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June-2024 Volume 6 | Issue No.3 Archives
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Fellowships and awards

=>USIEF:Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellowships 2025-2026
Last date to apply: July 15, 2024

=>MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024
Last date to apply: September 11, 2024

=>Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program 2024-25
Last date to apply: September 12, 2024

=>IDRC Research Awards 2025
Last date to apply: September 22, 2024

=> Maxwell King PhD Scholarship
Last date to apply: October 31, 2024



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IGIDR Research Publications

1. Ren, T; Kerstens, K and Saurav Kumar (2024). Risk-aversion versus risk-loving preferences in nonparametric frontier-based fund ratings: A buy-and-hold backtesting strategy. European Journal of Operational Research. Elsevier


IGIDR Working Papers

1. Nachane, D.M (2024). The Neglected Contributions of R.G.Hawtrey to Macroeconomics (WP-2024-009)

2. Mishra, Srijit (2024). Methodological Nuances in Estimating Proportion and Number of Poor for States and India, 2022-23 (WP-2024-010)

3. Goyal, Ashima (2024). Misconceptions in Indian fiscal federalism (WP-2024-011)

Call for Proposals

Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant Application 2024-2025
Application deadline: December 2, 2024

Recent Reports and Publications

MOSPI: EnviStats India 2024: Environment Statistics

MOSPI: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey: 2022-23

MOSPI: Statistical Report on Value of Output from Agriculture and Allied Sectors 2024 (2011-12 to 2022-23)

OECD=> Economic Outlook, 2024

UNCTAD=> World Investment Report 2024

UNICEF=> Global Annual Results Report 2023: Humanitarian action

WEF=> Global Gender Gap 2024

WEF=> Chief Economists Outlook, May 2024

WEF -> Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2024

Upcoming Conferences/Call for papers
National Conferences /Seminars
International Conferences /Seminars
Global Development Conference, 2024

Last date for submission: August 9, 2024

Fiji

1st Modern Finance Conference (MFC)

Last date for submission: August 15, 2024

Warsaw, Poland

The 17th Annual Conference: The Political Economy of International Organization

Last date for submission: September 30, 2024

Massachusetts, United States

The International Conference on Sustainability, Environment, and Social Transition in Economics and Finance (SESTEF 2024)

Last date for submission: September 30, 2024

Paris, France

Global Shocks, Macroeconomic Spillovers and Geopolitical Risks: Policy Challenges

Last date for submission: October 08, 2024

Brussels, Belgium

Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics and Finance (APEF2024)

Last date for submission: November 08, 2024

Outram Rd, Singapore

Database of the month
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The e-Sankhyiki Portal managed by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), is the official source for accessing India's statistical data. It provides a central platform for researchers, policymakers, students and anyone interested in Indian statistics to explore and analyze various indicators related to the country's development and progress. The portal offers a wide range of macro indicators on subjects like economy, agriculture, industry, trade, population, and social welfare. This data is crucial for understanding current trends and formulating future plans for India...

Internet Resources
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The American Economic Association (AEA) offers a variety of high-quality resources to support educators, students, and professionals in economics. These include digital tools like AEA OneClick for easy access to educational materials, professional development courses through AEA Learning Online, and extensive digital libraries featuring eBooks, audiobooks, and scholarly journals. Additionally, AEAs provide crucial support for special education and mental health, along with instructional materials and curriculum support across various subjects. These resources aim to enhance educational outcomes by offering accessible and comprehensive support to educators and students

The Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by The Heritage Foundation, ranks countries based on 12 aspects of economic freedom across four categories: rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency, and market openness. These aspects include property rights, judicial effectiveness, government integrity, tax burden, government spending, fiscal health, business freedom, labor freedom, monetary freedom, trade freedom, investment freedom, and financial freedom. The 2023 edition covers 184 economies, with tools for customized comparisons and interactive maps available online. Top-ranking countries, such as Singapore and Switzerland, highlight the positive correlation between economic freedom and prosperity....

Recent research articles
Public information is an incentive for politicians: Experimental evidence from Delhi elections by Banerjee, A., Enevoldsen, N., Pande, R., & Walton, M.

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July 2024

Two years prior to elections, two-thirds of Delhi municipal councillors learned they had been randomly chosen for a preelection newspaper report card. Treated councillors in high-slum areas increased pro-poor spending, relative both to control counterparts...

Place-based policies and firm performance: Evidence from Special Economic Zones in India by Gorg, Holger and Mulyukova, Alina

European Economic Review, June 2024

This paper exploits time and geographic variation in the adoption of Special Economic Zones in India to assess the direct effects of the program on firm performance. We combine geocoded firm-level data and geocoded SEZs. Our analysis yields that conditional on...

Women legislators and economic performance by Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Bhalotra, Sonia; Min, Brian and Uppal, Yogesh

Journal of Economic Growth, June 2024

There has been a phenomenal global increase in the proportion of women in politics in the last two decades, but there is no evidence of how this has influenced economic performance. We investigate this using data on competitive elections to India’s state assemblies...

Has digital banking usage reshaped economic empowerment of urban women? by Rohatgi,Swati; Gera, Navneet and Nayak, Keyurkumar

Journal of Management and Governance, June 2024

The study investigates the impact of digital banking usage on women’s economic empowerment (WEE) from a developing country stance by considering working women in formal sectors. WEE simply means providing opportunities to women to facilitate their economic...

Modeling the decision of ridesourcing drivers to park and wait at trip ends: a comparison between Perth, Australia and Kolkata, India by Chakraborty, Jayita; Pandit,Debapratim; Xia, Jianhong and Chan, Felix

Transportation, June 2024

It is often difficult for the ridesourcing drivers to get a trip immediately after dropping off a passenger. The main objective of the drivers is to increase their income by serving more trips. The most prominent options available to the drivers after reaching...

Statistical Resources

Database on Indian Economy (DBIE)

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