The last expenditure survey released by India's National Sample Survey organization dates
back to 2011, which is when India last released official estimates of poverty and inequality …

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the potential of social protection programs in
mitigating labor market shocks. We examine the role of one of the world's largest …

We use a large, representative panel data set from India with monthly data on household
finances to examine the incidence of economic harms during the COVID pandemic. We …

India is a leading global hotspot for extreme heat waves induced by climate change. The
social demography of India is centered on its caste hierarchy rooted in endogamous …

The last expenditure survey released by India's National Sample Survey organization dates
back to 2011, which underpins the last official estimates of poverty and inequality. This …

There has been an increase in economic inequality in India over the past few decades, with
the rich-poor gaps among the largest of several peer economies. Household surveys show …

Attempts have been made to estimate poverty in India using a biased dataset, by adjusting
household weights to remove or reduce the bias. The effectiveness of this method, however …

We combine national income accounts, wealth aggregates, tax tabulations, rich lists, and
surveys on income, consumption, and wealth in a consistent framework to present long run …

Public sector recruitment exams can be highly competitive. Does this competition encourage
candidates to develop generalizable skills, or do investments in exam preparation burden …

Abstract The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy's (CMIE) Consumer Pyramid Household
surveys have emerged as an important source of regular labour market data for India. Given …