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Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

FacilityMumbai, Maharashtra, India
About: Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research is a facility organization based out in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Monetary policy & Inflation. The organization has 307 authors who have published 1021 publications receiving 18848 citations.


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TL;DR: In this paper, the extent of occupational segregation for gender and social groups in India was measured based on a recent round of a nationally representative employment and unemployment survey of the Government of India.
Abstract: This article measures the extent of occupational segregation for gender and social groups in India. It is based on a recent round of a nationally representative employment and unemployment survey of the Government of India. We use overall and local measures of occupational segregation. We find that occupational segregation for both genders and social groups is higher in the urban sector than in the rural sector. Females are more segregated than their male counterparts in both sectors. Among social groups, scheduled caste and scheduled tribe groups have higher levels of segregation. Furthermore, we find that regular workers and the elderly are more segregated when we examine segregation, respectively, by nature of employment and across age groups.

14 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how freeing domestic financial markets, improving capital account convertibility, and restructuring regulations have impacted the process of financial liberalization in South Asia, and conclude that deepening domestic markets and better domestic and international regulation are necessary prerequisites for full convertibility.
Abstract: This paper overviews financial liberalization in three South Asian countries — Bangladesh, India and Pakistan — in order to derive lessons for future reforms. It investigates how freeing domestic financial markets, improving capital account convertibility, and restructuring regulations have impacted the process of financial liberalization in South Asia. The paper shows that the capital account was most liberalized in Pakistan, and that Bangladesh had the least market development of the three countries under consideration. The study also reveals that of the two similar-sized countries (i.e. Bangladesh and Pakistan), Pakistan had experienced several financial crises that had required “external rescue”. Bangladesh, in contrast, needed external rescue only once. India did better than Pakistan and Bangladesh, most likely because it followed a strategic plan according to which full capital account liberalization followed the deepening of domestic markets and improvements to government finances. The experience of the global crisis validated the Indian strategy and demonstrated that foreign entry, while beneficial, cannot resolve all issues. We conclude that deepening domestic markets and better domestic and international regulation are necessary prerequisites for full convertibility, and that these preconditions will be best met if future liberalization is adapted to domestic needs such as financial inclusion, infrastructure finance, and market deepening.

14 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a well-to-wheel analysis of the economic and environmental implications of technologies to deliver the hydrogen energy to the vehicles, and the total cost implications are arrived at by combining the costs of hydrogen (at end-use point) and the estimated demand for hydrogen for transport.
Abstract: With the alarming rate of growth in vehicle population and travel demand, the energy consumption has increased significantly contributing to the rise of GHG emissions. Therefore, the development of a viable environmentally benign technology/fuel, which minimises both global and local environmental impacts, is the need of the hour. There are four interconnected reasons for propagating a shift towards alternative fuels/technologies : (i) Energy Supply : world oil reserves are rapidly diminishing, (ii) Environment : local pollution from vehicles is creating an atmosphere that is increasingly damaging public health and environment, (iii) Economic competitiveness : the cost of producing oil and regulating the by-products of oil consumption continues to increase, and (iv) Energy security : the military and political costs of maintaining energy security in international markets are becoming untenable. Hydrogen energy has been demonstrated as a viable alternative automotive fuel in three technological modes : internal combustion engines connected mechanically to conventional vehicles; fuel cells that produce electricity to power electric vehicles; and hybrids that involve combinations of engines or fuel cells with electrical storage systems, such as batteries The present study provides a well-to-wheel analysis of the economic and environmental implications of technologies to deliver the hydrogen energy to the vehicles. The main objectives of the study are : (i) prioritization of technologies of hydrogen production, transportation, storage and refueling, (ii) economic analysis of prioritized technology alternatives to estimate the delivered cost of hydrogen at the end-use point, and (iii) estimating the environmental impacts. To achieve the desired objectives, various quantitative life-cycle-cost analyses have been carried out for numerous pathways (i.e. technologies and processes) for hydrogen production, storage, transportation/distribution and dispensing. The total cost implications are arrived at by combining the costs of hydrogen (at end-use point) and the estimated demand for hydrogen for transport. The environmental benefits (potential to abate GHG emissions) of alternative hydrogen energy technology pathways have been worked out by using the standard emission factors. Finally, the GHG emission levels of hydrogen supply pathways are compared with those of diesel and petrol pathways. The application of this systematic methodology will simulate a realistic decision-making process.

14 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a 1,000-household survey was used to study the type of energy carrier used by households in different income groups for different end-uses, such as cooking, water heating, and lighting.
Abstract: This article analyses the pattern of energy carrier consumption in the residential sector of Bangalore, a major city in south India. A 1,000-household survey was used to study the type of energy carrier used by households in different income groups for different end-uses, such as cooking, water heating, and lighting. The dependence of income on the carrier utilized is established using a carrier dependence index. Using regression analysis, the index analyses the impact of different explanatory variables such as family income, family size, and price of energy carrier on consumption. The results show that income plays an important rote not only in the selection of an energy carrier but also on the quantity of consumption per household. Also, a source-service matrix is prepared for Bangalore's residential sector, which shows the disaggregation of energy consumption by the type of energy carrier and end-use.

14 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a new specification is employed to test for the degree of endogeneity of commercial bank credit and its response to structural variables relevant to the Indian context, and disentangle the contribution of the Central and the Commercial Banks to the money supply process.
Abstract: A new specification is employed to test for the degree of endogeneity of commercial bank credit, and its response to structural variables relevant to the Indian context. Our specification allows us to both identify money supply in a single equation, and disentangle the contribution of the Central and the Commercial Banks to the money supply process. Bank credit reacted more to financial variables and had dissimilar responses to food and manufacturing prices and output. Instead of interest rates, sectoral returns played a major role. Monetary policy broadly succeeded in preventing an explosive growth in money supply and reined in inflationary expectations. But by targeting manufacturing prices it harmed real output. The estimated structure implies that it would be more efficient to target agricultural prices for inflation control. A monetary contraction should be completed earlier than in the past, and should coincide with a rise in food prices. Information available in the systematic structural features can be exploited in designing monetary policy.

14 citations


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NameH-indexPapersCitations
Seema Sharma129156585446
S.G. Deshmukh5618311566
Rangan Banerjee482898882
Kankar Bhattacharya462178205
Ramakrishnan Ramanathan431306938
Satya R. Chakravarty341445322
Kunal Sen332513820
Raghbendra Jha313353396
Jyoti K. Parikh311103518
Sajal Ghosh30727161
Tirthankar Roy251802618
B. Sudhakara Reddy24751892
Vinish Kathuria23961991
P. Balachandra22652514
Kaivan Munshi22625402
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No. of papers from the Institution in previous years
YearPapers
202310
20225
202143
202027
201945
201844