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Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India
This paper explores the aggregate economic effects from India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), which guarantees up to 100 days of labor to rural laborers at the mandated minimum wage. We examine the within-district change to night-time lights and banking deposits using the staggered program ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/shah-aggregate-effects-from-public-works
Webinar Series on Growth and Development in India
IEMS is hosting a series of webinars to explore issues about growth and development in India. The webinars encourage interaction among the speakers and attendees.  Participants are expected to join with both audio and video whenever possible.   The series' academic committee consist ...
https://iems.ust.hk/updates/iems-updates/2020/growth-and-development-india-webinar-series
Who Wants To Be A Politician? Running for Office in West Bengal Panchayats
Politicians in developing countries are typically considered to be rent-seeking, self-serving, and corrupt. The "negative selection hypothesis" suggests that it is the inherently dishonest that seek to enter office, in the expectation of earning political rent. Alternatively, the "positive selection ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2020/chaudhuri-who-wants-to-be-a-politician-running-for-office-in-west-bengal-panchayats
Targeting of Local Government Programs and Voting Patterns in West Bengal, India
Live Broadcast Event Summary Since the 1990s, we have seen reforms in decentralized governance in India which include the creation of local government institutions and direct elections, with a responsibility to administer programs of poverty reduction, economic security, rural infrastructure and agricultural ...
https://iems.ust.hk/Mookherjee
State Absenteeism in India's Reverse Migration? A Comparison with the Chinese Experience
Live Broadcast  Event Summary Circular migration is by no means a new phenomenon; however, it has become a perceptible trend in the recent past. Emerging economies like China and India are witnessing increased rates of return migration of their people belonging to various skill levels. In their academic ...
https://iems.ust.hk/events/academic-seminar/2018/singh-state-absenteeism-india-reverse-migration
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