Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

A large body of research has been pursued at the Institute of Economic Growth on issues relating to labour market, employment, unemployment, underemployment and low productivity employment in the informal sector, standard of living and poverty, social capital, population and income mobility, urban slums, basic amenities and housing and many other aspects of urban development.

This is the most recent one to be added to the list of research themes of IEG. It was listed as a separate theme because special attention needs to be given to the problems of poverty, unemployment and other emerging social and economic conflicts in the context of economic reforms and growth.

Studies Completed in the Past

Some of the research issues pursued by the IEG faculty can be summarised under the following broad areas.

(i) Employment, Poverty and Quality of Life:
Employment growth and patterns at the national and regional level; incidence of poverty at the national level, its variation across states and factors influencing it; employment generation in the broad sectors like industry and agriculture, and their differences in productivity and wages; impact of employment on the incidence of poverty; rural-urban and gender disparities in obtaining employment; and the provision of basic amenities such as supply of drinking water, sanitation and health services are some of the important issues that have been explored in detail. Rural-urban migration, informal sector employment and poverty are some of the issues, which have been researched extensively. Social capital and access to job market information, upward mobility and other issues relating to standard of living have been studied in detail.

(ii) Macroeconomic Studies on Employment:Employment growth, patterns and potentials at the aggregate economy level and in sectors such as agriculture, rural non-farm sector, urban manufacturing and tertiary sectors, and interconnections among them, constitute an important part of the Institute’ research. One way of understanding the inter-sectoral linkages is to address the employment issue in the macro-econometric framework, which enables one to assess the impact of several macro variables on aggregate employment and that of different sectors. For this purpose, employment data from different sources can be integrated with the required adjustments. This would not only enhance the scope for forecasting employment in the future years but also lay support to the working of optimal employment policy. Technology, factor prices and employment are intimately related and hence needs to be studied with great care for suggesting the removal of undue subsidies and forces that may work as hindrances to employment growth. Two other areas of importance at the macro level that have been done at the Institute are the impact of economic reforms on the employment and poverty, where reforms include fiscal reforms in terms of reductions in subsidies and government expenditure.

(iii) Industry Studies on Employment, Productivity and Labour:Given that organized industry was the primary instrument of development in the Mahalanobis strategy, employment in the organized industry has always been a matter of concern much more so in the post-reform period. Some of the areas that have been researched extensively at the Institute in this respect are: changes in the employment generation (quantity as well as quality) in the organized industry and across the industry groups in the post-reform period; impact of specific reforms such as liberalization of trade, foreign capital inflows in particular foreign direct investment, and technology transfers including technology imports, on the employment possibilities in the organized industry – aggregate as well as individual industries; spatial concentration of industry and hence employment opportunities and poverty. One of the most widely researched areas in this respect is employment, productivity and wage differences across the small and large-scale industries. The policy-created inflexibilities in the organized labour market that has come in the way of employment generation in the organized industry, make the relationships between labour reforms and employment opportunities an important area of research.

(iv) Studies on Agriculture, Rural Employment and Poverty:Issues of concern in this area are stagnation in agricultural employment and possibilities for improving employment potential of agriculture involving crop-based as well as allied activities; rural non-farm employment and factors responsible for it; employment and incidence of poverty in rural India across the regions; and supply and demand conditions for female labour supply.

Medium-term Research Agenda

While some of the issues mentioned above will continue to be the thrust areas for future research, the following areas and themes of work will also comprise an important part.

(i) Studies on Disparities in Employment Opportunities:Differential access to work opportunities enhances income inequalities and poverty. The earlier economic policies are said to have aggravated disparities by constricting growth and structural changes in the economy and introducing rigidities in the organized labour market. Important areas of inequality that attracted the attention of researchers are: formal-informal sector, rural-urban and gender disparities in terms of employment opportunities and wages.

(ii) Rural–Urban Growth Differentials, Migration and Urban Informal Sector:Employment in the informal sector especially in the urban areas has been the research interest of the Institute since long and continues to be so. Rural-urban disparities lead to migration of labour to large cities and exert tremendous pressure on the existing infrastructure base of the city economy. Notwithstanding the hazards of slum life, rural population migrate in search of jobs and access information pertaining to the urban job market through various informal channels. The role of informal institutions/ networks in reducing risks in the job market and in stabilising the standard of living is another important research area, which has gained prominence and needs to be explored further. In the context of liberalization and investment in large urban centres by multinationals the issue of rural-urban migration demands a fresh analysis.

(iii) Women Employment:Farm women constitute a large part of India’s women facing adverse effects of stagnating employment in agriculture. Women enterprises based on the local agro-based activities is a viable alternative. Factors that encourage women enterprises are worth studying. Another related study is the supply of female labour from below poverty line households in rural areas and its relation with the wage rate and number of earning members in the family. The gender dimension of employment and its relationship with several socio-economic and demographic variables need to be understood carefully. Inter-household inequality, education, caste, fertility behaviour, nutritional status, labour market participation and empowerment of women are all highly interrelated, and hence a detailed research on these relations can provide a meaningful base for policy formulation.

(iv) Labour Productivity, Wages and Standard of Living:With economic reforms and labour market flexibility how these variables have been behaving in relation to each other and in relation to other important macro variables need to be assessed in the context of India and other countries that have been undergoing structural reforms. Possibilities of convergence of labour productivity across states and/or activities (or industries), given the variations in infrastructure endowment, constitute another important dimension of research. Productivity gains shared by investors and labour are to be assessed critically.

(v) Role of Infrastructure in Raising Productivity and Employment Opportunities:Quality of life cannot be assessed merely in terms of per capita income or the head count measure of poverty. Other indicators such as percentage of population with access to safe drinking water, sanitation, electricity, minimum space required for dwelling per person, and skill formation are to be considered for judging the impact of development on the population. The role of infrastructure in improving productivity and opening up new opportunities as sources of livelihood determines an important course of research. Are large cities more productive compared to small and medium sized towns? What are the sources of productivity differentials? Whether the labour market functioning and real earning levels in large cities are higher than elsewhere? Are some of the unresolved questions, which have bothered development economists for several years in explaining the dynamics of urbanization. Future research is expected to focus on some of these issues in the broad context of rural diversification and urbanization following as a concomitant of industrialization and the growth of tertiary activities. Detailed analysis of labour market functioning in rural and urban areas, segmentation of the labour market along the lines of caste, skill, physical distances and the interconnections between the labour market and other markets are expected to offer an in-depth understanding of the issues.

(vi)Urban Poverty and Livelihood:The issue of urban poverty, its links with informal sector employment, the role of informal network/ institutions in providing income accessibility, the possibilities of upward mobility for the low-income households, mechanisms of improving productivity in the informal sector and provision of social security to the informal sector workers and the required policy directives constitute a major component of the future course of research. The role of social capital and networks in accessing job market information is also an important area of research. The multi-dimensional aspect of poverty is another area, which is being explored extensively.

Faculty	Faculty Profile	Email
Chakravarty, Sangeeta	Link	sangeeta@iegindia.in , sangeeta@iegindia.org
Mitra, Arup	Link	arup@iegindia.in , arup@iegindia.org
Jha, Brajesh	Link	brajesh@iegindia.in , brajesh@iegindia.org
Sahoo, Pravakar	Link	pravakar@iegindia.in , pravakar@iegindia.org

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Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Labor market shocks, Social Protection and Women’s Work...

Nikita Sangwan & Swati Sharma

July 19,2022

In this study we focus on the lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic that highlighted the vulnerabilities faced by women in labor markets...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Does Services Sector Encourage Migration and Reduce Poverty?...

Arup Mitra

April 11,2022

The Indian Journal of Labour Economics...

Chapters In Books Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Labour in the Process of Development ...

Arup Mitra

February 6,2022

Role of Labour in India’s Development (Publication to Commemorate ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’). Noida: V.V. Giri National Labour...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Rural Non-Farm Sector: Revisiting the Census Towns. Environment and...

Arup Mitra

December 11,2021

Environment and Urbanization ASIA ...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Sustainable urbanisation in India: The informal sector perspective....

Arup Mitra

December 2,2021

Labour & Development...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Financial Access and Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship and Employment:...

Sandhya Garg & Samarth Gupta

November 14,2021

Can expansion of bank branch network reduce gender-gap in economic activity at the village level? To explore this issue, we construct a novel...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Shedding light on unnoticed gems in India: Small towns’ development...

Arup Mitra & Sabyasachi Tripathi

October 13,2021

Shedding light on unnoticed gems in India: Small towns’ development perspective Mitra, Arup and Tripathi, Sabyasachi 2021 Employment, Labour and...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Mobility at the Lower Echelons?Evidence Based on Slum Household Panel Data...

Arup Mitra & Yuko Tsujita

September 16,2021

This paper based on the household panel data collected from the slum surveys in the national capital of India notes that the extent of mobility is not...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Reliability of PLFS 2019-20 Data....

Arup Mitra

September 15,2021

Reliability of PLFS 2019-20 Data....

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

City Size Effect on Migration and Poverty: Study of Million-Plus Cities in...

Arup Mitra & Sabyasachi Tripathi

September 3,2021

Journal of Urban Planning and Development....

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Agglomeration Economies and Rural to Urban Migration: A District Level...

Arup Mitra & Rajesh Raushan

August 28,2021

Keeping in view the concept of agglomeration economies and the New Economic Geography (NEG) angle, this paper makes an attempt to examine the rural to...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Labour ‘invisibility’ during COVID-19 times....

Veena Naregal

August 25,2021

Economic and Political Weekly...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

How Unstable Are the Sources of Livelihood? Analysis Based on Periodic...

Arup Mitra

July 31,2021

Economic and Political Weekly...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Gender and workplace interactions: who is likely to lose?...

Swati Sharma

May 20,2021

Workplace interactions have been identified as a valuable source of information and career advancement. This study examines workplace interaction by...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Missing middle phenomenon in Indian manufacturing sector: Myths or...

Arup Mitra & B.K. Pradhan

April 25,2021

Journal of Economics and Development....

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Revisiting Reports of the First National Labour Commission & the...

Dezy Kumari & Veena Naregal

April 20,2021

From 1940s onwards and well into the 1970s, labour policy had revolved around principles of tripartism and protection of labour rights; in contrast,...

Chapters In Books Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Informal Economy in India: Persistence and Meagreness...

Arup Mitra

February 25,2021

Labour Questions in the Global South Edited by Praveen Jha, Walter Chambati and Lyn Ossome. Singapore, Palgrave Macmillan: 2021....

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Livelihood Volatility in the Urban Labour Market: Reflections from...

Arup Mitra

February 25,2021

This study aims at capturing the labour market volatility which is conceptualized in terms of the lack of sustainable sources of livelihood round the...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Long-term growth employment relationship in India...

Arup Mitra

February 20,2021

Journal of Asian Development Research...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Employment and TFP Impact of Technologies in the Developing World:...

Arup Mitra & Chandan Sharma

December 5,2020

This study assesses the impact of technology import, input import, foreign ownership of the company and domestic innovation on productivity and...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Structural Shifts, Technology Import and Employment....

Arup Mitra

December 4,2020

Asian Profile....

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

COVID lockdown, how people managed and impact of welfare schemes on...

Saudamini Das & Ajit Mishra

December 3,2020

COVID-19 pandemic is likely to accentuate poverty and vulnerability of people at the margin for a number of reasons like lockdown, relocation to...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Vocational Training, Extension, and the Changing Landscape of Agricultural...

Trent Brown

November 25,2020

Since 2013, India has been introducing new, nationally standardised agricultural vocational training programmes, as part of the broader Skill India...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

COVID-19 Pandemic and Livelihood Loss: Variations in Unemployment Outcomes...

Arup Mitra & Jitender Singh

October 29,2020

The paper notes significant variations in the rise in the unemployment rate across regions though the nationwide lockdown was implemented without any...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Services Sector in India: Does It Contribute to Population Movement and...

Arup Mitra

October 10,2020

Based on the cross-sectional data this study examines the role of the services sector in the context of migration from the rural to the urban areas....

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Reflecting on Gendered Effect of COVID-19 in the Backdrop of PLFS...

Arup Mitra & Seema Joshi

September 25,2020

BRIEF - South India Watch...

Working Paper Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

‘OUR PLACE IN THE FUTURE’: AN EXPLORATION OF CHALAKI AMONG YOUNG...

Minati Das

May 28,2020

In the mid 1990’s, Adivasi and Dalit villagers in Kashipur, Southern Odisha, strongly resisted a proposed bauxite mining project through collective...

Journal Articles Employment, Labour and Informal Sector

Informal Sector in India: Migration and Poverty Implications...

Arup Mitra

January 6,2020

Regional Economics Development Research....

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Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Distinguished Lecture Series | India at 75: The Imperative of Building State Capacity

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (IST)

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Mar

The 9th Delhi Macro Economics Workshop – March 16-17, 2023

02:45 PM - 06:15 PM (IST)

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Mar

Dictators Under The Weather

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Mar

Hypertension Predisposing Middle-aged Indians to Heart Diseases: Insights from NFHS

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Mar

Does competition for multiple investors mitigate the hold-up problem?

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Feb

Democracy, Development, Rural Transformation : Peasant Anxieities and Mobilisations since 1990s

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Feb

The Great Indian Savings Puzzle

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Feb

Front-line Courts as State Capacity: Evidence from India

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (IST)

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Feb

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Distinguished Lecture Celebrating India at 75 | The Sri Lankan Economic Crisis: Lessons for India and South Asia

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (IST)

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Feb

Integrating a Free Online Service: Underlying Mechanisms and Competitive Implications

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DEA

Feb

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Panel Discussion on Union Budget 2023

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Feb

Covid-19 Lockdown and Infant Mortality: Evidence from India.

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Feb

Changes in GHG Emissions of Protein Substitution from Conventional to Alternative Sources

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Jan

Indian Agriculture: Green to Digital Revolution

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (IST)

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Jan

Gender Barriers, Structural Transformation and Economic Development

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Jan

The Impact of Heat on the Welfare of Informal Sector Workers: Evidence from India

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Jan

Technological Changes, Social Norms and Fertility Choices

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Book Launch and Discussion

Dec

“Industrialization and Economic Diversification” by Banji Oyelaran Oyeyinka and Kaushalesh Lal

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Dec

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Distinguished Lecture Celebrating India at 75 | Resilient India in Amrit Kaal: Opportunity and Challenges

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Dec

Integrative Filaments: Travails and Togetherness Among Migrant Workers in Delhi

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG - CDE (DSE) Seminar

Nov

Firm Behavior Under Unanticipated Change in Regulation:Power Plant Emissions During the 2018-2019 Federal Government Shutdown

03:00 PM - 04:30 AM (IST)

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Nov

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Regional Panel | India at 75: Panel 1 (Opportunities and Challenges for the Indian Economy) and Panel 2 (Regional Aspects of India’s Growth and Development: South Indian States)

09:00 AM - 12:15 PM (IST)

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IEG Seminar

Nov

Childhood Vaccinations and Demographic Transition: Long-Term Evidence from India

04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Nov

Construction of input-output tables and multipliers

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Nov

Dualism, Labour Markets, [Dis]continuities in Education and Labour Policy Agendas in India

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Oct

Second Lecture in the Contributions to Indian Sociology: IEG-SAGE Lecture Series

06:30 PM - 08:30 PM (IST)

Conference Room I, IIC main building, 40, Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003

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Oct

Sustainable Growth with Renewable Resources

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Oct

The consumer price effects of trade policy restrictions in South Africa: A study of chicken, frozen chips and pasta

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Oct

Effect of antitrust penalties on share prices of Indian firms in cartel cases, 2011-21

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Oct

Altruists going on an ego trip: Beliefs and ambiguity attitudes in socially responsible investment

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DEA (AKAM) Lecture

Oct

Azadi Ki Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Lecture Series | India and the G-20: A New Vision for the Global Economy

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Oct

Living Together and Yet, Apart Exploring Everyday Religion through Soundscapes

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Sep

A Twitter-Based Economic Policy Uncertainty Index: Expert Opinion and Financial Market Dynamics in an Emerging Market Economy

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Sep

Valuing individual’s preferences for air quality improvement in South Delhi : Comparing contingent valuation and discrete choice experiment estimates

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Sep

Free licensing of patents: A theoretical analysis

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Sep

Reforms, International Crisis and Growth of the Chinese and Indian Economies

11:30 AM - 01:00 PM (IST)

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Achieving allocative efficiency using economic instruments for pollution control: The case of the Indian thermal power sector

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM (IST)

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Sep

The Missing Muslim Middle class: Structure, Mobility and Classificatory Practices

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG - CDE (DSE) Seminar

Aug

The behavioural and welfare implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in four African countries: New Insights from ‘Life with Corona-Africa’

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DEA (AKAM) Lecture

Aug

The Struggle and the Promise: Restoring India’s Potential

05:00 PM - 06:30 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Aug

Who runs the risk of being impoverished during COVID: Evidence from Urban India.

03:00 PM - 03:00 PM (IST)

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Aug

Land Ceiling Legislations, Land Acquisition and De-industrialisation – Theory and Evidence from the Indian States

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Aug

Domestic Distortions and Gains from Trade: Evidence from Dismantling India’s Import License Raj

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Aug

Anemia Mukt Bharat: Status and Strategies

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DSE Seminar

Jul

The Beneﬁts and Costs of Emissions Trading: Experimental Evidence from a New Market for Industrial Particulate Emissions

04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (IST)

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Jul

Azadi Ki Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Lecture Series | India at 75: The International Trade System and the Future of Indian Trade Policy

06:30 PM - 07:45 PM (IST)

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Jul

Rice Area changes in IGP: Contribution of Economics and Climate (Drawn from FASAL/RTISA model

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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IEG BROWN BAG SEMINAR SERIES

Jul

Identification of nodal markets for price monitoring.

03:00 PM 04:00 PM (IST)

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Jul

The future of inflation, interest rates and money

03:00 PM 04:15 PM (IST)

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Jul

Climate policies after Paris: Pledge, Trade and Recycle – Insights from the 36th Energy Modeling Forum Study (EMF36)

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Jul

PRC-Delhi is organising World Population Day event on 11th July, 2022, and inaugurate the Census Data Workstation in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare, GoI and Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.

09:00 AM - 03:00 PM (IST)

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Jul

Revisiting the Mankiw-Romer-Weil results using an instrumental variables approach

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Jun

Why do Indian States differ in their Infrastructure Development?

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (IST)

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Jun

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) Distinguished Lecture Series | India at 75: DATA AI/ML AND USE FOR POLICY MAKING

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (IST)

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Jun

Azadi Ki Amrit Mahotsav National Essay Competition

10:00 AM - 01:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DSE Seminar

May

Farm outcomes in Bihar: Impacts of reforms and other things including public programs

03:30 AM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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May

Climate Finance

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM (IST)

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Effect of Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance in India

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DSE Seminar

Apr

Evaluating India’s shift to Inflation Targeting: A view from financial markets

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Apr

India at 75: Looked at as a Whole and then in Part : West Bengal and Bangladesh

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DSE Seminar

Apr

Drivers of Student Performance:Evidence from Higher Secondary Public Schools in Delhi

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Apr

Land Ceiling Legislations, Land Acquisition and De-industrialisation Theory and Evidence from the Indian States

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Explaining household expenditure on energy: Role of income and socio-economic status

03:45 PM - 12:00 AM (IST)

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The role of temporal land use in driving sustainable intensification in Bangladesh

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Apr

Do capital inflows lead to expansionary or contractionary effect? Evidence from Emerging countries.

03:00 PM - 04:30 PM (IST)

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Redistributive Policy Shocks and Monetary Policy with Heterogeneous Agents

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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IEG Workshop

Apr

Climate Impacts of Alternative Protein: A Preliminary Exploration

06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (IST)

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Apr

Inaugural Session of the Training Programme for the IES Officer Trainee (Batch -2022)

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM (IST)

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The long-run effects of monetary policy

08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (IST)

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Apr

Breaking the glass-ceiling for women in manufacturing sector:evidence from Indian garment factories

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Mar

Future Market for Agricultural Commodities in India

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Mar

Revisiting the Language Experiment in India: Level Playing or Exacerbating Disparity?

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Access to Schools and Literacy: Evidence from Rural India

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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What lowered inflation in India: Monetary policy or commodity prices?

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Mar

Gendered demand for environmental health: Evidence of complementarities from stove auctions in India

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DEA

Feb

India at 75

08:00 PM - 09:30 PM (IST)

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Feb

Can Cultural Links and Shared Language Transcend Country Divide? Evidence from West Bengal (India) and East Bengal (Bangladesh) on Fertility Rates

03:05 PM - 04:30 PM (IST)

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IEG - INSEE Seminar

Feb

The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Output in Chile

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM (IST)

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Feb

Latent Factor Models for Causal Inference with and without Instrumental Variable

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Latent Factor Models for Casual Inference with and without Instrumental Variable

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Feb

To Jab or Not to Jab? A Study on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in India

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Panel Discussion

Feb

BUDGET-2022

03:00 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG-DEA (AKAM) Lecture

Jan

Monetary Policy in India: Recent Developments, Perspectives and Challenges

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Examining the Transfer of Knowledge and Training to Smallholders in India

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Validectory Session

Dec

Remembering Prof VKRV Rao: IEG Journey since 1958

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM (IST)

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IEG - CDE (DSE) Seminar

Dec

Clientelism and Ideology: The Rise of Hindu Nationalist Politics in a Former Left Stronghold

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Dec

Net Zero and the economy: Macroeconomic implications for India

04:00 PM - 05:30 PM (IST)

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Nov

Monetary Incentives for Journal Publications: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Oct

Multidimensional Poverty and Inclusive Growth in India: An Analysis Using Growth Elasticities and Semi-Elasticities

02:30 PM - 04:00 PM (IST)

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Oct

Contributions to Indian Sociology: IEG-SAGE Lecture Series | The Chronopolitics of the Anthropocene

06:30 PM - 08:30 PM (IST)

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Oct

The Long-run Development Impacts of Agricultural Productivity Gains: Evidence from Irrigation Canals in India

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (IST)

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Sep

Incorporating Social Welfare in Program-Evaluation and Treatment Choice

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Inter-governmental Transfers and Convergence in Public Expenditure: Evidence from States in India

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Aug

Supplier-Induced Demand for Tertiary Healthcare: Evidence from a Public Health Insurance Program in India

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM (IST)

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IEG-DSE Seminar

Aug

Lack of Access to Clean Fuel and Piped Water and Children’s Educational Outcomes in Rural India

06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (IST)

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Aug

Participatory Theater Empowers Women: Evidence from India

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Webinar

Aug

Equity in the time of Covid:Lessons from ASER 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (IST)

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Aug

Coal Plants, Air Pollution and Anemia: Evidence from India

02:00 PM - 03:30 PM (IST)

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Jul

What’s the worth of a promise? Evaluating the indirect effects of a program to reduce early marriage in India.

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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IEG DSE SERI Workshop

Jul

The Seventh Annual Workshop of The Society of Economics Research in India

05:30 PM - 09:15 PM (IST)

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Jul

What Can(not) Explain the Gap? Evidence and Decomposition of Gendered Stream Choice in India

03:30 PM - 05:00 PM (IST)

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Apr

Drivers of Student Performance: Evidence from Higher Secondary Public Schools in Delhi

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