NO : WP-2026-008 AUTHOR : Shameena Khatoon TITLE : How Maternity Leave Policies Affect Female Employment: A Cross Country Analysis ABSTRACT : This study examines how maternity leave policies affect female labor force participation (FLP) across 160 countries from 2000 to 2023. We analyze the crucial but overlooked dimension of payment structure whether governments […]
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Timing Matters: Creditor Incentives and Delayed Admission under India’s IBC by Anjali Sharma and Rajeswari Sengupta
NO : WP-2026-007 AUTHOR :Anjali Sharma and Rajeswari Sengupta TITLE : Timing Matters: Creditor Incentives and Delayed Admission under India’s IBC ABSTRACT : This paper examines how different classes of creditors use India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), with a focus on the timing of insolvency initiation. Using a novel dataset that combines firm-level […]
From State to Community: Forest Land Rights and Forest Conservation in India by Bharti Nandwani, Ishita Varma
NO : WP-2026-006 AUTHOR :Bharti Nandwani, Ishita Varma TITLE : From State to Community: Forest Land Rights and Forest Conservation in India ABSTRACT : This paper examines the impact of India’s landmark Forest Rights Act (FRA), which granted indigenous forest-dwelling communities legal rights to manage and protect forests, on the incidence of forest fires. […]
Jain, Preksha, Kundu, Sumana and Pal, Rupayan. Corruption-proof minimum regulation for ‘zero emission’: Status incentives–Bane or boon?, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, V.245, 2026
Kanitkar, Tejal, Jayaraman, Thiagarajan and Lavanyaa, V.P. Projected global and national energy and climate futures using an alternative integrated assessment framework, NPJ Climate Action, 5 (41), 2026
Kundu, Sumana. Undertreatment in credence goods markets: When does a no-liability rule outperform?, Operations Research Letters, V.67, 2026
Monetary Policy in India: The Long Road to Inflation Targeting by Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
NO : WP-2026-005 AUTHOR :Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) TITLE : Monetary Policy in India: The Long Road to Inflation Targeting ABSTRACT : This paper traces the evolution of monetary policy in India and the institutional, intellectual, and macroeconomic forces that culminated in the adoption of flexible inflation targeting (FIT) in […]
Food, Headline, and Core Inflation: Horizon-Dependent Transmission in India by Kritika Sharma, Taniya Ghosh
NO : WP-2026-004 AUTHOR :Kritika Sharma, Taniya Ghosh TITLE : Food, Headline, and Core Inflation: Horizon-Dependent Transmission in India ABSTRACT : Food price shocks are often treated as transitory and largely irrelevant for underlying inflation. In emerging economies, where food has a large weight, such shocks may be more persistent and broader in their […]
Do Actions Match Words? Reassessing the Taylor Rule in an Emerging-market Context by Vaishali Garga (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), Benjamin Gryzb (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) and Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
NO : WP-2026-003 AUTHOR : Vaishali Garga (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), Benjamin Gryzb (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) and Rajeswari Sengupta (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research) TITLE : Do Actions Match Words? Reassessing the Taylor Rule in an Emerging-market Context ABSTRACT : We examine whether India’s adoption of inflation targeting in 2015 […]
Tackling India’s jobs plight: Underutilised levers and lessons from China by Alicia García Herrero (Natixis Bank) and Rajeswari Sengupta (IGIDR, Mumbai)
NO : WP-2026-002 AUTHOR : Alicia García Herrero (Natixis Bank) and Rajeswari Sengupta (IGIDR, Mumbai) TITLE : Tackling India’s jobs plight: Underutilised levers and lessons from China ABSTRACT : Despite strong GDP growth and favourable demographics, India faces an impending jobs crisis. A large share of the workforce remains stuck in low-productivity agriculture, while […]
