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Exports, global production sharing, and job creation in India
Is it in the interest of a country to promote strong local linkages for its domestic industries or to participate in global production sharing activities wherein linkages are globally dispersed? This ...
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Garima Dhir
C. Veeramani
09 October, 2019
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What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - IV
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen traced the genesis of the present economic slowdown. In this part, they discuss the way forward to arrest the slowdown. They suggest a ...
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Ashok Kotwal
Pronab Sen
29 September, 2019
- Perspectives
What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - III
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen presented an export-led development strategy employed by successful Asian countries and why India failed on this front. In this part, t...
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Ashok Kotwal
Pronab Sen
29 September, 2019
- Perspectives
What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - II
In the previous part of this series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab Sen described the generic process of development in a dual economy. In this part, they present the strategies employed by successful Asian ...
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Ashok Kotwal
Pronab Sen
28 September, 2019
- Perspectives
What should we do about the Indian economy? A wide-angled perspective - I
The Indian economy, one of the fastest growing economies in the world over the last three decades, today shows telltale signs of an economic slowdown. In this four-part series, Ashok Kotwal and Pronab...
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Ashok Kotwal
Pronab Sen
27 September, 2019
- Perspectives
A silver lining in India’s employment scenario
The latest jobs data released by the government showed a record high unemployment rate of 6.1% in 2017-18, but a rise in the share of workers with a regular job in urban areas. In this post, Mehta and...
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Arjun Kumar
Balwant Singh Mehta
17 July, 2019
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Women’s work and fertility: Evidence from 200 years, 103 countries
The declining rates of female labour force participation in developing countries in the last two decades have led researchers to focus on the role of fertility in women’s labour supply decisions. Usin...
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Daniel Aaronson
Rajeev Dehejia
Andrew Jordan
Cristian Pop-Eleches
Cyrus Samii
Karl Schulze
03 June, 2019
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A family affair: Family members’ role in female employment decisions in India
A factor behind low female labour force participation in India is family members’ objection to women working. Based on an experiment in Karnataka, this article assesses whether employers can use light...
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Joshua Dean
Seema Jayachandran
13 May, 2019
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Strengthen MNREGS to support the rural economy
India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) has generated a lot of controversy about its effectiveness as a safety net designed to benefit landless rural households. Mur...
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Karthik Muralidharan
Paul Niehaus
Sandip Sukhtankar
22 March, 2019
- Perspectives
The anomaly of women’s work and education in India
There has been a decline in the female labour force participation rate and size of the female labour force in India in recent years. This article looks at this trend in conjunction with female educati...
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Surbhi Ghai
07 March, 2019
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The changing task content of jobs in India
The ongoing wave of technological revolution across the globe is set to fundamentally change the way goods are produced and services are delivered. Using a task-based framework, this article seeks to ...
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Jay Dev Dubey
Pankaj Vashisht
13 February, 2019
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I4I Panel Discussion: The way forward for the Indian economy
In December 2018, I4I organised a panel discussion on ‘The Way Forward for the Indian Economy’ with K.P. Krishnan (Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship), T.N. Ninan (Business Standard), ...
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Nalini Gulati
29 January, 2019
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