Uma Kambhampati
University of Reading
Abstract:
This paper makes a significant contribution on both conceptual and methodological fronts, in the analysis of the effect of maternal autonomy on school enrolment age of children in India. The school entry age is modelled using a discrete time duration model where maternal autonomy is entered as a latent characteristic, and allowed to be associated with various parental and household characteristics which also conditionally affect school entry age. The model identification is achieved by using proxy measures collected in the third round of the National Family Health Survey of India, on information relating to the economic, decision-making, physical and emotional autonomy of a woman. We concentrate on three very different states in India – Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. Our results indicate that female autonomy is not associated with socio-economic characteristics of the woman or her family in Kerala (except maternal education), while it is strongly correlated to these characteristics in both Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Secondly, while female autonomy is significant in influencing the school starting age in UP, it is less important in AP and not significant at all in Kerala.
Date: December 6, 2011
Time: 03:00 P.M.
Venue:
AMEX Conference Room (Second Floor)
Department of Economics,
Delhi School of Economics,
New Delhi-110007(INDIA)
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
2 December 2011: The Allocation of a Prize
Pradeep Dubey
State University of New York
Date: December 2, 2011
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Venue:
Seminar Room 2
Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Centre,
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg,
New Delhi-110016 (INDIA)
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State University of New York
Date: December 2, 2011
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Venue:
Seminar Room 2
Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Centre,
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg,
New Delhi-110016 (INDIA)
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30 November 2011: Bayesian Games with Contracts
Francoise Forges
University Paris-Dauphine
Abstract:
The set of all Bayesian-Nash equilibrium payoffs that the players can
achieve by signing (conditional) commitments before playing a Bayesian
game coincides with the set of all feasible, incentive compatible and
interim individually rational payoffs of the Bayesian game.
Furthermore, the various equilibrium payoffs, which are achieved by
means of different commitment devices, are also the equilibrium
payoffs of a universal, deterministic commitment game.
Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 03:30 P.M.
Venue:
Conference Room
Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Centre,
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg,
New Delhi-110016 (INDIA)
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University Paris-Dauphine
Abstract:
The set of all Bayesian-Nash equilibrium payoffs that the players can
achieve by signing (conditional) commitments before playing a Bayesian
game coincides with the set of all feasible, incentive compatible and
interim individually rational payoffs of the Bayesian game.
Furthermore, the various equilibrium payoffs, which are achieved by
means of different commitment devices, are also the equilibrium
payoffs of a universal, deterministic commitment game.
Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 03:30 P.M.
Venue:
Conference Room
Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Centre,
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg,
New Delhi-110016 (INDIA)
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30 November 2011: Approval Voting and Arrow's Impossibiltiy Theorem
Philippe Mongin
HEC School of Management, Paris
Abstract:
Approval voting has attracted considerable interest among voting
theorists, but they have rarely investigated it in the Arrovian
framework of social welfare functions (SWF) and never connected it
with Arrow's impossibility theorem. This note explores these two
directions. Assuming that voters have dichotomous preferences, it
first characterizes approval voting in terms of its SWF properties and
then shows that these properties are incompatible if the social
preference is also taken to be dichotomous.
The positive result improves on some existing characterizations of
approval voting in the literature, as well as on Arrow's and May's
classic analyses of voting on two alternatives. The negative result
corresponds to a novel and perhaps surprising version of Arrow's
impossibility theorem.
Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Venue:
Conference Room
Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Centre,
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg,
New Delhi-110016 (INDIA)
Location:
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HEC School of Management, Paris
Abstract:
Approval voting has attracted considerable interest among voting
theorists, but they have rarely investigated it in the Arrovian
framework of social welfare functions (SWF) and never connected it
with Arrow's impossibility theorem. This note explores these two
directions. Assuming that voters have dichotomous preferences, it
first characterizes approval voting in terms of its SWF properties and
then shows that these properties are incompatible if the social
preference is also taken to be dichotomous.
The positive result improves on some existing characterizations of
approval voting in the literature, as well as on Arrow's and May's
classic analyses of voting on two alternatives. The negative result
corresponds to a novel and perhaps surprising version of Arrow's
impossibility theorem.
Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 11:30 A.M.
Venue:
Conference Room
Indian Statistical Institute Delhi Centre,
7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg,
New Delhi-110016 (INDIA)
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Friday, November 25, 2011
29 November 2011: Planning versus Reality: Politics of Land-use Change along the River Yamuna in Delhi
Alex Follmann
University of Cologne
Abstract:
The presentation will examine the dynamic land-use changes along the banks of the river Yamuna and the recent plans to create a biodiversity zone along the river in the context of Delhi’s transformation into a world-class city by 2021. Based on orders by the High Court of Delhi concerning illegal encroachments on the riverbed and their negative environmental impact on the Yamuna, almost all slum settlements have been demolished along the river in recent years. Simultaneously, urban (infrastructure) mega-projects like the Akshardham Temple, the Commonwealth Games Village, an IT office park and two metro depots have been developed on the floodplain regardless of their negative environmental impacts. The most recent plans for Delhi’s riverfront, however, aim to create a biodiversity zone all along the river focusing on green and recreational spaces. The presentation will outline the inconsistency of urban planning and the role of the courts with respect to environmental protection of the Yamuna floodplain. While removing slum settlements and farmers from the banks, developing large scale transportation infrastructure, planning parks and recreational spaces, the Yamuna still suffers from an inadequate flow of water (except during monsoon) and an extremely high degree of pollution. The talk will take a holistic approach to understand the challenges of urban environmental governance in fast growing mega-cities.
Date: November 29, 2011
Time: 03:45 P.M.
Venue:
Conference Hall
Centre for Policy Research,
Dharma Marg, Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi–110021(INDIA)
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University of Cologne
Abstract:
The presentation will examine the dynamic land-use changes along the banks of the river Yamuna and the recent plans to create a biodiversity zone along the river in the context of Delhi’s transformation into a world-class city by 2021. Based on orders by the High Court of Delhi concerning illegal encroachments on the riverbed and their negative environmental impact on the Yamuna, almost all slum settlements have been demolished along the river in recent years. Simultaneously, urban (infrastructure) mega-projects like the Akshardham Temple, the Commonwealth Games Village, an IT office park and two metro depots have been developed on the floodplain regardless of their negative environmental impacts. The most recent plans for Delhi’s riverfront, however, aim to create a biodiversity zone all along the river focusing on green and recreational spaces. The presentation will outline the inconsistency of urban planning and the role of the courts with respect to environmental protection of the Yamuna floodplain. While removing slum settlements and farmers from the banks, developing large scale transportation infrastructure, planning parks and recreational spaces, the Yamuna still suffers from an inadequate flow of water (except during monsoon) and an extremely high degree of pollution. The talk will take a holistic approach to understand the challenges of urban environmental governance in fast growing mega-cities.
Date: November 29, 2011
Time: 03:45 P.M.
Venue:
Conference Hall
Centre for Policy Research,
Dharma Marg, Chanakyapuri,
New Delhi–110021(INDIA)
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28th November 2011: Outward FDI from Brazil, China, and India
Adhip Chaudhuri
Georgetown University
Abstract:
This research, first, demonstrates that Outward FDIs from Brazil, China, and India are very much in accordance with the Investment Development Path predicted by John Dunning thirty years ago. Secondly, an analysis of the data shows that Chinese Outward FDI is mostly South-South, India's mostly South-North, and Brazil's Outward FDI more balanced between South-South and South-North. Finally, it is argued that the strong Country-Specific Advantages of Brazil are what made their Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) come to exercise strong Firm-Specific Advantages in international competition. On the other hand, the strong Country-Specific Advantages of China have not yet been translated into strong Firm-Specific Advantages. In contrast, Indian MNEs are exercising strong Firm-Specific Advantages, in spite of weak Country-Specific Advantages.
Date: November 28, 2011
Time: 03:00 P.M.
Venue:
NIPFP Auditorium, Ground Floor
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy,
18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area,
New Delhi-110067(INDIA)
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Georgetown University
Abstract:
This research, first, demonstrates that Outward FDIs from Brazil, China, and India are very much in accordance with the Investment Development Path predicted by John Dunning thirty years ago. Secondly, an analysis of the data shows that Chinese Outward FDI is mostly South-South, India's mostly South-North, and Brazil's Outward FDI more balanced between South-South and South-North. Finally, it is argued that the strong Country-Specific Advantages of Brazil are what made their Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) come to exercise strong Firm-Specific Advantages in international competition. On the other hand, the strong Country-Specific Advantages of China have not yet been translated into strong Firm-Specific Advantages. In contrast, Indian MNEs are exercising strong Firm-Specific Advantages, in spite of weak Country-Specific Advantages.
Date: November 28, 2011
Time: 03:00 P.M.
Venue:
NIPFP Auditorium, Ground Floor
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy,
18/2 Satsang Vihar Marg, Special Institutional Area,
New Delhi-110067(INDIA)
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
30 November 2011: Learning by Doing: Skills and Jobs in Urban Ghana
Kim Lehrer
University of Oxford
Abstract:
This paper investigates the relationship between skills and job characteristics using a panel dataset of individuals in urban Ghana. The paper analyzes on-the-job skills acquisition and explores the link between general mathematics skills and jobs which involve handling of money. These mathematics skills are important not only in the workplace but also in general. The relationship between skills and jobs is identified by examining individuals who changed jobs between survey rounds. In the cross-sectional analysis, the authors exploit variation in the data by investigating the entire sample of employed individuals while controlling for education, cognitive ability, and the fact whether the individual’s primary work activity is self-employment or wage employment. They argue that the process of job choice in Ghana allows them to identify causal impacts. They found that money handling is positively associated with higher maths skills for both men and women. However, while for men, working in money handling intense jobs results in improvements in their basic and practical maths skills, for women the effect appears to be the development of more complex and advanced mathematics skills. These results are not driven by differences in mathematics scores by self-employment or wage employment and are robust to changes in the classification of money handling jobs. Finally, an interesting finding of the paper is that working in a job involving the handling of money is positively associated with higher maths scores only among men who have 8–10 years of education and among women with more than 10 years of schooling. This indicates that individuals at the low end of the distribution of years of education do not acquire mathematics skills through money handling jobs. It is only the approximately 40 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women who are already quite highly educated in the Ghanaian context who acquire these skills on the job.
Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 03:30 P.M.
Venue:
NCAER Conference Room
National Council of Applied Economic Research
Parisila Bhawan, 11, Indraprastha Estate
New Delhi-110002(INDIA)
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For queries, please contact Ms. Sudesh Bala at sbala@ncaer.org or on 011-2345-2664
University of Oxford
Abstract:
This paper investigates the relationship between skills and job characteristics using a panel dataset of individuals in urban Ghana. The paper analyzes on-the-job skills acquisition and explores the link between general mathematics skills and jobs which involve handling of money. These mathematics skills are important not only in the workplace but also in general. The relationship between skills and jobs is identified by examining individuals who changed jobs between survey rounds. In the cross-sectional analysis, the authors exploit variation in the data by investigating the entire sample of employed individuals while controlling for education, cognitive ability, and the fact whether the individual’s primary work activity is self-employment or wage employment. They argue that the process of job choice in Ghana allows them to identify causal impacts. They found that money handling is positively associated with higher maths skills for both men and women. However, while for men, working in money handling intense jobs results in improvements in their basic and practical maths skills, for women the effect appears to be the development of more complex and advanced mathematics skills. These results are not driven by differences in mathematics scores by self-employment or wage employment and are robust to changes in the classification of money handling jobs. Finally, an interesting finding of the paper is that working in a job involving the handling of money is positively associated with higher maths scores only among men who have 8–10 years of education and among women with more than 10 years of schooling. This indicates that individuals at the low end of the distribution of years of education do not acquire mathematics skills through money handling jobs. It is only the approximately 40 per cent of men and 20 per cent of women who are already quite highly educated in the Ghanaian context who acquire these skills on the job.
Date: November 30, 2011
Time: 03:30 P.M.
Venue:
NCAER Conference Room
National Council of Applied Economic Research
Parisila Bhawan, 11, Indraprastha Estate
New Delhi-110002(INDIA)
Location:
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Note:
For queries, please contact Ms. Sudesh Bala at sbala@ncaer.org or on 011-2345-2664
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