SERI promotes research collaboration, intellectual exchange & critique among economists in India.
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Studying India’s low female labour force participation, @aakash_dev94 & Chatterjee show that the reason lies at intersection of 2 forces that have largely been studied in isolation—macroeconomic environment & distribution of unpaid work within household
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📢 Call for Papers!
12th Annual SERI Workshop
📅 17–18 July 2026
📍 @ISBedu (ISB Hyderabad)
Economists in India - submit your work for in-depth feedback & discussion.
Apply Now: drive.google.com/file/d/1E-8…
⏳ Deadline: 3 May 2026
#CallForPapers #EconTwitter #PhD #AcademiaIndia
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The @ComparativeEcon 5th ACES Political Economy Summer School (Aug 12–14, Kathmandu 🇳🇵) is now accepting applications from PhD students in economics and related fields.
This 3-day summer school will expose participants to cutting-edge research in political economy, economic history, and development economics, and offer students a unique opportunity to interact with leading scholars including Prof. Farzana Afridi (ISI Delhi).
To apply, please submit a two-page research outline on a specific topic and a CV to Brian Deutsch, Coordinator of Membership Services, at briandeutsch@pitt.edu.
⏳ Deadline: April 15, 2026
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#SERI-D Conference 2026
• ~50 participants
• 10 shortlisted papers
• 10 discussants
• 2 days
Grateful to everyone who made it possible.
Looking forward to many more thoughtful discussions and collaboration like this.
@SERI_Network @AhdUniv @LEADatKrea @cecfee
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Prof. @sabya_economist ,Executive Committee Member at SERI, delivered the vote of thanks at #SERI-D2026, acknowledging Prof. Farzana Afridi (Head, DP-WEE project @LEADatKrea ), Prof. @PriyomaM (@AhdUniv ) and @GautamRajOhdar (DP-WEE) for coordinating and co-funding the conference
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Abhishek Mohanty (@IITKanpur ) constructs a novel India-specific climate risk index using news data & textual analysis, then use local projections to trace its dynamic effects on inflation.
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The discussant Prof. Aranya Chakraborty @aranyacecon (@AhdUniv ) summarised the findings, but raised doubts on the causal claim of the climate risk index. He suggested better interpretation as to what the index represents, and separation oftransitional and physical risks.
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#SERI-D2026
This paper by Roma Kumari (@Igidr_Mumbai ) decomposes monetary policy surprises (target, path, QE factors) from RBI, Fed, ECB & BoE using high-frequency identification to study impacts on Indian financial markets.
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The discussant Prof. Srinivasan Murali (@FLAMEUniversity ) commends the well framed research question, and suggested the usage of the opening price of the stocks along with usage of IV to make the FPI argument more causal.
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@Ravinder2303 (ISI Delhi) investigates the causal impact of foundational skills (basic literacy & numeracy) on labour market outcomes in India. Combines ML-based skill imputation (IHDS→PLFS, validated with ASER) with a fuzzy RDD using DPEP variation. #SERI #DPWEE
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He highlighted the possibility of upward/attenuation bias in the predicted explanatory variable and suggested using bounds that allow for exclusion restriction in the data and possible methods to account for migration.
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