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IGC Webinar: The impact of Covid-19 in India and pathways to recovery
The ongoing Covid-19 health crisis has affected lives across the world, and caused a massive economic shock. To help policy stakeholders and the general audience understand the socioeconomic impact of...
- I4I Team
- 20 April, 2021
- Events
Covid-19: How well are government schemes supporting Bihar’s vulnerable populations?
The immediate adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdown was visibly greater for migrant workers and their households, whose ability to access government schemes in their villages...
- Advaita Rajendra Ankur Sarin Karan Singhal
- 18 March, 2021
- Notes from the Field
DUET re-examined
In September 2020, Jean Drèze’s proposal for an urban work programme called DUET (Decentralised Urban Employment and Training) was presented on I4I. This was followed by an extensive symposium in whic...
- Jean Drèze
- 09 March, 2021
- Perspectives
Gendered breadwinner norms and work decisions
The male breadwinner norm – the idea that a man must earn more than his wife – can potentially impact labour-market outcomes of married women. Using nationally representative data from India for the p...
- Sakshi Gupta
- 08 March, 2021
- Articles
Did MNREGA cushion job losses during the pandemic?
The 2021-22 Budget allocation for MNREGA is 34% lower than the revised estimates for the programme in 2020-21. Analysing official MNREGA data, this article suggests that districts that have historical...
- Farzana Afridi Kanika Mahajan Nikita Sangwan
- 11 February, 2021
- Articles
Budget 2021-22: A gender lens
Examining the 2021-22 union budget through a gender lens, Nalini Gulati discusses what the budget does – and does not do – for women in the Indian economy, particularly with respect to the digital pus...
- Nalini Gulati
- 02 February, 2021
- Perspectives
Import competition, formalisation, and role of contract workers
Given the recent expansion in the participation of developing countries in global trade, it is important to understand the role of trade in the composition of employment in these countries. Analysing ...
- Pavel Chakraborty Rahul Singh Vidhya Soundararajan
- 27 January, 2021
- Articles
Employment entry and exit by women in India
While India’s low female labour force participation has been studied extensively in the recent literature, an aspect that has received insufficient attention is the dynamic nature of employment – that...
- Soham Sahoo Sudipa Sarkar
- 19 January, 2021
- Articles
Expectations, wage hikes, and worker voice
Understanding how exit decisions of workers are affected by their ability to voice their concerns, is a central question in labour economics. Based on an experiment in 12 garment factories in Karnatak...
- Achyuta Adhvaryu Smit Gade Teresa Molina Anant Nyshadham
- 11 January, 2021
- Articles
Welfare through workfare? Lessons from the early days of MNREGA
Workfare programmes are an old tool to provide necessary income support to the poorest in times of recessions, droughts, and now pandemics. Yet, these are often questioned for their effectiveness. As ...
- Stefan Klonner Christian Oldiges
- 16 December, 2020
- Articles
Does workfare work? MNREGA during Covid-19
In the wake of the large-scale return of migrant workers from cities to rural areas on account of the Covid-19 lockdowns and associated job losses, it was apparent that MNREGA would need to play a cru...
- Sudha Narayanan Christian Oldiges Shree Saha
- 01 December, 2020
- Articles
DUET: Creating a resilient ecosystem for vulnerable populations
Providing their perspective on Drèze’s DUET proposal for an urban work programme, the authors contend that its objective should not just be financial support but the creation of a wider ecosystem that...
- Ishu Gupta Advaita Rajendra Ankur Sarin
- 10 November, 2020
- Perspectives