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The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation in collaboration with IGIDR is organising a day long Data Users Conference at IGIDR, Mumbai on April 21, 2025.
India must watch out for GDP growth with third chance at doorstep by Rajeswari Sengupta
When Low Scores Don’t Tell the Full Story: A Composite Indicator of Student Achievement by Japneet Kaur
NO : WP-2025-008 AUTHOR : Japneet Kaur TITLE : When Low Scores Don’t Tell the Full Story: A Composite Indicator of Student Achievement ABSTRACT : This paper introduces a new composite indicator of student achievement, grounded in an axiomatic framework. Unlike conventional measures that assign equal weight to all subjects, our index applies […]
Dr. Disha Gupta, Assistant Professor, IGIDR has received ‘PRISMA Sustainability Assessment and Policy Award 2025’ for her paper “Free power, irrigation, and groundwater depletion: Impact of farm electricity policy of Punjab, India” (published in Agricultural Economics, 2023). The award was presented at the Dresden Nexus Conference on April 8, 2025.
K.L Krishna: Building backbones for research by Goyal, Ashima
regarding submission of bank details to from Ex-Students MSc. and PhD to claim their security deposit
Improving tax revenues in the emerging markets: A Laffer curve analysis by Snigdha Kalra and Sargam Gupta
NO : WP-2025-007 AUTHOR : Snigdha Kalra and Sargam Gupta TITLE : Improving tax revenues in the emerging markets: A Laffer curve analysis ABSTRACT : This paper explores the possible ways in which the emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) can improve their tax-to-GDP ratio using a theoretical framework. We do this using […]
Is income inequality widening? by Ashima Goyal
Can effects of weather variation predict future economic downturn? Evidence from systemic risk in Indian financial markets by Pratik Thakkar
NO : WP-2025-006 AUTHOR : Pratik Thakkar TITLE : Can effects of weather variation predict future economic downturn? Evidence from systemic risk in Indian financial markets ABSTRACT : We examine how weather variation influences economic activity through its impact on sys¬temic risk in financial markets, an underexplored channel for a developing economy like […]
