Working Papers 2016

Working Paper 269
(Dec 2016)
LOCAL INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE AND CLIENTELISTIC ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT: THE CASE OF MGNREGS IN THREE STATES OF INDIA
By – Anindya Bhattacharya,Anirban Kar and Alita Nandi
Working Paper 268
(Dec 2016)
DOMINANT OR BACKWARD? POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE DEMAND FOR QUOTAS BY JATS, PATELS AND MARATHAS
By – Ashwini Deshpande and Rajesh Ramachandran 
Working Paper 267
(Dec 2016)
THE CHANGING CONTOURS OF INTERGROUP DISPARITIES AND THE ROLE OF PREFERENTIAL POLICIES IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
By – Ashwini Deshpande and Rajesh Ramachandran 
Working Paper 266
(Nov 2016)
STRENGTH OF PARTISAN AND CANDIDATE TIES IN INDIA
By – Aditi Singhal 
Working Paper 265
(Nov 2016)
THE INNOVATION-R&D NEXUS: EVIDENCE FROM THE INDIAN MANUFACTURING SECTOR
By – Sunil Kanwar and Shailu Singh
Working Paper 264
(Oct 2016)
STUDENT RESPONSES TO THE CHANGING CONTENT OF SCHOOL MEALS IN INDIA 
By – Farzana Afridi, Bidisha Barooah and Rohini Somanathan 
Working Paper 263
(Oct 2016)
UNDERSTANDING STANDARD OF LIVING AND CORRELATES IN
SLUMS: AN ANALYSIS USING MONETARY VERSUS
MULTIDIMENSIONAL APPROACHES IN THREE INDIAN CITIES 

By – Sugata Bag, Suman Seth
Working Paper 262 (Oct 2016) STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA, 1980-2011
By – K L Krishna, Suresh Aggarwal, Abdul A Erumban, Deb Kusum Das
Working Paper 261
(Oct 2016)
PRODUCTIVITY DYNAMICS IN INDIA’S SERVICE SECTOR: AN INDUSTRY-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE
By – K L Krishna, Deb Kusum Das, Abdul A Erumban, Suresh Aggarwal, Pilu Chandra Das
Working Paper 260  (Aug 2016) GROUP INEQUALITY IN DEMOCRACIES: LESSONS FROM CROSSNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
By – Rohini Somanathan
Working Paper 259  (Aug 2016) IDENTITY, PERCEPTIONS AND INSTITUTIONS: CASTE DIFFERENCES IN EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA
By – Deepti Goel, Ashwini Deshpande
Working Paper 258 (July 2016) CONTAGION IN INTERNATIONAL STOCK AND CURRENCY MARKETS DURING RECENT CRISIS EPISODES
By – Pami Dua, Divya Tuteja
Working Paper 257 (July 2016) DOES THE ICDS IMPROVE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF CHILDREN’S DIETS? SOME EVIDENCE FROM RURAL BIHAR
By – Nitya Mittal, J.V. Meenakshi
Working Paper 256 (July 2016) TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN THE TRIPLE BURDEN OF MALNUTRITION IN INDIA
By –  J.V. Meenakshi
Working Paper 255  (May 2016) THE ROLE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
By – Mausumi Das, Naveen J. Thomas
Working Paper 254  (Mar 2016) THE GENERALIZED ARROW-PRATT COEFFICIENT
By – Sudhir A. Shah
Working Paper 253  (Feb 2016) A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LIVING CONDITIONS IN SLUMS OF THREE METRO CITIES IN
By – Sugata Bag, Suman Seth, Anish Gupta
 Working Paper 252 (Jan 2016)  HOW RISKY IS A RANDOM PROCESS?
By – Sudhir A. Shah
Working Paper 251  (Jan 2016) THE IMPACT OF A COMPUTER BASED ADULT LITERACY PROGRAM ON LITERACY AND NUMERACY-EVIDENCE FROM INDIA
(Revised Version, December 2016)
By – Ashwini Deshpande, Alain Desrochers, Christopher Ksoll, Abu S. Shonchoy