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Notice: Post-Doctoral Fellowship/Post Doctoral Contract Programme 2020 that PDF/PDC 2020 program has been suspended.
This is to inform all applicants of Post-Doctoral Fellowship/Post Doctoral Contract Programme 2020 that PDF/PDC 2020 program has been suspended. Applicants may apply again when IGIDR advertises after it resumes in-campus activities fully.
Working Paper: Monetary Spillovers and Real Exchange Rate Misalignments in Emerging Markets
Author: Krittika Banerjee and Ashima Goyal Title: Monetary Spillovers and Real Exchange Rate Misalignments in Emerging Markets Abstract: After the adoption of unconventional monetary policies (UMP) in advanced economies (AEs) there were many studies of monetary spillovers to asset prices in emerging market economies (EMEs) but the extent of contribution […]
Working Paper: Corruption vs. Efficiency in Water Allocation under Uncertainty: Is There a Trade-off?
Author: Rupayan Pal and Dipti Ranjan Pati Title: Corruption vs. Efficiency in Water Allocation under Uncertainty: Is There a Trade-off? Abstract: In the absence of a cooperative solution to the problem of rights over shared water, water allocation through third party intervention is most commonly used. This paper considers water […]
Notification Regarding IGIDR Admission Test 2020 
NOTIFICATION The IGIDR Admission Test for the M.Sc. and Ph.D programs will be conducted on October 11 2020. The Test is scheduled in the afternoon, the exact time at which candidates are supposed to report to their respective centers will be notified in the call letter. Based on several requests […]
Working Paper: An alternate to survey methods to measure work from home
Author: Mohit Sharma, Sargam Gupta and Xavier Estupinan Title: An alternate to survey methods to measure work from home Abstract: During unprecedented times like COVID-19, when ‘social distancing’ is a new normal, knowing the jobs that can be performed from home is useful for policymakers and researchers. A most common […]
Working Paper: Are more productive banks always better?
Author: Rajeswari Sengupta and Harsh Vardhan Title: Are more productive banks always better? Abstract: In this paper, we connect productivity growth in the banking sector with the subsequent build up of stressed assets on the banks’ balance sheets. In doing so, we highlight the problems of a methodology that measures […]
The IGIDR Admission Test 2020 scheduled on September 7, 2020 stands postponed.
Working Paper: Impact of Covid-19 on Indian Economy: An Analysis of Fiscal Scenarios
Author: Ila Patnaik and Rajeswari Sengupta Title: Impact of Covid-19 on Indian Economy: An Analysis of Fiscal Scenarios Abstract: Amidst the economic slowdown triggered by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pan-demic in India there have been many demands for the government to announce a large fiscal stimulus to support the economy. Economic […]
IGIDR Webinar: Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation of Education in India: Has it fallen over time?
Speaker: Dr. Sandip Datta, City Montessori School, Lucknow Date & Hour: 24 August 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation of Education in India: Has it fallen over time? Abstract: This paper employs a hurdle model approach to ask whether the extent of gender bias in education expenditure […]
