Research team
Bio

Economist, India.
Arnaud Natal is a PhD candidate in development economics at the University of Bordeaux and is affiliated to BSE (UMR CNRS 6060). Under the supervision of Éric Rougier (BSE) and CJ Nordman, his doctoral thesis seeks to highlight the links between household indebtedness, cognitive skills and personality traits.
He was graduated from a master in development economics and applied statistics (University of Bordeaux). He did his final internship at the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP) between April and September 2019 under the direction of CJ Nordman. His dissertation focused on the impact of marriage on household indebtedness.
Contact: arnaud.natal@ifpindia.org
Publications with NEEMSIS datasets
- Locus of control, social identity and indebtedness in South India
- Surviving Debt and Survival Debt in Times of Lockdown