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I had asked in an April 2023 tweet thread whether the RBI inflation forecasting model should add heat shocks as an explanatory variable. A new report by Pranjul Bhandari shows that "temperatures have become far more useful than rains in forecasting food inflation"

4/6: Abhijit Singh Abhijeet Singh J-PAL rigorous, evidence-based assessments are crucial to shaping education policies. The challenge is to ensure that the samples are representative and can be examined by researchers to ensure their integrity. #PolicyInnovation

We are delighted to have hosted the report launch of 'South Asia in a Changing World', a collaboration with Team C-Voter at IIC Delhi. We are deeply thankful to our panelists Suhasini Haidar, C. Raja Mohan, Aanchal Malhotra, PinakiChakraborty পিনাকীচক্রবর্তী पिनाकी चक्रवर्ती & Rahul Verma. Watch: youtu.be/P0DOSA5XIyA

Some years ago Michael Woolcock and I argued that the disciplinary monopoly held by economics World Bank Research and other places was bad for policy (and no one listened). jstor.org/stable/27800677 Today, an Financial Times editorial makes a similar (if ‘slightly weaker’) point on whether

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Economists should retire the term "unskilled" for labour. "Many people don't recognise care giving - whether for the very young or very old - as a particularly skilled profession. This is mistaken. How do you listen to someone's needs even when they're not clearly articulated?"

Interesting piece by Ufuk Akcigit. The decline in public R&D spending may also have contributed to lower productivity growth, a point made by two really cool recent papers.

New Beginnings! A true privilege to be spending the year at the Saxena Center and Watson Institute, Brown University. Looking forward to an exciting stint, learning from the best Saxena Center @ Brown

Govt quietly dissolves a 14-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS) headed by eminent economist and former chief statistician of the country Pronab Sen, allegedly after its members questioned the delay in conducting the census. Jigeesh A. M. reports thehindu.com/news/national/…

New Mercatus Center Policy Paper Alert: 📢 Did you know that 95% of India’s industrial units employ fewer than 10 workers. One of the main reasons Indian firms are reluctant to scale is prohibitively costly labor regulation. In this paper, Kadambari and I survey India's labor

An excellent and important initiative. As I have written extensively (see also first reply) this is no longer “business as usual” Peninsular states are quite correct in seeking a fresh political settlement that secures the fiscal and economic integrity of the Union of India.

In search of a new federal bargain. Latest column in Deccan Herald

Important article by Arvind Subramanian et al: Predictions of an enormous GST bounty have not been realized. States have experienced a fiscal bonanza while the union has not. Even after compensation ended, states avoided a fiscal cliff due to economic uptick epw.in/journal/2024/3…

As someone studying Indian ed policy, CPR India 's 'Policy document repository' is an absolute treasure trove! Some hard-to-find stuff, all in one place. Immensely grateful to Ritu Kochar and Priyadarshini Singh for their incredible work putting this together. cprindia.org/indian-educati…

ONOE is anti federal and devalues democracy. Reupping 2 pieces from last year as the debate reopens. This bill must be sent to a stdg committee deccanherald.com/opinion/in-the… (1/2)

Odisha Women on a Power Trip A small army of blue-sari-clad women march through dozens of villages in Odisha every week where they read meters, dole out bills and collect cash from shopkeepers and households. Read Rajesh Kumar Singh's deep dive on reforming India's creaking power

Ultra-Weak States like India can’t do expenditure switching of this sort… they can’t even manage traffic!

since a lot of people are suddenly concerned about workers right, might I suggest paying domestic workers in your households more than the market wage?

Walking is an extreme sport in India. Most people walk on streets with no pavements or pedestrian crossings. Its a hostile environment; teaches you that going out to buy eggs can be very dangerous and that car/scooter/motorbike ownership brings out the mean & nasty side of humans

The ⁦The Economist⁩ writes on economic convergence citing this paper (scholar.harvard.edu/sites/scholar.…) by ⁦Justin Sandefur⁩ Dev Patel and me: economist.com/finance-and-ec… from