Swati Virmani
Contact details
Economics, School of Social Sciences
3rd Floor, Arthur Lewis Building
University of Manchester
Manchester M13 9PL
Email: swati.virmani@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Background
Swati graduated in Economics in 2007 from University of Delhi, India. In 2009, she completed her Masters’ in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. As part of her postgraduate curriculum, she wrote and presented the following research papers: "Forecasting Agriculture Product of India, 1971–2001", "Gender Wage Discrimination in Indian Urban Labour Market (2004)", "Governance and Development Performance of Indian States" and "Indentured Women: Bound or Free?". In 2008, she worked as Co-Researcher at the Oakland University, Michigan (USA), carrying out data collection, literature review and analysis on Residential Mortgage Refinancing in United States over 1980-2007 interval.
During 2009-2010, Swati worked as Research Analyst at the Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi, India, on areas viz. Inter-State Migration in India, International Migration, Feminisation of Agriculture and Food Security. She also delivered a lecture at the Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), Delhi, in the Training Programme on Data Analysis with Statistical Tools for 30th Batch of Indian Statistical Services Probationers, titled "Introduction to STATA: An Integrated Statistical Package", in March 2010. In September 2010, she has started her PhD at the University of Manchester.
Publications
"An Empirical Analysis of Residential Mortgage Refinancing Decision Making" (Co-Author). Journal of Housing Research, Vol. 19(2), pp. 129-138, 2010.
"Demographic Transition, Development Performance and Migration: A Comparative Study" (Co-Author). Social and Management Solutions, Vol. 5(1), pp. 45-54, 2010.
Research interests
Swati is currently researching on International Trade and its Impact and Implications for Developing Nations, jointly supervised by Dr. Edmund Amann and Dr. Indranil Dutta.
Teaching
- ECON10061: Introductory Mathematics (1st Year Undergraduate)
- ECON20332: Developing Countries in the International Economy (2nd Year Undergraduate)
PhD Topic - International Trade and FDI: Impact and Implications for Developing Nations
Swati's research looks at the relationship between International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective, with a particular focus on the role of overseas investments in complementing exports.
Theoretically, it examines the degree to which trade can be thought to lead to FDI as opposed to the relationship running in the other direction. Empirically, it involves micro level analysis to test the relationship, in particular, evaluating the relationship − whether FDI complements or substitutes trade − using firm level databases.
The research further extends to assess the related issue of the impact of openness to trade and investment on economic growth. Her study is mainly focussed on two countries, India and Brazil, in order to carry out an in-depth qualitative and quantitative assessment covering a wide range of country-specific issues.