NO : WP-2018-004 AUTHOR : Taniya Ghosh and Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake TITLE : Women Empowerment and Good Times: Which One Leads to the Other? ABSTRACT : Does substantial women empowerment lead to significant output, or do good times lead to women empowerment? Using a panel VAR study as well as […]
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IGIDR Working Paper: Inequality, Employment and Public Policy
NO : WP-2018-003 AUTHOR : S.Mahendra Dev TITLE : Inequality, Employment and Public Policy ABSTRACT : This paper examines dimensions of inequality including labour market inequalities and discusses public policies needed for reduction in inequalities. It discusses both inequality of outcomes and inequality of opportunities. In terms of income, India […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Technological Change, Automation and Employment: A Short Review of Theory and Evidence
NO : WP-2018-002 AUTHOR : K.V.Ramaswamy TITLE : Technological Change, Automation and Employment: A Short Review of Theory and Evidence ABSTRACT : A selective survey of recent papers in the area of technological change, automation and employment is presented. The objective is to convey analytical ideas and the empirical evidence […]
IGIDR-IDRC Post-Doctoral Scholarships for Scholars from Select Asian Countries
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IGIDR Working Paper: Business cycle effect on leverage: A study of Indian non-financial firms
NO : WP-2018-001 AUTHOR : Arpita Pattanaik and Rajeswari Sengupta TITLE : Business cycle effect on leverage: A study of Indian non-financial firms ABSTRACT : In this paper we analyse the effect of business cycle fluctuations on firms’ capital structure using a large panel of non-financial firms in India. In […]
Prof. S.Mahendra Dev has been elected as President of the Indian Economic Association (IEA)
Prof. S.Mahendra Dev has been elected as President of the Indian Economic Association (IEA) for the next three years starting from January 2018. Apart from having annual conferences, IEA will help in organising conferences and seminars to improve the quality of teaching and research in economics in colleges and universities. […]
Dr. Ashima Goyal received the SKOCH Challenger Award for Economic Policy at the 50th SKOCH Summit held in Delhi on 21 December, 2017.
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IGIDR Working Paper:Impact of India’s demonetization on domestic agricultural markets
NO : WP-2017-023 AUTHOR : Nidhi Aggarwal and Sudha Narayanan TITLE : Impact of India’s demonetization on domestic agricultural markets ABSTRACT : In this paper we estimate the impact on domestic trade in agricultural commodities of India’s demonetization exercise that invalidated 86% of the currency in circulation. Using data on arrivals and […]
