipur, (with Baldev Singh Shergill) 2010, India.
• Changing Character of Rural Economy and Migrant Labour in Punjab, Journal of Punjab Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2009, USA. (with Inderjeet Singh and R. S. Ghuman).
• Capability Building for Innovations, Public Policy and Economic Growth in Asia: Lessons for Science and Technology Policy, Current Politics and Economics of Asia, Vol. 17, No. 4, 2008, New York, USA.
• Growth and Dynamics of Unorganised Industries in Punjab, International Journal of Business and Globalisation, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2007, UK (with Varinder Jain).
• Innovations, High Tech Trade and Industrial Development: Theory, Evidence and Policy, in George Mavrotas and Anthony Shorrocks (eds.) Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics, WIDER Development Studies Series, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, UK and -WIDER Research Paper No. 2006/27.
• Farmers’ Suicides and Response of Public Policy: Evidence, Diagnosis and Alternatives from Punjab, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 41, No. 26, June 30, 2006, Mumbai, India (with Anita Gill).
• Deceleration of Industrial Growth and Rural Industrialization Strategy for Indian Punjab, Journal of Punjab Studies, Vol.12, No.2, 2005, USA.
• “Techno-Industrial Cooperation for Development in the Two Punjabs”, Journal of Peace and Democracy in South Asia, Vol. 1, No.2, 2005, Sweden.
• Globalization, National Innovation Systems and Response of Public Policy, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 3, No. 3, December 2004, UK.
• Technological Progress, Structural Change and Productivity Growth in Manufacturing Sector of South Korea, World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004, UK.
• Domestic and International Knowledge Spillovers in Manufacturing Industries in South Korea, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 39, No. 5, January 31, 2004, Mumbai, India.
• Post-Reform Employment Growth in Organised Manufacturing Sector of India; A Disaggregative Analysis, Manpower Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1, April-June 2002, New Delhi, India (with Anita Gill).
• Deceleration of Economic Growth in Punjab: Evidence, Explanation and A Way Out, Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 37, No. 6, February 9-15, 2002, Mumbai, India (with Sukhpal Singh).
• Restructuring Monetary and Fiscal Policies for the Indian Federation, in R.N. Pal (ed.) Indian Constitution: A Review, Chandigarh: CRRID Publications, 2002, India.
• Public Policy and Expenditure on R&D in Industry, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 36, No. 31, August 4-10, 2001, Mumbai, India.
• International R&D Spillovers and Economic Growth in Asia, in Ashok Guha, K.L. Krishna and Ashok Lehari (eds.) Industry and Trade: Essays by NIPFP - Ford Foundation Fellows, NIPFP and Vikas Publishers, New Delhi, 2001, India.
• Technological Spillovers and India's Industrial Growth, The Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. LXXX, No. 318, January 2000, Allahabad, India.
• Economic Growth, International Technological Spillovers and Public Policy: Theory and Epirical Evidence from Asia, Indian Management Studies Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, October 2000, Patiala, India (with R.E. Evenson).
• Productivity, Competitiveness and Export Growth in a Less Developed Economy: A Study of Indian Punjab, in Pritam Singh and Shinder S. Thandi (eds.) Punjabi Identity in a Global Context, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999, India.
• Employment, Wages and Productivity in Public Sector Enterprises in India, The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Vol. 41, No. 4, October-December 1998 (with R.S. Guman), New Delhi, India.
• Globalisation and Economic Growth in Asia in Gopal Singh (ed.) South Asia: Democracy, Discontent and Societal Conflicts, Anamika Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, India, 1998.
• Wage-Productivity Relationship in Theory and Practice: A Study of Indian Public Enterprises, PSE Economic Analyst, Vol. 15, Nos. 1&2 (with R.S. Ghuman) 1994 Amritsar, India.
• Industrial Development in Punjab: An Analysis of Growth of Productivity and Structure of Wages, Finance India Vol. 7, No. 1, March 1993, New Delhi, India.
• Aspects of Growth and Structural Change in Industrial Sector of Punjab, Man & Development, Vol. 14, No.2, June 1992, Chandigarh, India.
• Changes in the Inter-Industry Structure of Wages: The Case of Punjab, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 27, No. 2, October 1991, New Delhi, India.
• Foreign Trade of India: A Macro View, Indian Management Studies Journal, Vol. I, No. 1, October 1989 (with R.S. Ghuman), Patiala, India.
• Changes in the Structure of Industrial Work force in Punjab, Margin Quarterly Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2, January-March 1988 (with K.S. Bhangoo), New Delhi, India.
• Economies of Scale and Technical Change, Productivity, Vol. 28, No.3, 1987 (with K.C. Singhal), New Delhi, India.
• Productivity Trends and Factor Substitutability in Punjab Industry, The Indian Journal of Economics, Vol. LXVII, Part III, No. 266, January 1987, Allahabad, India.
• Capital-Labour Substitution in Punjab Industry, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 21, October 1985 (with K.C. Singhal), New Delhi, India.