No: WP-2019-041 Author: Sudha Narayanan, Karthikeya Naraparaju, Nicolas Gerber Title: Synergies in Social Protection : Impacts of India’s MGNREGA and Public Distribution System on the health and nutrition of Women and Children Abstract: This paper examines whether participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programs in India impacts health and nutritional status of […]
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Working Paper: Dynamics and Determinants of Fragmentation Trade: Asian Countries in Comparative and Long-term Perspective
No: WP-2019-040 Author: C Veeramani and Garima Dhir Title: Dynamics and Determinants of Fragmentation Trade: Asian Countries in Comparative and Long-term Perspective Abstract: This paper analyses the dynamics and determinants of fragmentation trade in major Asian countries in comparative and long term (1962-2018) perspective. Based on the available literature, we identify certain […]
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Working Paper: Empowerment and Nutrition in Niger: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Grid
No: WP-2019-039 Author: Erin Lentz, Elizabeth Bageant, and Sudha Narayanan Title: Empowerment and Nutrition in Niger: Insights from the Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Grid Abstract: We present a novel application of a regression decomposition technique, the Shapley Owen decomposition, to identify the aspects of empowerment associated with undernutrition in Niger. Niger is […]
Working Paper: Loan Waivers and Bank Credit Reflections on the evidence and the way forward
No: WP-2019-038 Author: Sudha Narayanan and Nirupam Mehrotra Title: Loan Waivers and Bank Credit Reflections on the evidence and the way forward Abstract: In the past decade, farm loan waivers have become a policy instrument to alleviate financial distress of farmers. Despite agreement on the theoretical rationale for such debt forgiveness and its […]
Working Paper: Food security from free collection of foods Evidence from India
No: WP-2019-037 Author: Sudha Narayanan Title: Food security from free collection of foods Evidence from India Abstract: Despite recognition of the role of free collection of foods in forwarding nutritional security, there is only limited systematic research on its importance and role. This paper provides the first estimates for India, of […]
Working Paper: The Impact of Size and Group Affiliation in Emerging Markets: A Cost Efficiency Analysis of Indian Firms
No: WP-2019-036 Author: Ramesh Jangili Title: The Impact of Size and Group Affiliation in Emerging Markets: A Cost Efficiency Analysis of Indian Firms Abstract: Despite strengthening market discipline and improving overall competition, emerging markets, like India, still have severe information problems. Large firms and group firms in these markets have the potential to […]
Working Paper: Export Competitiveness, Labour Laws, and Gender Differences in Job Dynamics: Analysis of Manufacturing Industries across Indian States
No: WP-2019-035 Author: Purna Banerjee and C. Veeramani Title: Export Competitiveness, Labour Laws, and Gender Differences in Job Dynamics: Analysis of Manufacturing Industries across Indian States Abstract: Increased participation of women in productive employment is a prerequisite for achieving gender equality and other sustainable development goals. Yet, female labour force participation in India, […]
Working Paper: Evolution of capital controls on foreign institutional investment in India
No: WP-2019-034 Author: Radhika Pandey, Rajeswari Sengupta, Aatmin Shah, Bhargavi Zaveri Title: Evolution of capital controls on foreign institutional investment in India Abstract: In this paper, we trace the evolution of capital controls on foreign in-stitutional investment in India, by hand constructing a a dataset of legal interventions with respect to foreign institutional […]
