Economic Development, Undernutrition and Diabetes
2024. R&R, Quantitative Economics. With Nancy Luke, Kaivan Munshi, and Anu Mary Oommen. IGC / Ideas for India.
Swapnil Singh
I am a Principal Research Economist at the Bank of Lithuania. My research interest lies in quantitative macroeconomics and development economics.
Note
The views expressed in every work on this website are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Bank of Lithuania.
Research
Working papers
Development economics
Social Status, Economic Development and Female Labor Force (Non) Participation
Joint with Kaivan Munshi.
Payment System Shock and Trade-Credit Stretching
2026. Joint with Swarnodeep Homroy and Eglė Jakučionytė.
Quantitative macro
Public Insurance of Married versus Single Households in the US: Trends and Welfare Consequences
2016.
Type and Scale Dependence and Second Pillar Pension Reforms
2026. Joint with Eglė Jakučionytė.
Housing market
Housing Market Structure and Energy Efficiency Renovation
2026. Joint with Eglė Jakučionytė. VoxEU.
Housing Energy Efficiency and the Horizon Effect
2024. Joint with Ran Gu and Eglė Jakučionytė.
Policy oriented
Evolution of Small and Medium Enterprises in Lithuania over the period 2004-2024
2026.
Convergence without Capital Deepening: The Baltic Growth Experience and Its Prospects
2026.
Academic publications
Advance Information and Consumption Insurance: Evidence and Structural Estimation
With Marcelo Pedroni and Christian Stoltenberg. Journal of Monetary Economics, 2025. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper. SSRN.
School Closures and Implications for Student Outcomes: Evidence from Lithuania
With Eglė Jakučionytė and Indrė Pusevaitė. Journal of Education and Work, 2024.
Emergence of Subprime Lending in Minority Neighborhoods
With Egle Jakucionyte. Real Estate Economics, 2023. LSE Business Review. Bank of Lithuania WP.
Bowling Alone, Buying Alone: The Decline of Co-borrowers in the US Mortgage Market
With Egle Jakucionyte. Journal of Housing Economics, 2022. Vox column. Bank of Lithuania WP. Published version.
Consumption Insurance with Advance Information
With Christian Stoltenberg. Quantitative Economics, 2020.
Optimal Monetary Policy Under Sector Interconnections
With Roel Beetsma. Netherlands Economic Review (De Economist), 2018, 166:309-336. Working paper. Published version.
Miscellaneous
Mortgage Foreclosure Risk After The Great Recession
2018. Joint with Egle Jakucionyte. Codes.
Media articles
Ideas for India: Economic development, the nutrition trap, and metabolic disease
LSE Business Review: How Subprime Lending Emerged in Minority Neighborhoods
VoxEU Column: The Secular Decline of Co-borrowers in the Mortgage Market is not Harmless
Foreign Policy: Russia Sanctions are Working but Slowly
Foreign Policy: Moscow's Gas Freeze Shows EU-Russian Trade is Doomed
Verslo Žinios: Kodėl Klaidingai Atrodo, kad Sankcijos Rusijai Nėra Efektyvios