Atanu Sengupta is Professor at the Department of Economics, Burdwan University, West Bengal, India, where he has been teaching for more than a decade. He has published over 45 papers in various refereed national and international journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, Sankhya, Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Education and Development, Indian Economic Review, Asia Pacific Development Journal, and Asia Pacific Journal of Education and Development, and has also contributed chapters in various edited volumes. He has published eight books, including two edited volumes, and is a regular reviewer for several journals. His areas of interest include econometrics, financial economics, development economics, microeconomics, and growth theory.

Abhijit Ghosh is Assistant Professor of Economics at A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna, Bihar, India. He has widely participated in international and national seminars and conferences. He is a regular reviewer for several journals. His research has been published in various national and international journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, Social Indicators Research, Asia Pacific Development Journal, Journal of Health Management, and so forth. He has also contributed papers in edited volumes and is the author of one book. His areas of research interest include human development and related issues (education, health, and food security), regional economics, local government and panchayati raj institutions, and applied econometrics.