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Dr. Tsenguunjav Byambasuren
Assistant Professor, Economics
Email byambast@tcd.ie Phone3531896 1043https://sites.google.com/view/tsenguunjavbyambasuren/Biography
Tsenguunjav Byambasuren is an Assistant Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin. His research interests are in labour and development economics, focusing on the origins and consequences of firms' labour market power, a key source of income inequality. He also studies topics to understand and inform policies that improve the well-being of vulnerable communities, particularly women and children in developing countries. Tsenguunjav obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2025.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
- Arnab K. Basu, Tsenguunjav Byambasuren, Nancy H. Chau and Neha Khanna, Cooking Fuel Choice and Child Mortality in India, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 222, 2024, p240 - 265Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL
- Saida Ismailakhunova, Avralt-Od Purevjav, Tsenguunjav Byambasuren and Sarchil Qader, Leveraging Geospatial Techniques and Publicly Available Datasets to Develop a Cost-Effective, Digitized National Sampling Frame: A Case Study of Armenia, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 15, (4), 2026, p145Journal Article, 2026, DOI , URL
- Arnab K. Basu, Tsenguunjav Byambasuren and Nancy H. Chau, Alcohol Consumption and Intimate Partner Violence: Long-Term Effects of a Temporary Alcohol Ban, 2025Working Paper, DOI , URL
- Tsenguunjav Byambasuren and Anh Nguyen, Artisanal Mining and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2026Working Paper, DOI , URL
- Tsenguunjav Byambasuren, Automation Threat and Labor Market Power, 2026Working Paper, DOI , URL
- Tsenguunjav Byambasuren, Nancy H. Chau and Vidhya Soundararajan, Worker Mobility, Workforce Composition, and Employer Power, 2026Working Paper, DOI , URL
Research Expertise
Labour economics, Development economics
Recognition
- George F. Warren Award for Outstanding Paper, Cornell University May 2024
- Dyson Graduate Teaching Assistant - Outstanding Service Award, Cornell University May 2024
- Dyson Best PhD Dissertation Award, Cornell University April 2026
- Irish Economic Association (IEA) Travel Grant August 2026
- European Economic Association
- American Economic Association
- Royal Economic Society
- Trinity Impact Evaluation Unit (TIME), Affiliate Member
- Trinity Research in Social Sciences (TRiSS)
- Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), Monash University, Research Affiliate