Author: Bharti Nandwani, Chandan Jain Title: Female representation in school management and school quality Abstract: Using administrative data (2012-18) of schools in India, in this paper we construct a large panel comprising of more than 6 million observations to examine the extent to which female representation in school management is […]
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Saved by the bell? Equity market responses to surprise Covid-19 lockdowns and central bank interventions
Author: Aakriti Mathur, Rajeswari Sengupta, Bhanu Pratap Title: Saved by the bell? Equity market responses to surprise Covid-19 lockdowns and central bank interventions Abstract: Negative equity market reactions at the onset of the Covid-19 crisis raised concerns about the vulnerabilities in non-financial firms, requiring swift actions by central banks to […]
Summer School on Econometrics and Machine Learning, June 7-11, 2022
Labour Share in Indian Economy: An Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Trade, Technology and Structural Transformation
Author: Anwesha Basu and C. Veeramani Title: Labour Share in Indian Economy: An Exploratory Analysis of the Role of Trade, Technology and Structural Transformation Abstract: This study analyses the trends, patterns and determinants of the labour share in India. While most of the literature on this topic covers only the […]
Beyond India @75 : Growth, inclusion and sustainability
Author: S. Mahendra Dev Title: Beyond India @75 : Growth, inclusion and sustainability Abstract: There have been many successes and failures in economic and social development of India in the last 75 years. The recent covid-19 pandemic had also an adverse impact on growth, employment, health and education etc. In this paper, issues […]
What does the COVID-19 experience tell us about Indian growth drivers?
Author: Ashima Goyal Title: What does the COVID-19 experience tell us about Indian growth drivers? Abstract: In India’s battle with Covid-19, recovery was largely under-predicted and financial sector distress over-predicted. The slowdown through the 2010s led to the view that structural features limit growth and financial sector malfunction lowers monetary transmission. Therefore the […]
19th Macroeconomics and Finance Conference (MFC) : Invitation to Register
Herd immunity, COVID-19 and vaccination: some propositions
Author: Srijit Mishra Title: Herd immunity, COVID-19 and vaccination: some propositions Abstract: In the herd immunity path to COVID-19, the scientific world has two broad positions. The Great Barrington declaration called for allowing low-risk population to start activities so that other overriding public health concerns beyond COVID-19 and livelihood aspects of the underprivileged […]
on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) – Nov 24, 2021 at 4.15 pm
Webinar on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021 Time: 4.15 pm to 5.45 pm. Topic: Copyright, Fair Use, and Open Access Speaker: Dr. Arul George Scaria, Associate Professor, National Law University, New Delhi Inauguration by: Prof. S. Mahendra Dev, Director, IGIDR You may please join LIVE @ https://youtu.be/IVViu9mRFS4
Methodological and Ethical Concerns in a Study on Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine among Health Care Workers in a Medical College of India
Author: Srijit Mishra Title: Methodological and Ethical Concerns in a Study on Effect of COVID-19 Vaccine among Health Care Workers in a Medical College of India Abstract: A critical look into the nature of observational data from a study on effect of COVID-19 vaccine of health care workers points out […]