Former I4I Managing Editor Nalini Gulati pens a heartfelt tribute to our founding Editor-in-Chief Prof. Ashok Kotwal
https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/miscellany/a-tribute-for-my-mentor-ashok.html
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A tribute for my mentor, Ashok
Former I4I Managing Editor Nalini Gulati pens a heartfelt tribute to our founding Editor-in-Chief Prof. Ashok Kotwal.
Financial constraints have psychological consequences for workers– among small-scale manufacturing workers in Odisha, an interim payment before the end of the contract period raises worker productivity by 7.1%
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#InternationalLabourDay #I4IArchives
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Alleviating financial concerns to enhance worker productivity
Financial constraints can have psychological consequences and affect productivity by making workers more distracted during work. Based on an experiment among small-scale manufacturing workers in Odisha, this article shows that an interim payment before the…
Perspectives | Topic - Environment | Author: Manisha Jain (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/environment/carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-india-s-industries-data-sources-and-discrepancies.html
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Carbon dioxide emissions from India’s industries: Data sources and discrepancies
Industries are one of the most significant contributors to energy-related carbon-dioxide (energy-CO2) emissions in India – the share of industries in the total emissions was 25%, second only to power generation. In this post, Manisha Jain examines the trends…
As the Indian economy faces increasing inflationary pressures, read this #I4IArchives article by Dr. Pronab Sen on the monetary factors underlying the propagation & perpetuation of inflation over time
https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/macroeconomics/monetary-dimensions-of-the-recent-indian-inflationary-experience.html
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Monetary dimensions of the recent Indian inflationary experience
Inflation in India remained at or near double-digit levels between 2009-10 and 2014-15. In this article, Pronab Sen, Country Director, IGC India Central, argues that while the initiation of the inflationary process may have been rooted in structural factors…
Watch/listen to the 9th edition of I4I Conversations with Dilip Mookherjee and Pascal Restrepo (Boston University) discussing the evidence around the developed and developing country experience with automation technology & its implications for jobs & inequality.
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/productivity-innovation/automation-and-inequality.html
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/productivity-innovation/automation-and-inequality.html
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Automation and inequality
Public discourse around automation has seen some take a fairly alarmist view – with concerns around its impact on employment, wages, the labour share of national income, and inequality. Others take a more optimistic view – that short-run turbulence and long…
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Technological shifts that increase the share of capital in production makes wealth a more important determinant of the distribution of labour income. Hear more about it in the 9th edition of the I4I Conversations series: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/productivity-innovation/automation-and-inequality.html
Both exogenous and endogenous factors have contributed to the rise in automation over the last few decades. Find out about them in more detail in the 9th edition of the I4I Conversations series: rb.gy/afejuj
Is subsidising manufacturing the best way to promote employment generation? Find out more in the 9th edition of the I4I Conversations series: rb.gy/afejuj
Automation is changing the way in which we are producing something that already exists, and reducing the role of human labour in the production process. Listen to Pascual Restrepo and DilipMookherjee in the 9th edition of the I4I Conversations series: rb.gy/afejuj
Technology has the potential to create winners and losers; the losers can be found in those regions which specialise in industries with a high degree of automation. Listen to the 9th edition of the I4I Conversations series to learn more: rb.gy/afejuj
Hear more about how automation will affect the ‘Flying Geese’ model – where industries set up in advanced economies shift to countries with lower wages over time – in the 9th edition of the I4I Conversations series: rb.gy/afejuj
Articles|Topic - Social Identity|Authors: Prasanth Bharadwaj, Frances Lu (University of California, San Diego), Sameem Siddiqui (Wayfair, LLC).
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/social-identity/the-impact-of-displacement-on-women-s-marriage-outcomes-evidence-from-the-partition-of-india.html
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The impact of displacement on women’s marriage outcomes: Evidence from the partition of India
Women and children are made particularly vulnerable by displacement – the high incidence of gender-based violence and vulnerability to child marriage is well-documented in literature. Using data from Pakistan’s 1973 Housing, Economic, Demographic Characteristics…
Articles|Topic - Money & Finance|Authors: Ira N, Gang (Rutgers University), Rajesh Raj S.N. (Sikkim University), Kunal Sen (UNU-WIDER).
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/money-finance/can-access-to-finance-spur-entrepreneurship-in-indian-informal-sector.html
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Can access to finance spur entrepreneurship in Indian informal sector?
Credit constraints, a consequence of the widespread failure of credit markets in developing countries, are widely regarded as a key constraint to entrepreneurship. Using 2010-11 and 2015-16 National Sample Survey data, this article shows that policy actions…
Articles|Topic - Human Development|Authors: Dweepobotee Brahma (IIT-Jodhpur), Debasri Mukherjee (Western Michigan University).
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/macroeconomics/using-machine-learning-to-target-neonatal-and-infant-mortality.html
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Using machine learning to target neonatal and infant mortality
India accounts for one-fourth of the world’s neonatal mortalities, and this has likely been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic – due to lockdowns and lack of access to critical antenatal and postnatal care. Analysing 2011-12 India Human Development Survey…
Analysing 2011-12 India Human Development Survey (IHDS)-II data, this article uses machine learning to build predictive models of neonatal and infant mortality incidence. Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/human-development/using-machine-learning-to-target-neonatal-and-infant-mortality.html
Perspectives|Topic - Macroeconomics|Authors: Parantap Basu (Durham University).
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/macroeconomics/an-illusory-phillips-curve-is-now-the-right-time-for-a-rate-hike.html
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An illusory Phillips curve: Is now the right time for a rate hike?
The Phillips curve represents an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment. In this post, Parantap Basu argues that the ‘illusory’ Phillips curve in western industrial nations is driven by a withdrawal from the workforce rather than a demand…
Articles|Topic - Productivity & Innovation|Author: Arkadev Ghosh (University of British Columbia).
Read more: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/productivity-innovation/hindu-muslim-integration-and-firm-output-in-indian-manufacturing-evidence-from-a-field-experiment.html
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Hindu-Muslim integration and firm output in Indian manufacturing: Evidence from a field experiment
Evidence suggests that ethnic diversity can lower firm output due to poor social ties and taste-based discrimination among workers. Based on an experiment in a manufacturing plant in West Bengal, this article shows that religious mixing initially leads to…