Tuesday 2 December

Wed 3 December

Thursday 4 December

Friday 5 December

Saturday 6 December

Morning session – 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Opening

• IHD, ILO, UN-ESCAP andIDRC

Module 1: Introduction

Lecturer: Duncan Campbell, ILO
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• Labour markets and developing countries
• Global trends

Module 1: Theory of labour markets

Lecturer: Sher Verick, ILO
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• Competitive labour markets
• Imperfect labour markets

Module 2: Research methodologies

Lecturer:  E. Madheswaran, CESP

• Empirical methods –multivariate analysis

Module 2: Research methodologies

Lecturer: Badri. N. Rath, IIT-Hyderabad

• Panel data and time-series

Module 3: Labour market institutions and policies

Lecturer:Sher Verick, ILO

• Minimum wages
• Employment protection legislation
• Social transfers
• Trade unions

Lunch – 1 – 2 p.m.

Afternoon session – 2 – 5:30 p.m.

Module 1: Theory of labour markets

Lecturer:  J. Krishnamurty, IHD and former Senior Economist, ILO
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• Models of employment and development (Lewis, Harris-Todaro)

Module 2: Research methodologies

Lecturer:J. Krishnamurty, IHD and former Senior Economist, ILO

• Indicators and definitions

Lecturer: Sandip Sarkar, IHD
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• Data and sources of labour market information

Module 2: Research methodologies

Lecturer: E. Madheswaran, CESP

• Empirical methods –multivariate analysis

Special lecture: Discrimination

Lecturer: E. Madheswaran, CESP

Module 3: Labour market institutions and policies

Lecturer: Sher Verick, ILO

• Role of LMIs in developing countries
• Empirical Evidence

Module 3: Labour market institutions and policies

Lecturer: Sher Verick, ILO

• Active labour market policies

Monday 8 December

Tuesday 9 December

Wed 10 December

Thursday 11 December

Friday 12 December

Saturday 13 December

Morning session – 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Module 4: Earnings, inequality, and labour market segmentation

Lecturer:Sandip Sarkar, IHD and Balwant Singh Mehta, IHD

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• Income inequality
• Other forms of inequality

Module 4: Earnings, inequality, and labour market segmentation

Lecturer: Anushree Sinha, NCAER

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• Gender inequalities and wage gaps

Lecturer: Preet Rustagi, IHD

Special lecture: Impact evaluation of labour market policies

Lecturer:Sher Verick, ILO

Module 5: Growth, structural transformation and employment

Lecturer: Rizwanul Islam, former ILO Special Adviser

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• The growth-employment nexus

• Finalisation of students topics

Group presentations of research proposals

Lunch – 1 – 2 p.m.

Afternoon session – 2 – 5:30 p.m.

Special lecture: Conducting field work and survey design

Lecturer: G.C. Manna, CSO, MoSPI

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Module 4: Earnings, inequality, and labour market segmentation

Lecturer: Arup Mitra, IEG

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• Wage determination
• Wage–productivity relationship
• Wage differentials

Stata tutorial

Lecturer: Balwant Singh Mehta, IHD and Akhilesh K. Sharma, IHD

Module 5: Growth, structural transformation and employment

Lecturer: Rizwanul Islam, former ILO Special Adviser

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• Structural transformation – paths to promote better quality employment

Module 5: Growth, structural transformation and employment

Lecturer: Iyanatul Islam, ILO

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• Pro-employment macroeconomic policies

Group presentations of research proposals

Special lecture: Macroeconomic modelling of labour markets

Lecturer: Selim Raihan, University of Dhaka

Closing