Pubali Chakraborty

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

About

Pubali Chakraborty is a macroeconomist with interests in labor markets, economic development, and inequality. Using quantitative modeling and empirical analysis, she investigates the interlinkage between gender disparities and aggregate outcomes, as well as the impact of public policies on productivity, welfare, and resource allocation within households.

Education
Ph.D. in Economics, Ohio State University
M.S. in Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute
B.Sc. in Economics, Presidency College, University of Calcutta

Expertise

economic development, gender, labor economics, macroeconomics

Current Courses

Winter Semester 2027

Computational Macroeconomics

DCS 351 / ECON 351

This course is an introduction to dynamic general equilibrium models, which have become the workhorses of modern macroeconomics. These models involve intertemporal optimization by the different agents in the economy: households, firms, and the government. They are often used to analyze the modern th…

Economics of Inequality

ECON 160

This course introduces students to fundamental economic concepts in both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Students learn the basics of supply and demand, how credit and labor markets work, welfare analysis, and how these apply to contemporary economic issues. This section focuses on issues pertain…

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Reentry Sisters join Bates courses

This fall, in addition to the 552 first-year students and 13 transfer students, an additional five students enrolled in a few courses across campus: previously incarcerated women joined first-year seminars through the Reentry Sisters Alumni Scholar Program.

September 17, 2026

Bates welcomes the last of this year’s new faculty

Bates welcomed 11 new tenured or tenure-track faculty for the 2026-2027 academic year, and Bates News is highlighting these faculty in three installments. Read about our new faculty here and here, and read below for the final group of new faculty this year.