Author: Tanu Gupta and A. Ganesh Kumar Title: Structural Equation Approach to Modelling Social Norms in Female Education: A Case Study of India Abstract: The literature on the relationship between social norms and female educational outcomes has ignored some important aspects. First, norms are unobservable; what we observe are practices that are manifestation […]
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Working Paper: Synergies in Social Protection : Impacts of India’s MGNREGA and Public Distribution System on the health and nutrition of Women and Children
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 […]
Working Paper: Take home rations (THR) and cash transfers for maternal and child nutrition: A synthesis of evidence in India
Author: Sudha Narayanan; Shree Saha Title: Take home rations (THR) and cash transfers for maternal and child nutrition: A synthesis of evidence in India Abstract: Devoting public resources to reducing micronutrient deficiencies in children is essential for improved health, and is associated with large economic returns in the long-run through […]
Working Paper: Taylor Rule Implementation of the Optimal Policy at the Zero Lower Bound: Does the Cost Channel Matter?
No: WP-2019-021 AUTHOR: Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, Taniya Ghosh TITLE: Taylor Rule Implementation of the Optimal Policy at the Zero Lower Bound: Does the Cost Channel Matter? Abstract : This paper analyzes the implementation of the optimal policies at the Zero Lower Bound (ZLB) by the Taylor rule in the presence of cost channel. We find […]
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: The Spectral Envelope: An Application to the Decoupling Problem in Economics
No: WP-2019-022 AUTHOR: Dilip M. Nachane, Amlendu Dubey TITLE: The Spectral Envelope: An Application to the Decoupling Problem in Economics Abstract : In this paper we introduce the technique of spectral envelope into the analysis of decoupling problem in Economics. Decoupling refers to the phenomenon that the business cycles in emerging market economies […]
Working Paper: The Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index
No: WP-2019-020 AUTHOR: Sudha Narayanan, Erin Lentz, Marzia Fontana, Anuradha De, and Bharati Kulkarni TITLE: The Women’s Empowerment in Nutrition Index Abstract : Rural women face many obstacles that thwart their well-being. Policies that seek to empower them, for example, by improving livelihood opportunities, often do not translate into improvements in other […]
Working Paper: Uncertain Monsoon, Irrigation and Crop Yields: Implications for Pricing of Insurance Products
Author: Hardeep Singh, Digvijay S Negi, and Pratap S Birthal Title: Uncertain Monsoon, Irrigation and Crop Yields: Implications for Pricing of Insurance Products Abstract: A significant body of literature interested in studying the impacts of weather risks on agricultural performance has modeled crop yields as a function of either levels or deviations in […]
Working Paper: Urban food markets and the lockdown in India
Author: Sudha Narayanan, Shree Saha Title: Urban food markets and the lockdown in India Abstract: On March 24, 2020, the Government of India announced a 21-day national lockdown that has since been extended to May 3, 2020. The lockdown has left urban food markets in disarray with severe supply bottlenecks and restrictions on […]
Working Paper: Where Have All the Factories Gone? : Growth and Concentration of Sub-National Manufacturing Activity in India
NO: WP-2019-015 AUTHOR: K.V.Ramaswamy TITLE: Where Have All the Factories Gone? : Growth and Concentration of Sub-National Manufacturing Activity in India ABSTRACT: The spatial distribution of manufacturing across the states of India is analyzed covering the period 2004-05 to 2015-16. We found that the spatial concentration of manufacturing activity has increased […]
