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We offer HET as a compulsory course in BA Economics & as an elective course in MA Economics. You can also do a thesis in HET.
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@EconInContext
Economics group at the School of Arts and Sciences, Azim Premji University. Training economists for a better India.
Bangalore, Karnataka Katılım Şubat 2023
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Less than a month for this summer school on the Sraffa-Keynes approach @EconInContext @azimpremjiuniv w/ @ysi_commons.
azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2025/th…
@Srishting @DasguptaZico @MariaCbgoes
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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 @azimpremjiuniv for making this happen.
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The penultimate session was a highly interactive session on minimum wages & employment by @econanand
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On the last day, Shravan from @working_india explained the complicated sampling method of PLFS, went through the PLFS dashboard & did a hands-on session on using PLFS data. @avani_chokshi of @AilajHq then explained the pernicious implications of the 4 Labour Codes
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Abhishek Waghmare from @dataforin 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
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After a group activity, there were engaging sessions on labour & employment in transitioning economies including songs by the passionate Prashanth & the thoughtful @Srishting
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The energetic Dawa Sherpa then took over with the macroeconomics of inequality, inflation, interest rate & unemployment.
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Then starting with the cult song 'haal chaal theek thaak hai' @amitbasole walked us through the trajectory on the growth story from 1950s to 2020s assessing the relationship between GDP & employment.
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This was followed by a hands-on session on data concepts along with introduction to representative surveys. Subsequently, @rosaabraham6 patiently & creatively engaged us with the complexities of labour force, ways to measure employment & employment status across identities.
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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 @jayp_econ & @brohseph_ did an imp & difficult session on statistical measures & data visualisation.
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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.
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Thread: We wrapped up the hugely gratifying Demystifying Economics Workshop held in @azimpremjiuniv . This was the 3rd edition and was co-organised with @BahujanEcon & School for Democracy. The hope with this annual workshop is to build bridges between academia & practitioners.
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This is fantastic work by @dataforin @pramit_b!! 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…
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Building on this generous release by @MoharirAdvait and @Vijayshreeeee, 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…
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🚨Fresh data release alert 🚨 2023-24 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey microdata is out today. We are celebrating by sharing the cleaned files! Bulk of the work was done by @Vijayshreeeee, so make sure to thank her for the speedy availability! github.com/advaitmoharir/…
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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-…
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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!
economiga@economiga_
Exciting news! Economiga & @_ISHET are back with their beginner-to-intermediate mini course on the History of Economic Thought! Explore Classical, Marginalist, Keynesian schools & more! Register here (limited seats) economiga.graphy.com/courses/Histor… #econtwitter #HET #economics
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We are hiring RAs at the Centre for Sustainable Employment @working_india @azimpremjiuniv. 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.
CSE- Azim Premji University@working_india
We have openings for Research Associate positions. Students in the final year of their Master's can also consider applying. Details here: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/jobs/research-… Last date for applications is 28th February.
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We have openings for RA positions at CSE, deadline is 28th February.
CSE- Azim Premji University@working_india
We have openings for Research Associate positions. Students in the final year of their Master's can also consider applying. Details here: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/jobs/research-… Last date for applications is 28th February.
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