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 […]
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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 […]
IGIDR Working Paper:The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in Public Works Programs:Evidence from the MGNREGA in India
NO : WP-2016-027 AUTHOR : Sudha Narayanan, Upasak Das, Yanyan Liu, Christopher B. Barrett TITLE : The “Discouraged Worker Effect” in Public Works Programs:Evidence from the MGNREGA in India ABSTRACT : This study investigates the consequences of poor implementation in public workfare programs, focusing on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural […]
IGIDR Working Paper: The long road to transformation of agricultural markets in India: Lessons from Karnataka
NO : WP-2016-026 AUTHOR : Nidhi Aggarwal, Sargam Jain, Sudha Narayanan TITLE : The long road to transformation of agricultural markets in India: Lessons from Karnataka ABSTRACT : This paper examines Karnataka’s pioneering agricultural output marketing reforms with the twin goals of assessing the state and challenges of implementation and to […]
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