We have openings for RA positions at CSE, deadline is 28th February.

RAs have an opportunity to work on some exciting projects. Many of our RAs have also co-authored with post-doctoral fellows and faculty on various articles and research papers.

After an excellent iteration in 2024, we are back with another one. In the last cohort, there were BA & MA students, PhD students & econ teachers--from India and abroad. The discussions during & after the classes were lively. Looking forward to teaching another set of students!

We are hiring RAs at the Centre for Sustainable Employment CSE- Azim Premji University Azim Premji University. RAs work closely with professors and post-docs on State of Working India and related projects. Past RAs have also been co-authors on published papers. Please apply and spread the word.

Openings for Research Fellow positions at the Centre. Recently completed PhDs or those nearing the submission of their thesis, please consider applying. Details here: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/jobs/research-…

Building on this generous release by Advait Moharir and Vijayshree, here is a slightly more granular and readable release of the HCES microdata. The tables are now searchable by descriptions and names of goods, to help avoid external lookups. github.com/jaidevd/hces-2…

This is fantastic work by Data For India Pramit Bhattacharya!! May not grab headlines, but for those of us who work with data, this is great public service. How one village swung India's workforce numbers in 2022-23 dataforindia.com/plfs-assam/?ut…

Thread: We wrapped up the hugely gratifying Demystifying Economics Workshop held in Azim Premji University . This was the 3rd edition and was co-organised with Bahujan Economists & School for Democracy. The hope with this annual workshop is to build bridges between academia & practitioners.

There were 27 participants with rich experience, piercing questions & critical insights challenging many economics assumptions. They included labour organisers, activists for Adivasi rights, land, caste, environment, social policies, welfare & journalists reporting on these.

Theme this year: Labour & Employment. After Arjun Jayadev introduced the rationale for this workshop, we had a session on economics as if the constitution matters. Then Japneet ਜਪਨੀਤ جپنیت & rohit (not) azad did an imp & difficult session on statistical measures & data visualisation.

This was followed by a hands-on session on data concepts along with introduction to representative surveys. Subsequently, Rosa patiently & creatively engaged us with the complexities of labour force, ways to measure employment & employment status across identities.

Then starting with the cult song 'haal chaal theek thaak hai' Amit Basole walked us through the trajectory on the growth story from 1950s to 2020s assessing the relationship between GDP & employment.

The energetic Dawa Sherpa then took over with the macroeconomics of inequality, inflation, interest rate & unemployment.

After a group activity, there were engaging sessions on labour & employment in transitioning economies including songs by the passionate Prashanth & the thoughtful Srishti Yadav

Abhishek Waghmare from Data For India demonstrated their new and wonderful dashboard. Please do check it out! This was followed by an enthralling public lecture titled ‘Data & Democracy: Using numbers to speak truth to power’ by Rukmini S

On the last day, Shravan from CSE- Azim Premji University explained the complicated sampling method of PLFS, went through the PLFS dashboard & did a hands-on session on using PLFS data. Avani Chokshi of AILAJ_HQ then explained the pernicious implications of the 4 Labour Codes

The penultimate session was a highly interactive session on minimum wages & employment by Anand Shrivastava

Finally, many thanks to Rema, Prashanth & Tamoghna for being part of the core organising team at APU. Thanks to the travel desk, the Food team, the AV team, the security & housekeeping staff, and a host of student volunteers from Azim Premji University for making this happen.

Less than a month for this summer school on the Sraffa-Keynes approach Economics @ Azim Premji University Azim Premji University w/ Young Scholars Initiative. azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2025/th… Srishti Yadav Zico Dasgupta Maria Cristina Barbieri Góes

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