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Fellowships and awards

=> International Economic Research Annual (IERA) Award 2023 by India Exim Bank
Last date to apply: November 30, 2023

=> HCPDS-David E. Bell Fellowship Program, 2023–2025
Last date to apply: November 30, 2023

=> HCPDS-Mortimer Spiegelman Postdoctoral Fellowship in Demographic Studies, 2023–2025
Last date to apply: November 30, 2023

=> Gates Cambridge Scholarships, 2024-25
Last date to apply: December 05, 2023

=> NBER-Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Last date to apply: December 7, 2023

=> 2024 Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics
Last date to apply: December 31, 2023

=> Stanford University - SIEPR : Postdoctoral Fellows program, 2024-2025
Last date to apply: January 31, 2024



Video of the month

Recent Reports and Publications

ADB=> Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2023: How Small Firms Can Contribute to Resilient Growth in the Pacific Post COVID-19 Pandemic

ADB=> Where Women Work in Asia and the Pacific: Implications for Policies, Equity, and Inclusive Growth

FAO=> Sustainability by numbers: Forest products at FAO

Global Hunger Index, 2023

IMF=> Fiscal Monitor: Climate Crossroads: Fiscal Policies in a Warming World

IMF=> Global Financial Stability Report, 2023 : Financial and Climate Policies for a High-Interest-Rate Era

IMF=> World Economic Outlook, 2023: Navigating Global Divergences

MOSPI=> Annual Report Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) July 2022 - June 2023

MOSPI=> PLFS Quarterly Bulletin April-June, 2023

UNCTAD=> Commodities and Development Report, 2023

UNCTAD=> Trade and Development Report, 2023

UNCTAD=> Review of Maritime Transport, 2023

UNICEF=> The State of the World’s Children 2023

Call for Proposals

Call for proposals for AXA Chairs
Last date for submission: October 13, 2023

Spencer Foundation- Research Grants on Education
Last date for submission: December 31, 2023

The Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research - Monetary Research Programmes - Regular Research Programme
Last date for submission: December 31, 2023

Upcoming Conferences/Call for papers
National Conferences /Seminars
International Conferences /Seminars
2nd ERSA-CEPR Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy in Emerging Markets, January 25-26, 2024

Last date for submission: November 20, 2023

Pretoria, South Africa

European Research Workshop in International Trade (ERWIT) 2024, June 06-08 2024

Last date for submission: November 26, 2023

Munich, Germany

30th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, June 30– July 03, 2024

Last date for submission: January 15, 2024

Vaasa, Finland

13th MoFiR Workshop on Banking, June 27-28, 2024

Last date for submission: January 15, 2024

London, United Kingdom

23rd CEPR-JIE Conference on Applied Industrial Organization & 19th CEPR-JIE School on Applied Industrial Organization, May 31- June 02, 2024

Last date for submission: January 31, 2024

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Luiss Finance Workshop, May 16-17, 2024

Last date for submission: February 2, 2024

Rome, Italy

26th International Conference on Computational Statistics (COMPSTAT 2024), August 27-30, 2024

Last date for submission: May 24, 2024

Giessen, Germany

Database of the month
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TradeMap was developed by the International Trade Centre, UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) and provides access to detailed data on trade flows, market share, and tariffs for over 220 countries and territories and 5300 products of the Harmonized System. TradeMap data can be used to analyze export performance, identify international demand, explore alternative and competitive markets, and find importing and exporting companies. TradeMap data is presented in a variety of formats, including tables, graphs, and maps. Users can create custom reports and export data to other applications. TradeMap also includes a number of tools and resources to help users understand and interpret the data, such as a trade dictionary, a trade helpdesk, and a glossary of trade terms...



Internet Resources
DIY Macroeconomic Model Simulation

DIY Macroeconomic Model Simulation platform provides an open source code repository and online script for macroeconomic model simulation. It follows a “do-it-yourself” (DIY) approach, empowering users to numerically simulate key macroeconomic models on their own using the open-source programming language R. The platform covers an array of macroeconomic models, including canonical textbook models, models from different economic paradigms, and seminal models from the history of economic thought...

Econometrics Academy

Econometrics Academy is non-profit organization provides educational content and materials related to econometrics, which is a branch of economics that focuses on applying statistical and mathematical methods to analyze and test economic theories and hypotheses. It provides access to tutorials, lectures, and resources to help students, researchers, and individuals interested in econometrics learn and apply these statistical methods to economic data. These resources often cover topics like regression analysis, time series analysis, hypothesis testing, and more, all with a focus on their applications in economics....

Recent research articles
An assessment of India's multiple national social protection schemes in improving nutrition and health by Narayanan, S., Naraparaju, K. & Gerber, N.

Food Security, October 2023

This paper examines whether the combined participation in workfare and food grain subsidy programmes in India impacts the nutritional and health status of women and children, using body mass index (BMI) and short-term morbidity as indicators....

Can social recognition for teachers and principals improve student performance? Evidence from India by and Arora, Puneet et al

Applied Economics Letters, October 2023

Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of performance-based rewards for teachers is primarily based on the evaluation of monetary reward schemes. We present results from a randomized evaluation of a teacher and principal incentive...

Double-edged circularity: Comparative assessment of circular and non-circular consumers by Shashi et al

Ecological Economics, October 2023

Circular consumption and disposal practices by consumers are increasingly viewed as more than just a current necessity. Nonetheless, the impacts of the marketing mix perception on perceived value, purchase intention, and circular...

In good times and bad: Low-cost mobile teaching during a pandemic by Ojha, Manini and Yadav, Kartik

Economics of Education Review, October 2023

In view of school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper examines how a Home-Based Learning program affects learning outcomes of children in under-resourced communities. To overcome limited internet connectivity, the...

Sovereign yield curves and the COVID-19 in emerging markets by Candelon, Bertrand and Moura, Rubens

Economic Modelling, October 2023

This study examines the determinants of sovereign yield curves in four major emerging economies (Brazil, India, Mexico, and Russia) during the COVID-19 crisis. In light of increasing worldwide financial, macroeconomic, and sanitary...

On the political economy of corporate encroachment in agriculture: short term macroeconomic concerns by De Roy, Shantanu and Saratchand, C

Economia Politica, October 2023

Macroeconomic interactions between agriculture and non-agricultural sectors of a developing economy are irreducibly linked to corporate encroachment in agriculture. In this paper we discuss some short run aspects of macroeconomic...

Macroeconomic effects of uncertainty: a Google trends-based analysis for India by Pratap, Bhanu and Priyaranjan, Nalin

Empirical Economics, October 2023

This study proposes a new high-frequency indicator to measure economic policy uncertainty in the context of India, a large emerging market economy. Based on internet search intensity data, the proposed index tends to peak around...

Intensive and extensive margins of the peak load: Measuring adaptation with mixed frequency panel data by Colelli, Francesco Pietro; Wing, Ian Sue and De Cian, Enrica

Energy Economics, October 2023

In this work we investigate the response of daily electricity peak load to daily maximum temperatures across states in Europe and India. We propose a method that decomposes short- from medium/long-run effects, retains the high...

Fuelling down after a lockdown: Effects of the first COVID wave on clean fuel usage in India by Das, Upasak and Biswas, Shreya

Energy Economics, October 2023

This study explores the effect of the outbreak of COVID-19 on clean fuel adoption in rural India. We make use of the fifth wave of the National Family and Health Survey conducted from 2019 to 2021, focusing on districts which...

Industry 4.0 workforce implications and strategies for organisational effectiveness in Indian automotive industry: a review by Verma, Anju and Venkatesan, M

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, October 2023

Driven by radical innovations in manufacturing processes Industry 4.0 will significantly affect the workforce and turn the world of work upside down. The study makes a direct link between the Fourth Industrial Revolution and...

Frequency spillovers and portfolio risk implications between Sukuk, Islamic stock and emerging stock markets by Mensi, Walid et al

The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, October 2023

This study examines the multiscale spillovers between five important emerging stock markets namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) and both Dow Jones Islamic stock market index (DJIM) and Dow Jones...

Comparing multi-criteria models for ranking the Performance of India's water supply utilities by Srivastava, Akanksha; Parmar, Dipteek and Pamucar, Dragan

Utilities Policy, October 2023

Correct performance evaluation and ranking of water utilities involve several conflicting objectives. The solution to such problems can be obtained using multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) techniques. However, the results...

Statistical Resources

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