Tag Search: “jobs”
The gendered employment effects of mobile internet access in developing countries
In the third post of I4I’s month-long campaign to mark International Women’s Day 2023, Goldberg and Chiplunkar look at 3G internet coverage in 14 countries, and find that access to mobile internet all...
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Gaurav Chiplunkar
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg
10 March, 2023
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Women’s Month 2023: An International Women’s Day series
Throughout the month of March, I4I will be hosting the latest evidence and perspectives to mark International Women’s Day 2023. Follow this campaign across platforms and join the conversation using #I...
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Nikita Mujumdar
Ishita Trivedi
08 March, 2023
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Bringing skilling and productive employment closer to women
On International Women’s Day, Farzana Afridi considers a key issue in the creation of good jobs for women – the provision of skilling. She discusses the lack of physical and financial access to skill ...
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Farzana Afridi
08 March, 2023
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Formalisation of informal manufacturing enterprises in India
Employment in India’s organised manufacturing sector has grown rapidly since 2004. This article finds that about 15% of this growth can be attributed to the formalisation of previously informal enterp...
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Bishwanath Goldar
01 March, 2023
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The state of Adivasi livelihoods after 75 years of planned development
Despite efforts to ensure their wellbeing, the Adivasi community remains one of the most deprived in India. In this post, Chaudhuri and Ghosh discuss the findings of a study surveying the livelihood s...
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Dibyendu Chaudhuri
Parijat Ghosh
15 February, 2023
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I4I@10 | Emerging from Covid-19: Challenges and solutions
As India emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, economists will have to rethink how they understand the Indian economy in context of global volatilities. In this panel, moderated by Amartya Lahiri, Viral...
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Viral Acharya
Yamini Aiyar
Amartya Lahiri
Pronab Sen
I4I Team
10 February, 2023
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Irrigation and the spatial pattern of local economic development in India
Irrigation projects across India are intended to boost agricultural productivity and rural development. In this post, Blakeslee et al. study the long-run effects of access to irrigation on the composi...
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David Blakeslee
Aaditya Dar
Ram Fishman
Samreen Malik
Heitor Pellegrina
Karan Singh Bagavathinathan
25 January, 2023
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The promise of technology for women’s employment
The growth of digital labour platforms holds tremendous potential to improve employment outcomes for India’s young, urban population. In this post, Farzana Afridi discusses the challenges in leveragin...
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Farzana Afridi
19 January, 2023
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Motherhood, childcare and wages in India
Despite studies emphasising the role of parenthood as central to gender wage inequality in wealthy countries, these wage dynamics in developing countries are poorly understood. This article looks at t...
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Leila Gautham
05 December, 2022
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The impact of services trade on non-tradable services in India
A share of India's service sector growth can be attributed to tradable services, which can also have positive productivity impacts on manufacturing. This article looks at the effect of services trade ...
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Besart Avdiu
Ritam Chaurey
Gaurav Nayyar
Karan Singh Bagavathinathan
25 November, 2022
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A division of labourers: Caste identity and efficiency in India
Castes in India are closely associated with certain occupations and determine the jobs done by millions. This study uses a new dataset to show that a large proportion of workers still work in their ca...
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Guilhem Cassan
Daniel Keniston
Tatjana Kleineberg
18 November, 2022
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Opportunities, risks and realities of India’s participation in global value chains
Despite its manufacturing capability, India, unlike other Asian countries, has failed to integrate into global value chains (GVCs). In this post, Karishma Banga discusses the nature of India’s GVC int...
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Karishma Banga
17 September, 2022
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