2nd SARNET Training Programme for Young South Asian Scholars on LABOUR ECONOMICS: THEORIES, METHODOLOGIES AND RESEARCH ISSUES, 2 -13 December, 2014, New Delhi, India

SARNET LABOUR ECONOMICS TRAININGFOR YOUNG SCHOLARS 2-13 December 2014

 

 

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