Tag Search: “data”
What lies behind this year's economics Nobel
In this post, Maitreesh Ghatak discusses how randomised controlled trials – the use of which was pioneered by this year’s economics Nobel Laureates, Banerjee, Duflo, and Kremer – have been successfull...
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Maitreesh Ghatak
25 October, 2019
- Perspectives
Mobility and congestion in urban India
Urban transportation in developing countries is prioritised for massive investments, yet little is known about the determinants of urban mobility in these countries. This article applies a methodology...
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Prottoy A. Akbar
Victor Couture
Gilles Duranton
Adam Storeygard
24 July, 2019
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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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Field missions and data stories
Data lies at the heart of research and policymaking in the social sector. But where does this data really come from? In this note, Prerna Mukharya (Founder, Outline India, Track your metrics), shares ...
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Prerna Mukharya
01 July, 2019
- Notes from the Field
India’s national policy framework on e-commerce: Issues and concerns
In July 2018, India released a draft national policy framework on e-commerce among its stakeholders. The ensuing debate led to the government announcing a revised draft policy. In this post, Rahul Cho...
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Rahul Choudhury
12 November, 2018
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The online marketplace as a source for price data
The Indian e-commerce industry is set to grow at over 30% over the next decade, potentially making the online market a repository of information related to some key parameters of the economy such as i...
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Ritwik Banerjee
Nished Singhal
Chetan Subramanian
05 October, 2018
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The challenge of identifying economic activities of firms
The reliability of India’s GDP estimates has been debated extensively. A key challenge in the construction of macro-aggregates lies in the proper identification of firms’ economic activities as firms ...
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Radhika Pandey
Amey Sapre
Pramod Sinha
23 August, 2018
- Perspectives
Protecting data privacy: Authorisation and access control
The B.N. Srikrishna Committee, which was constituted in August 2017 to draft India’s data protection laws, is expected to submit its final recommendations this month. In this post, Banerjee and Sharma...
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Subhashis Banerjee
Subodh V. Sharma
04 July, 2018
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Communicating uncertainties in GDP data
In recent times there has been a lot of controversy around the accuracy and reliability of Indian GDP estimates. In this article, Amey Sapre and Rajeswari Sengupta contend that much of this confusion ...
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Amey Sapre
Rajeswari Sengupta
19 February, 2018
- Perspectives
I4I Panel Discussion: The challenge of job creation
In a recent I4I editorial, Ashok Kotwal described the challenge of job creation that is facing the Indian economy today. In December 2017, Prof. Kotwal moderated a panel discussion on the topic betwe...
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Nalini Gulati
30 January, 2018
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‘Nowcasting’ the Indian economy: A new approach to know the now-GDP
Bhadury and Pohit describe NCAER’s new ‘nowcasting’ model, which seeks to predict India’s GDP numbers at frequent intervals − typically on a monthly or quarterly basis − by exploiting the incremental ...
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Soumya Bhadury
Sanjib Pohit
12 January, 2018
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Waiting for jobs
Assessing the extent of job creation in India is constrained by lack of comprehensive, real-time employment data. This column presents statistics from a detailed analysis of multiple data sources and ...
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Radhicka Kapoor
14 December, 2017
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