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IGIDR Webinar: Fiscal Policy and Transmission: The Case of India’s States
Speaker: Dr. Nikhil Damodaran, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, Haryana Date & Hour: 08 July 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Fiscal Policy and Transmission: The Case of India’s States Abstract: The magnitude of interstate trade in India adds a unique dimension to within and interstate transmission of fiscal policies. We exploit regional variations in fiscal policy to examine its local potency and spillover using a two country New Keynesian model. We find that an increase in spending generates larger…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation of Education in India: Has it fallen over time?
Speaker: Dr. Sandip Datta, City Montessori School, Lucknow Date & Hour: 24 August 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation of Education in India: Has it fallen over time? Abstract: This paper employs a hurdle model approach to ask whether the extent of gender bias in education expenditure within rural households in India has changed over the nearly two-decade period from 1995 to 2014. Our most important finding is that the channel through which gender bias is practiced…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: Which Indian Children are Short and Why? The Indian Enigma, Social Identity, and Childhood Malnutrition
Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Ramachandran, Heidelberg University, Germany Date & Hour: 25 August 2020, 10:00 am Title: Which Indian Children are Short and Why? The Indian Enigma, Social Identity, and Childhood Malnutrition Abstract: India has been long identified with extremely high rates of child malnutrition – the so-called ‘Indian Enigma’ – that are not explained by economic factors. We show that the Indian shortfall is driven entirely by the lower stunting rates of children from the lower-ranked and stigmatized castes. Motivated…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: Reforming Agricultural Produce Markets in India: Tales of Model Acts and Ordinances
Speaker: Prof. Sukhpal Singh, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Date & Hour: 26 August 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Reforming Agricultural Produce Markets in India: Tales of Model Acts and Ordinances Abstract: Agricultural markets are a key to ensuring better farmer incomes, but in India, agricultural market reforms have been stuck in the middle for almost two decades as it is, like agriculture, a state subject. The Union MoAFW had prescribed a model APMC Act in…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: How Relevant is Volatility Density Forecasting? Evidence from Empirical Finance
Speaker: Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Rutgers University, USA Date & Hour: 27 August 2020, 4:30 pm Title: How Relevant is Volatility Density Forecasting? Evidence from Empirical Finance Abstract: In this paper, we provide new empirical evidence of the relative usefulness of interval (density) and point forecasts of asset-return volatility, in the context of financial risk management. In our evaluation we use both statistical criteria, i.e. accuracy of directional volatility predictions and economic criteria i.e. profitability of trading strategies based on said…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: Cash for Votes: Evidence from India
Speaker: Dr. Shabana Mitra, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Date & Hour:31st August 2020, 04:00 pm Title:Cash for Votes: Evidence from India Abstract: This paper investigates the prevalence of vote-buying in democratic elections where stringent restrictions on corporate donations to political parties exist. We combine data from state assembly elections in India with household-level consumer expenditure and employment surveys (conducted by NSSO) over the period 2004-11. Exploiting a difference-in-difference methodology, we estimate the effect elections have on the consumption of…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: Competition in the Digital era: Implications for Regulation
Speaker: Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi Date & Hour: 09 September 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Competition in the Digital era: Implications for Regulation
Event DetailsWebinar: Domestic Violence and Workfare: An Evaluation of India’s MGNREGA
Speaker: Dr. Nayantara Sarma, World Bank, Washington D.C. Date & Hour: 23 September 2020, 4:30 pm Title: Domestic Violence and Workfare: An Evaluation of India’s MGNREGA Abstract: Economic stress is commonly linked with domestic violence. This paper looks at how India’s workfare program mediates the effect of income shocks on domestic violence. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), guarantees 100 days of employment to rural households and acts as a form of insurance. I use a difference-in-differences strategy…
Event DetailsIGIDR Webinar: Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India: Patterns, correlates, and consequences
Speaker: Dr. Kunal Sen, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland Date & Hour: 07 October 2020, 4:00 pm Title: Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India: Patterns, correlates, and consequences Abstract: The Indian labour market is characterized by a high level of informality, with large numbers of workers in poorly paid ‘lower-tier’ informal jobs, and somewhat better paid ‘upper-tier’ informal jobs, which do not have the same benefits and security of tenure as formal jobs. We examine the likelihood of individuals moving…
Event DetailsWorking Paper: School Expansion and Caste Composition of Schools in Ethnically Fragmented Societies: Empirical Evidence of India
Speaker: Professor Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi Date & Hour: 04 November 2020, 4:00 pm Title: School Expansion and Caste Composition of Schools in Ethnically Fragmented Societies: Empirical Evidence of India Abstract: Providing better primary school access to rural children has led to a secular decline in distance traversed by children to go to schools, thereby leading to a rise in enrolments over the years. In this paper, we ask if there are costs to such fragmentation of schooling…
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