Rosa Abraham

Rosa is an economist interested in issues relating to India’s labour market. She heads the Centre for Sustainable Employment and is the lead author of the State of Working India, 2026. Her research focusses on informal work and women’s employment with particular interest in issues at the intersection of labour statistics and women’s work. At the Centre for Sustainable Employment, she has been involved in the State of Working India reports and in the two primary surveys – India Working Survey and Covid-19 Livelihoods Survey, conducted by the Centre.

Her most recent work looks at the impact of major life events – marriage and childbirth – on women’s employment. Prior to joining the University, she worked as a researcher at Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) and even prior to that as a Lecturer in Madras School of Economics.