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IGIDR Seminar: “Are the Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture Underestimated? A Disaggregated Analysis for India”
Abstract:- An extensive and growing body of literature on the consequences of climate change for agriculture provides a diverse array of estimated effects. This paper contends documented effects of climate change in the literature are underestimated for three reasons: the use of static specifications, the neglect or inadequate treatment of intra-year variability in key climate change variables, and the asymmetric impact of positive and negative climate shocks. We illustrate this underestimation by presenting a case study focused on the Indian…
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: “Exploring the influence of urbanization and growth on emissions in developing and emerging economies: evidence from nonlinear methods”
Abstract:- This paper explores the joint impact of economic growth and urbanization on CO2 and N2O emissions in emerging and developing economies from 1998 to 2019. For the analysis, we employ a semiparametric generalized additive model in order to address potential issues of nonlinearity for the urbanization and growth effects. Additionally, panel threshold models are used to evaluate the threshold influence of economic growth on emissions under different levels of urbanization. Our results reveal an M-shaped relationship for urbanization and…
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: ” Do political connections reduce the propensity of drought-induced migration of farm households? Empirical Evidence from India”
Abstract:- While the impact of drought on migration is well documented in the literature, no previous research has examined 14 whether households’ political connections can reduce the propensity of drought-induced migration. The present 15 study aims to address this gap in the literature. We used rainfall data from the Indian Meteorological Department 16 for the period 1970–2010 to construct a real-time drought variable and two rounds (2004–05, 2011–12) of the 17 India Human Development Survey data to construct households’ political…
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: ” Migration Inflow and School Performance of Incumbents “
Abstract:- We examine how exposure to recent migrants and asylum seekers affects the academic performance of incumbent students in Sweden between 2008 and 2022, a period characterized by large migration inflows. To identify the effect, we exploit variation in contemporaneous and cumulative exposure to recent migrants between siblings and across cohorts within schools. We find a small but statistically significant positive effect on native students’ test scores from cumulative exposure to recent migrants. However, immigrant background students do not experience…
Event DetailsWorkshop @ IGIDR: AI and LIS Research" rel="bookmark"> Workshop @ IGIDR: AI and LIS Research
Abstract:- Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing virtually every facet of human activity, and academic research stands at the forefront of this transformation. The integration of AI technologies has led to a paradigm shift in scholarly inquiry, offering unprecedented opportunities to accelerate the research process across various stages, from idea generation and knowledge discovery to data analysis and paper writing. In recognition of this transformative landscape, we are delighted to announce an offline workshop titled “Artificial Intelligence and LIS Research: Implications…
Event DetailsIGIDR Seminar: ” How aggregate electricity demand responds to hourly wholesale price fluctuations “
Abstract:- Electricity needs to be consumed at the very moment of production, leading wholesale prices to fluctuate widely at (sub-)hourly time scales. This article investigates the response of aggregate electricity demand to such price variations. Using wind energy as an instrument, we estimate a significant and robust short-term price elasticity of about −0.05 in Germany and attribute this to industrial consumers. As the share of consumption that is exposed to real-time prices (currently less than 25%) expands, we expect the…
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IGIDR Seminar: “Real Effects of Bank Shocks”
Abstract:- What are the effects of bank shocks in an economy featuring bank-firm lending relation- ships and what is the propagation mechanism? This paper builds a dynamic general equi- librium model in which collateral-constrained entrepreneurs have endogenously-persistent credit relationships with banks. A bank shock in this model takes the form of a negative shock to loan repayments and drives up credit spread. Bank credit falls and a downturn in macroeconomic activity ensues. These effects are initially amplified by presence of…
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