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Firms, nations and training
(2003-10-20)
Contractual arrangements in academia - implications for performance
(2004-10-21)
The politicisation of higher education, corruption in faculty hiring and enrolment, and
student political unrest are being addressed to a certain extent currently. Much less attention
has been paid to the recruitment ...
The big picture: macro economics of outlays and outcomes
(2005-10-25)
The Fiscal Responsibility Act has been bypassed in the budget with
a failure to achieve the fiscal deficit target and by a reduction in
the share of capital expenditures. Special purpose vehicles and
public-private ...
Wage disparity and human capital accumulation
(2004-10-25)
When the acquisitions of skills and technological change have mutually reinforcing effects the wage gap between skilled and unskilled workers increases. The cost of education is a deterrent to investment in skills that can ...
Life cycle concerns: ineffectively addressed
(2003-10-20)
The lifetime concerns of individuals, though a key focus of the
Budget for 2003-04, are nevertheless addressed in such a way
that human capital – the engine of growth – will not be
accumulated in an equitable or efficient ...
A leap in the dark: the fiscal-monetary nexus
(2005-10-25)
The orientation of fiscal policy should be on fiscal correction and
long-term issues. Aggregate demand management is then the
exclusive domain of monetary policy which by initiating a softer
interest rate regime can ...
Post quota textile scenario in India
(2004-07-21)
A primer on required tax policy
(2002-10-18)
In the last two years there has been a decline in the tax/GDP ratio but this year the finance minister intends to reverse that mainly through mopping up more corporation and income and service taxes and an improvement in ...
What is monetary policy doing?
(2003-10-20)
The Reserve Bank of India has been using open market operations to sterilise the inflows of foreign capital so as to contain domestic monetary expansion. At the same time it is intervening in foreign exchange markets. With ...