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Access to clean cooking fuel and women outcomes
NO : WP-2024-017 AUTHOR : Bharti Nandwani and Manisha Jain TITLE : Access to clean cooking fuel and women outcomes ABSTRACT : This paper examines the impact of India’s Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), a clean cooking policy that offered free Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections to women from economically and socially disadvantaged households, on […]
Impact of Teacher Gender and Role Models on Student Outcomes in India
NO : WP-2024-016 AUTHOR : Eshita Goswami TITLE : Impact of Teacher Gender and Role Models on Student Outcomes in India ABSTRACT : This study estimates the impact of teacher gender and tests for role model effects on various student outcomes such as test scores, transferrable skills, attendance and attitudes. We perform the analysis for […]
Money and output asymmetry: the unintended consequences of central banks’ obsession with inflation by Taniya Ghosh and Abhishek Gorsi
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A historical perspective on India’s inflation persistence: a quantile analysis
NO : WP-2024-015 AUTHOR : Yadavindu Ajit and Taniya Ghosh TITLE : A historical perspective on India’s inflation persistence: a quantile analysis ABSTRACT : This study investigates historical inflation persistence in India under three distinct regimes: monetary targeting, multiple indicator, and inflation targeting (IT). Previous stud- ies for India relied heavily on mean-based […]
Inflation convergence across Indian states
NO : WP-2024-014 AUTHOR : Yadavindu Ajit and Taniya Ghosh TITLE : Inflation convergence across Indian states ABSTRACT : This study examines the convergence of inflation and the formation of inflation clubs across Indian states from 2012 to 2023. The empirical findings indicate a reduction in inflation dispersion among Indian states. The convergence test using […]
Effect of Demand and Supply Side Factors on School Education Outcomes in India
NO : WP-2024-013 AUTHOR : Surabhi Garg and Srijit Mishra TITLE : Effect of Demand and Supply Side Factors on School Education Outcomes in India ABSTRACT : A novelty of this study is to examine the effect of both demand and supply side factors on school education outcomes in India for 6-18 age group in […]
Property Inheritance Rights and Female Political Participation in India
NO : WP-2024-012 AUTHOR : Bharti Nandwani and Punarjit Roychowdhury TITLE : Property Inheritance Rights and Female Political Participation in India ABSTRACT : The paper examines whether granting property inheritance rights to females improves their participation in politics as election candidates in India. Conservative gender norms in pa¬triarchal societies like India discourage women […]
