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International comparisons of poverty in South Asia

Islam, Tommoy T. M.; Newhouse, David Locke; … - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 1, pp. 142-175

This paper explores the methodological differences underlying the construction of the national consumption aggregates that are used to estimate international poverty rates for South Asian countries. The analysis draws on a regional dataset of standardized consumption aggregates to assess the...

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Long-term dynamics of poverty transitions in India

Sahasranaman, Anand - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 2, pp. 213-235

I use a stochastic model to explore the dynamics of poverty in India from 1952 to 2006 and find that temporal …

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Constructing a coincident economic indicator for India : how well does it track gross domestic product?

Bhadury, Soumya; Ghosh, Saurabh; Kumar, Pankaj - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 2, pp. 237-277

In India, the first official estimate of quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) is released approximately 7-8 weeks … Economic Indicators for India (CEIIs) using a sequentially expanding list of 6, 9, and 12 high-frequency indicators. These …

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Trends in employment and wages of female and male workers in India : a task-content-of-occupations approach

Sharma, Shruti - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 39 (2022) 1, pp. 169-199

This paper uses the task-content-of-occupations framework to analyze trends in employment and wages of female and male workers in the Indian labor market from 1994 to 2017. Workers are classified into four main occupational categories: nonroutine cognitive, routine cognitive, nonroutine manual,...

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Spatial heterogeneity in the severity of COVID-19 pandemic in India

Kaicker, Nidhi; Gaiha, Raghav; Aggarwal, Radhika - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 1, pp. 177-201

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected all states and union territories in India, but the spread of …

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Trust as key to health sector reforms

Kulkarni, Vani S.; Kulakarṇi, Vīṇā; Gaiha, Raghav - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 145-176

-care providers based on an all-India panel survey and delineate policies to rebuild trust, especially in public health care. …

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Impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on consumption : household data from India

Sanyal, Anirban; Singh, Nirvikar; Kapoor, Rolly - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 211-240

We quantify the impacts on consumption expenditure and the patterns following India's initial sudden lockdown in …

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Could better jobs for men have improved gender equality? : the relationship between economic growth and gender equality in India

Balasubramanian, Sujata - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 40 (2023) 2, pp. 241-269

. This paper argues that growth in India has not substantially improved gender equality because it has not sufficiently … activated either of these mechanisms. I analyze structural changes from 1982/83 to 2011/12 to show that India's high … poverty-might actually have led to greater gender equality in India-by reducing poverty-linked gender discrimination. The …

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