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This paper is an analysis of the subjective well-being of women relative to men in low-income urban households in India. Education and employment are pathways to greater financial well-being which is presumably of great salience to poor populations. However, either or both of these may increase aspirations. The social norms that restrict the autonomy of women may mute the impact of education and employment in a way that does not happen to men. To address this hypothesis, the paper uses primary data from a survey of over 1000 respondents across slums in Delhi. The paper finds that education and employment does reduce the well-being of women relative to men. We show that these gender varying correlations are robust to omitted variables bias.

Economics

Social Indicators Research

Gendered Well-Being: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Poor Urban Households in India

The real value added in the Indian manufacturing sector for the period 2011–12 to 2016–17 is measured using the double deflation approach. It is found that the official figures understate manufacturing real value added during the period 2011–12 to 2013–14, and overstate it thereafter, as well as miss an apparent manufacturing contraction that occurred in 2014–15. The results are corroborated by the movement of high frequency indicators that are correlated with manufacturing activity.&nbsp;

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Economic and Political Weekly

Manufacturing Slowdown in India: New Evidence from a Double Deflation Approach

India moved towards trade liberalization in early 1990s’ and edible oil was one of the sectors where import liberalization started intensely. Starting from near-autarkic policies that prohibited import of either edible oils or oilseeds, restrictions were relaxed and tariffs reduced on edible oil imports. India is now the world’s largest importer of edible oils and imports account for 70% of domestic consumption. Among all edible oils, palm oil constitutes the dominant share in India’s edible oil import. The access to cheaper imported oil increases its consumption. This is reflected in the increasing share of imported palm oil in the edible oil consumption basket during the post trade liberalization era. But the increase in edible oil consumption increases fat intake and leads to adverse health consequences. The trade liberalization of edible oils also has negative impacts on the domestic oilseeds sector in India. The decline in the tariff rate of imported oil reduces the demand for traditionally produced edible oils (like groundnut oil, rapeseed-mustard oil). Oilseeds are inputs to edible oil production. Therefore, decrease in the demand for traditional edible oils has adverse impact on the domestic oilseeds sector. We find evidence of reduction in the area devoted to traditional oilseeds production in the post trade liberalization period. Several oil mills which used to extract edible oil from domestically produced oilseeds have shut down. This article discusses the possible policy measures that can be implemented to protect the domestic oilseeds farmers as well as oilseeds industry.