This is a great opportunity to learn structural estimation in a super hands-on way. Sampreet Goraya will also go over techniques to assess the impact of caste on macro outcomes from his stellar paper. Register now!

Starting tomorrow! Please register if you haven't already.

Today is the last date to apply for both mentees and mentors! Forms below 👇🏽 Mentee form: forms.gle/NzNqkLkCpLzGyc… Mentor form: forms.gle/TVBeu54trBewms…

Mohit and I wrote about the trend of welfare expenditure in the past decade. In today's The Hindu

Hi Everyone, A student needs a laptop for their Masters in Econ. If you have a spare laptop please reach out. It would be a great help for him.

On 3rd June Bhanwar Meghwanshi, Dalit Rights Activist, will discuss "RSS, Hindutva and Savarna" in the third seminar of the Savarna Seminar Series. If you have not registered for the series yet, use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/1XTn5d…

Jai Bhim! We have received an overwhelming response to this year's mentorship program, AAMP 2024. We have realised that we still need mentors from the following disciplines: Gender Studies, Education and Social Work. We are opening mentor forms again specially for these fields 👇🏽

🤷🤷‍♀️New data: SHRUG 2 is out!! Development Data Lab has been working on this for two years, a HUGE update to India’s coolest data platform: 1. Maps of *every* 2011 town and village, with ids 2. All data at every geography (villages, districts, ACs, etc)... devdatalab.org/shrug 🧵1/N

SHRUG 2.0 is a go! Check out Paul's excellent (as always) thread on our ongoing efforts to democratize access to India's data for research, policy, etc. As always, contributions and feedback welcome!

Happening today!

📣 New working paper on residential segregation in India. We’ve been working for 5 years on this. 8 facts about residential segregation in India, from new administrative data. The situation is not great 🧵 1/N

We are seeking one mentor who has done/is doing PhD in Computer Science from abroad for our mentorship program AAMP 2024. Please dm us if you would want to join us.

Happening Today! BE is organizing Data Communication Workshop with Rukmini S for its members. #BahujanEcon #BE

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Since January, I've been hosting a monthly Indian data webinar series with Center for the Advanced Study of India, where I am a Non-Resident Fellow. I'm really proud of this - it's a webinar series focused on helping people use data, and our great line-up has guaranteed a lot of discovery and valuable Q&As.

Supremely excited to have Ellora Derenoncourt with us next week! Don't miss out and register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Our new working paper based on 3.1 cr NREGA transactions demonstrates no statistically significant difference in time to pay workers between Aadhaar-based (ABPS) and NEFT type account based payments. Centre is pushing to make ABPS mandatory. This will be a huge blow to workers

"Regardless of Gehlot’s political intentions, it should be noted that responding to public demand and needs is supposed to be a fundamental tenet of any democratic society." thewire.in/economy/the-lo…