NO : WP-2017-003 AUTHOR :Ashima Goyal and Abhishek Kumar TITLE : A DSGE Model-Based Analysis of the Indian Slowdown ABSTRACT : In this paper we take a New Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model to the Indian data using Kalman filter based maximum likelihood estimation. Our model based output […]
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Selected Candidates for Visiting Students Program-2017
Selected for Summer@IGIDR 2017 1 Shilpa Chaya Mazumdar 2 Shaik Baji 3 Hemant Singh Gurjar 4 Mareeswaran M 5 Gayas Ahmad 6 Deepak Kumar Agarwal 7 Bharate Amol Suresh Ballotai 8 Trupti Patil 9 Deepti Rani Rath 10 Tripti Vig Waitlisted for Summer@IGIDR 2017 1 Khyati Jalan 2 Tanya jain […]
IGIDR Fourteenth Convocation
The Fourteenth Convocation of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research to be held on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at 11.00 a.m at the Auditorium, IGIDR campus, Gen. A.K. Vaidya Marg, Santosh Nagar, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400 065. Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Railway Minister, Government of India, will deliver the […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Intensive and Extensive Margins of Exports: What Can India Learn from China?
NO : WP-2017-002 AUTHOR :C. Veeramani, Lakshmi A, Prachi Gupta TITLE : Intensive and Extensive Margins of Exports: What Can India Learn from China? ABSTRACT : We decompose India’s export performance in manufactured products during 2000-2015 into changes at the intensive and extensive margins. India’s performance, along different margins, is compared […]
IGIDR Working Paper: Role of Gender Gap in Economic Growth: Analysis on Developing Countries versus OECD Countries
NO : WP-2017-001 AUTHOR :Sanika Sulochani Ramanayake and Taniya Ghosh TITLE : Role of Gender Gap in Economic Growth: Analysis on Developing Countries versus OECD Countries ABSTRACT : This study investigates the effects of the gender gap on economic growth by using a composite gender gap index from the World […]
Nidhi Aggarwal’s thesis was adjudged the ‘Best Ph.D. Thesis in Financial Economics
Nidhi Aggarwal’s thesis was adjudged the ‘Best Ph.D. Thesis in Financial Economics at the 99th conference of the Indian Economic Association. Nidhi Aggarwal is a researcher at the Finance Research Group, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR). Her research interests include market microstructure, commodity markets, high-frequency trading, […]
IGIDR Working paper:Household Expenditure on Higher Education in India: What do we know & What do recent data have to say?
NO : WP-2016-030 AUTHOR :S Chandrasekhar, P. Geetha Rani, Soham Sahoo TITLE : Household Expenditure on Higher Education in India: What do we know & What do recent data have to say? ABSTRACT : We analyse data from two recent NSSO surveys to provide estimates of expenditure on higher education […]
Conference on Political Economy of Contemporary India
Conference on Political Economy of Contemporary India (2nd edition) (Sponsored by IGIDR, King’s College London, and ICSSR) January 9-10, 2017 Venue: Seanza Conference Room, IGIDR, Mumbai Website:http://www.igidr.ac.in/indiapolecon/ Organizing Committee: R. Nagaraj and Sripad Motiram Conference Secretariat: Ms. Jayshree Borkar. Tel: +91-22-28416586. E-mail: jayshree@igidr.ac.in
IGIDR Working Paper:The Problem of Inequality
NO : WP-2016-029 AUTHOR :S. Mahendra Dev TITLE : The Problem of Inequality ABSTRACT : Inequality is the most discussed development problem all over the world. Development can’t be discussed without talking about inequality. The paper addresses two questions: (a) What are the dimensions and trends in inequality at global […]
IGIDR Working Paper:Income Generation and Inequality in India’s Agricultural Sector: The Consequences of Land Fragmentation
NO : WP-2016-028 AUTHOR : Sanjoy Chakravorty, S Chandrasekhar, Karthikeya Naraparaju TITLE : Income Generation and Inequality in India’s Agricultural Sector: The Consequences of Land Fragmentation ABSTRACT : This paper is a contribution to understanding income generation and inequality in India’s agricultural sector. We analyse the National Sample Surveys of […]
