6th  Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development

December 16-18, 2010

Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi 110016


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Parallel Sessions 2 (16 December, Thursday; 4.45 - 6.30 PM)

  • Session 2(a): Labour II: Empirics (Conference Room) [Chair: Bishwanath Goldar (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi)]

Viktoria Hnatkovska (University of British Columbia), Amartya Lahiri (University of British Columbia) and Sourabh B. Paul (University of British Columbia): "Castes and Labor Mobility".

Shing-Yi Wang (New York University): "Statistical Discrimination, Productivity and the Height of Immigrants".

Bishwanath Goldar (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi) and Suresh Chand Aggarwal (University of Delhi): "Informalization of Industrial Labour in India: Are Labour Market Rigidities and Growing Import Competition to Blame?".

  • Session 2(b): Trade Liberalization (Seminar Room 1) [Chair: Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University)]

Rana Hasan (Asian Development Bank), Devashish Mitra (Syracuse University), Priya Ranjan (University of California - Irvine) and Reshad N Ahsan (University of Melbourne): "Trade Liberalization and Unemployment: Theory and Evidence from India".

Asha Sundaram (University of Cape Town): "The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Micro Enterprises: Do Banks Matter? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing".

Dibyendu Maiti (Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi): "Foreign Competition, Bi-Sourcing and Union Wage Share".

  • Session 2(c): Education I (Seminar Room 2) [Chair: Farzana Afridi (Delhi School of Economics)]

Farzana Afridi (Delhi School of Economics), Bidisha Barooah (Delhi School of Economics)  and Rohini Somanathan (Delhi School of Economics): "School Meals and Student Participation in Urban India".

Rajshri Jayaraman (European School of Management and Technology, Berlin), Dora Simroth (European School of Management and Technology, Berlin) and Francis de Vericourt (European School of Management and Technology, Berlin): "The Impact of School Lunches on Primary School Enrollment: Evidence from India's Midday Meal Scheme".

Veronique Gille (University of Paris 1): "Education Spillovers in Farm Productivity: Empirical Evidence in Rural India".

  • Session 2(d): Topics in Macroeconomics II (Class Room 13) [Chair: Aarti Singh (University of Sydney)]

Aarti Singh (University of Sydney) and Sophie Stone (University of Sydney): "Asset Prices, Monetary Policy and Determinacy".

Manuel J. Garcia-Santana (Center for Monetary and Financial Studies, Spain) and Josep Pijoan-Mas (Center for Monetary and Financial Studies, Spain): "Small Scale Reservation Laws and the Misallocation of Talent".

Jonaki Sengupta (Charuchandra College) and Ishita Mukhopadhyay (University of Calcutta): "Commodity Price Fluctuations and Stock Adjustment: A Structuralist Macro Model of Sectoral Interlinkage under Rational Expectation".

  • Session 2(e): Industrial Organization I (Class Room 14) [Chair: Sripad Motiram (IGIDR, Mumbai)]

Suraj Prasad (University of New South Wales) and Hien Tran (University of New South Wales): "Promotions, Multiskilling and Incentives for Skills".

Radhika Lunawat (University of St Thomas): "Reputation Effects of Disclosure".

Sripad Motiram (IGIDR, Mumbai): "Governance, Efficiency and the Firm: A Theoretical Analysis".


Last Updated on 05 December 2010.