Tag Search: “data”
Rapid Response Project on Indian Firm Data
In March 2015, IGC organised a Workshop on Industry Data, held in Delhi. The workshop provided an opportunity for academics, policy makers and government agencies to discuss difficulties they face wit...
- Samuel Asher Paul Novosad
- 31 March, 2015
- IGC Research on India
Why the World Bank's International Comparison Program has limited use for India
Preliminary results from the World Bank’s International Comparison Program, which seeks to compare the economies of 199 countries across the globe, were released recently. In this article, Ranjan Ray...
- Ranjan Ray
- 20 February, 2015
- Perspectives
Towards integrating sample surveys in India
Large-scale household surveys in India are mainly undertaken by the NSSO and the NCAER. In this article, Pronab Sen, Chairman of the National Statistical Commission, highlights the need for systemati...
- Pronab Sen
- 19 January, 2015
- Perspectives
Please weight
The latest wealth index by New World Wealth that looks at multimillionaires has ranked India eighth in the global rich list. This article contends that looking at absolute numbers may be misleading. ...
- Maitreesh Ghatak Debraj Ray
- 05 September, 2014
- Perspectives
What explains the steep poverty decline in India from 2004 to 2011?
Ashok Kotwal, Editor-in-Chief, Ideas for India, interviews Pronab Sen on the recent poverty figures that show a steep decline in poverty in India between 2004 and 2011. According to him, the shift in...
- Ashok Kotwal Pronab Sen
- 29 July, 2013
- Perspectives
Violence against married women in India: Can the data tell us anything?
Violence against women in India has recently been brought to the world’s attention. But for too long the problem has been under reported. This column looks at what the data can tell us.
- Sreeparna Ghosh
- 11 February, 2013
- Articles
Developing and Analyzing Firm Level Moments on Productivity and Reallocation
Productivity growth is the main driver of long-run increases in per capita income and welfare. This project investigates the effect of idiosyncratic (firm-level) policy distortions on aggregate outcom...
- Eric J Bartelsman John Haltiwanger
- 01 September, 2010
- IGC Research on India