Researchers’ Corner

Daily status, weekly status, usual status: Why labour force participation rates vary by reference period

Topics: Labour Force Participation, Measurement, Surveys

Based on which timeframe one uses, one could arrive at slightly different values of labour force participation rates, unemployment, worker population ratio etc. These differences stem from the way these indicators are measured in these surveys ...

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By P C Mohanan

27 March 2024

Covid-19, Employment, Income, Lockdown, PLFS

By Aloke Kar & P C Mohanan

4 February 2022

Covid-19, Employment, Gender, Industry, Lockdown, PLFS, Unemployment, Wages

By Aloke Kar & P C Mohanan

9 November 2021

Economy, Employment, Gender, Labour, Labour Force, PLFS, Unemployment, Workforce

By P C Mohanan

12 August 2021

Employment, Gender, Labour, Work

By Sonalde Desai, Neerad Deshmukh, Santanu Pramanik & Dinesh Tiwari

8 March 2021

Activities, Employment, EUS, Gender, India, Labour, Measurement, SNA, TUS, Women's Work, Work

By P C Mohanan

17 January 2021

Economics Discussion Papers

A series presenting preprints of research papers by the Economics faculty at Ashoka University.

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Time Use Survey (TUS)

TUS Data

1 February 2021

Time Use Survey (TUS)

The Time Use Survey (TUS) helps in measuring time spent by individuals on different activities. The primary objective of Time Use Survey (TUS) is to measure participation of men, women and other groups of persons in paid and unpaid activities....

Price Deflator

Price-Deflators.xlsx

18 January 2021

Price Deflator

CEDA has collated price series deflators for Consumer Price Index (CPI) for both Industrial Workers and Agricultural Labourers from the year 1999 to 2017. Download the excel sheet now to start converting from current to constant prices. ...

National Crime Records Bureau

NCRB.zip

17 January 2021

National Crime Records Bureau

CEDA has collated year-wise district-level excel files from the National Crime Records Bureau's (NCRB) website....

Note on District Concordance

District-Concordance-Note.pdf

17 January 2021

Note on District Concordance

Given that districts are constantly revised and redrawn by states, with new districts added or existing districts redrawn, the district data becomes inconsistent and incomparable across years, if no action is taken to standardise the data. ...

NFHS 5 Factsheet

NFHS-5.zip

17 January 2021

NFHS 5 Factsheet

National Family Health Survey (NFHS) recently released state-wise estimates of key variables for the year 2019-2020 (NFHS 5). CEDA has generated state-wise excel files from the NFHS-5 Factsheet, which can be used readily to generate visualisations and analyse data. Download the excel files to start your analysis now. ...