3rd TRAINING PROGRAMME for Young South Asian Scholars 27 October – 7 November 2015, New Delhi

SARNET LABOUR ECONOMICS TRAININGFOR YOUNG SCHOLARS 27 October – 7 November 2015

 

Monday 26 October

Tuesday 27 October

Wednesday 28 October

Thursday 29 October

Friday 30 October

Saturday 31 October

Morning session – 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

ARRIVAL

Opening

  • IHD, ILO, UN-ESCAP andIDRC

Introduction

 

Lecturer: Iyanatul Islam, ILO
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  • The labour market in developing countries

 

Module 1: Growth, structural transformation and employment

 

Lecturer: Sher Verick, ILO
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Lecturer: Rizwanul Islam, former ILO Special Adviser

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  • Structural transformation – paths to promote better quality employment

 

Module 1: Growth, structural transformation and employment

 

Lecturer: Iyanatul Islam, ILO

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  • Pro-employment macroeconomic policies

 

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

Lecturer: Sandip Sarkar, IHD

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  • Indicators and definitions
  • Data and sources of labour market information

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

Lecturer: Arup Mitra, IEG

 

  • Empirical methods –linear regression, quantile regression, instrumental variables

Lunch – 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afternoon session – 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

ARRIVAL

Module 1: Growth, structural transformation and employment

 

Lecturer: Rizwanul Islam, former ILO Special Adviser
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  • The growth-employment nexus

 

 

Module 1: Growth, structural transformation and employment

 

Lecturer: Selim Raihan, University of Dhaka

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  • Macroeconomic modelling of labour markets

 

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

Lecturer: Balwant Mehta & Sandip Sarkar, IHD

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  • Stata tutorial: Introduction to STATA and its basic application

 

 

 

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

Lecturer: Arup Mitra, IEG

 

Pdf Here

 

  • Empirical methods –Review of basic concepts of mathematics and statistics applied in economics

 

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Lecturer: G.C. Manna, CSO, MoSPI

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  • Conducting field work and survey design

 

3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Lecturer: Vinay Srivastava, Delhi University

 

  • Collecting qualitative data

 

5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Special lecture:Lecturer: Vinay Srivastava, Delhi University

 

S. Madheswaran, Measuring discrimination

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Monday 2 November

Tuesday 3 November

Wednesday 4 November

Thursday 5 November

Friday 6 November

Saturday 7 November

Morning session – 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

Lecturer: S. Madheswaran, CESP

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  • Qualitative response and limited dependent variable models

 

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

Lecturer: Sher Verick, ILO

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  • Evaluation of labour market policies

 

Module 3: Microeconomics and the labour market

 

Lecturer: Sher Verick, ILO

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  • Labour market institutions and policies in developing countries

 

Module 4: Earnings, inequality, and labour market segmentation

 

Lecturer: B.N. Goldar, IEG

Pdf Here

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  • Methods of measuring total factor productivity
  • Measuring Impacts of wages on employment

 

Module 5: Emerging issues in labour economics

 

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

 

Lecturer: Sumit Mazumdar, IHD

Pdf Here

 

  • How to write a research paper

 

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

 

Lecturer: Jeemol Unni, IRMA

 

  • Informality and Labour Markets

Group presentations of research proposals

 

9:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

 

Closing Session: 12:45 p.m. (Remarks by Sher Verick, ILO; Edgard Rodriguez, IDRC and Alakh N. Sharma, IHD)

 

Lunch – 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Afternoon session – 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Module 2: Research methodologies

 

Lecturer: S. Madheswaran, CESP

Pdf Here

 

  • Panel data models

 

Module 3: Microeconomics and the labour market

 

01:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Lecturer: Sher Verick, ILO

Pdf Here

 

  • Competitive labour markets
  • Imperfect labour markets

 

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04:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Lecturer: Prakash Singh, IEG Stata tutorial: Introduction to STATA and its basic application

 

Module 4: Earnings, inequality, and labour market segmentation

 

01:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lecturer: Sandip Sarkar, IHD and Balwant Singh Mehta, IHD

Pdf Here

 

  • Income inequality
  • Other forms of inequality

 

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04:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Lecturer: Prakash Singh, IEGStata tutorial: Introduction to STATA and its basic application

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Module 4: Earnings, inequality, and labour market segmentation

 

01:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lecturer: Ashwini Deshpande, DU

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  • Gender inequalities and wage gap

 

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4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Lecturer: S. K. Sasikumar, VVGNLI

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  • Migration

 

Module 5: Emerging issues in labour economics

 

01:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lecturer: Jeemol Unni, IRMA

Pdf Here

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  • Education, Skills and Labour Markets

 

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02:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Group presentations of research proposals 7 p. m. at Terrace Pergola, IIC