1st SARNET Training Programme for Young South Asian Scholars on LABOUR ECONOMICS: THEORIES, METHODOLOGIES AND RESEARCH ISSUES 2 -13 December, 2013, New Delhi, India

SCHEDULE
2-13 December 2013


Date/Time

Module

Sessions

Resource Persons

2 December, 2013
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930-1000 hrs

Registration

1000-1230 hrs

 

Inaugural  Session

 

 Chairperson:

G.K. Chadha
CEO, South Asian University, New Delhi

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks: 

Alakh N. Sharma
Director,  
Institute for Human Development(IHD) and Programme Director, SARNET

Sher Verick
Senior Specialist on Employment Policy, ILO, New Delhi

  Matthew Hammill 
Economic Affairs Officer, UN-ESCAP, New Delhi

 

Key Note Address:

TCA Anant
Chief  Statistician and Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,  Govt. of India

 

Vote of Thanks

Dev Nathan
Coordinator -SARNET,  New Delhi

Lunch: 1230-1330hrs

1330 to 1630 hrs

Introduction

Outline and Rationale

J. Krishnamurty
Visiting Professor, IHD, New Delhi

Labour and Development

J. Krishnamurty
Visiting Professor, IHD

 

Iyanatul Islam
Chief, Employment Policy Department, ILO, Geneva

 

3  December, 2013( Tuesday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

Macroeconomic Issues

Macroeconomics and employment

PPT Here

Iyanatul  Islam
Chief ,Employment Policy Department, ILO, Geneva

1330 to 1630 hrs

Macroeconomic issues

Macroeconomic and sectoral policies for employment creation

PPT Here


Macroeconomic policy, labour market institutions and inequality

PPT Here

Iyanatul  Islam
Chief ,Employment Policy Department, ILO, Geneva

4 December, 2013(Wednesday) – Off Day

5  December, 2013(Thursday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

 Economic growth and structure of employment

The labour surplus economy and the  Lewisian turning point
Economic growth and employment structure

Ajit Ghose
Visiting Professor, IHD, New Delhi

1330 to 1630 hrs

Decent Work, Disparities and Discrimination

 

Decent Work – concept, measurement

T. S. Papola
ICSSR National Fellow and Honorary Professor,  Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), New Delhi

6  December, 2013(Friday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

Population and Labour Force

Labour force, work and unemployment: concepts and measures

J. Krishnamurty
Visiting Professor, IHD, New Delhi

PPT Here

1330 to 1630 hrs

Labour Market Institutions

Role of labour market institutions
Trade unions – do they restrict employment?

Gerry Rodgers
Visiting Professor, IHD, New Delhi

 

Sharit Bhowmik
ICSSR National Fellow and Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

7  December, 2013(Saturday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

 

Dynamics of female labour force participation. Are rates falling? If yes, why?

Janine Rodgers
Visiting Researcher, IHD, New Delhi

PPT Here

1330 to 1630 hrs

Decent Work, Disparities and Discrimination

Meaning and measurement of inequality. Is growing inequality inevitable with globalization?

 Sandip Sarkar
Professor, IHD, New Delhi

8 December, 2013(Sunday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

Economic growth and structure of employment

Why is migration (internal and international) important in South Asia?

Arup Mitra
Professor,  Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), New Delhi

1330 to 1630 hrs

Population and Labour Force

Projections of labour force and employment creation. Demographic dividend: Blessing or disaster?

J. Krishnamurty
Visiting Professor, IHD, New Delhi

PPT Here

9  December, 2013(Monday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

 

Decent Work, Disparities and Discrimination

Can reservation end gender discrimination in the labour market?

Janine Rodgers
Visiting Researcher, IHD, New Delhi

1330 to 1630 hrs

Labour market institutions

Labour law in South Asia

Kamala Sankaran
Professor, Faculty of Law, Delhi University

10  December, 2013(Tuesday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

 

 Labour Market Institutions

Labour market institutions – research issues

Gerry Rodgers
Visiting Professor, IHD, New Delhi

1330-1630 hrs

Panel Discussion

Inclusive growth and employment creation in South Asia

Chairperson:
Y.K. Alagh
Chancellor,  Central University of Gujarat

 

Speaker:
Ashwani Saith
International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague

 

Panelists:
R. Radhakrishna
Former Chairman, National Statistical Commission

 

Abhijit Sen
Member, Planning Commission (TBC)

 

Alakh N. Sharma
Director, IHD and Programme Director, SARNET

 

T.S. Papola
ICSSR National Fellow and Honorary Professor,  ISID

 

Dev Nathan
Coordinator –SARNET

 

11  December, 2013(Wednesday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

Labour Market Policies

What are labour market policies? Why are they there? Do they work?

Sher Verick
Senior Specialist on Employment Policy, ILO, New Delhi

PPT Here

1330 to 1630 hrs

Labour Market Policies

Global crisis and youth – public employment programs, training youth, Impact evaluation methodologies

Sher Verick
Senior Specialist on Employment Policy, ILO,  New Delhi

12  December, 2013(Thursday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

 Labour Market Policies

Evaluating the impact of social protection: use of SAM

Atul Sarma
Visiting Professor, IHD, and
M R Saluja
India Development Foundation

PPT Here

1330 to 1630 hrs

Labour Market Policies

Social protection and economic growth: A South Asian perspective

Rizwanul Islam
Former Special Adviser, ILO, Geneva

13  December, 2013(Friday)
0930 to 1230hrs and 1330 to 1630 hrs

0930 to 1230 hrs

 

Presentations by trainees

Sandip Sarkar
Professor, IHD, New Delhi

1330 to 1630 hrs

 

Presentations and concluding session

Alakh Sharma
Director, IHD, New Delhi

 

Gerry Rodgers
Visiting Professor, IHD, New Delhi

14  December, 2013(Saturday)
SARNET-Presentations of selected papers by Young South Asian Scholars

0930 onwards

 

Presentations of  selected papers by young scholars

 


Tea Break: 1100-1130hrs and 1500-1530hrs
Lunch: 1230-1330hrs