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A measure of social justice
Deprivation and social justice are not only recurring themes in Professor Ranjan Ray's wide-ranging research, but ones
that cut firmly through some established boundaries. 'The old line between developed and developing countries, and
development and non-development economics, is blurred and that's reflected in my research,' he says. 'I don't divorce the
two.'
An early interest in data, methodology, analytical framework and policy has persisted throughout Ranjan's 30 or so years
in economics research, but he has slowly shifted his emphasis away from statistics and towards development.
'I don't see development as being only the preserve of or restricted to third world countries,' he says. 'There are a lot of
developmental issues and implications for people in Australia; the divide between indigenous and non-indigenous people,
for example.'
One-time boundaries are also collapsing, he says, as booming countries like India and China close the gap in one
direction, and global financial crises draw others back.
Poverty and inequality are relevant across the spectrum. Ranjan has recently been widening his study of such issues to
multidimensional deprivation, a term that recognises the complex nature of deprivation, of which capacity to spend is
merely one aspect.
'You may not be poor but you may be deprived,' he says. 'It is perfectly possible that you are above the poverty line but
still don't have access to health, to electricity, to schooling, to water.'
His research drills deeper to determine how different groups in society are affected, comparing, for example, those who
own their own homes and those who don't, city dwellers and those in remote areas, and indigenous and non-indigenous
people.
This project highlights Ranjan's broad view of his field, using not only data from developing countries but also Australian
data from the HILDA (Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia) survey.
Other research relates to issues arising throughout the development spectrum.
Child labour is a longstanding interest that sits at the developing end, as does a current project on the interplay between
corruption and the informal sector. Small businesses such as tea-stalls tend to slip under the radar; some may be entirely
legitimate, others may not. Ranjan is considering whether corruption contributes to the informal sector, and vice versa.
Quite different issues -- the effects of price changes, measurements of equality, and how inflation redistributes wealth
towards or away from certain socioeconomic groups - involve study of developed nations such as Australia and Britain.
Australian Research Council Discovery Project grants have supported many of Ranjan's projects.
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JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (2024)
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIESno. 4 (2023): 533-551
Economic Modelling (2023): 106401-106401
RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON MEASURING POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION (2023): 181-191
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RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2021)
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