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The Student Guide to Artificial Intelligence is a free, accessible resource designed to help college students navigate the opportunities and challenges of AI in their academic and professional lives. Developed by Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center in partnership with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), the guide introduces foundational AI concepts, explores ethical considerations, and offers practical advice for using AI tools responsibly in coursework and career planning. Available in multiple languages under a Creative Commons license, it’s endorsed by leading education and technology organizations, making it a valuable tool for students worldwide as they engage with AI’s growing influence...

Natural Resource Modeling, May 2025

Achieving environmental sustainability is of utmost importance to economies worldwide, regardless of their level of development. As a result, most international economies have accepted several accords to deal with environmental issues on a global scale. Reducing reliance on fossil fuels has been broadly recognized as the pinnacle...

The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, May 2025

This paper analyses returns to schooling in India using quantile regression with the data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of 2017–18. The analysis is carried out for regular wage/salary earners, casual workers and self-employed persons. Quantile returns represent the wage differentials between individuals in the...

Journal of Quantitative Economics, May 2025

This paper introduces a generalized Atkinson index of inequality and demonstrates its adherence to several key properties expected from any measure of inequality, such as anonymity, scale independence, population replication, transfer principle, and rising tide. Additionally, it shows that the conventional Atkinson...

Journal of Quantitative Economics, May 2025

This paper explores the potential for technology licensing between intra-brand competitors amid inter-brand competition. By integrating the role of vertical differentiation in the framework, we get some contrasting results from the existing literature. We find that when innovation is non-drastic the optimal license contract for a given...

Journal of Quantitative Economics, May 2025

In this paper, we present the substantial disparities in sectoral labour productivity across Indian states from 1983 to 2017. We decompose the change in aggregate labour productivity into two components - ‘within sector’ and ‘reallocation’ - utilizing a three sector disaggregation. Reallocation, or structural transformation...

The Review of Income and Wealth, May 2025

To examine the income-reporting behavior of individuals and households across wealth groups in India, we use new and publicly available information in election filings, along with Forbes' list and income tax data. We find that the wealthier a household is, the smaller the income it reports relative to its wealth....