For the majority of New Yorkers, coping with rising costs of living generates stress, resentment, and incomprehension. Mamdani's campaign that speaks openly about these pressures and urges bold…
The India-UK free trade agreement may serve as a model for a future deal with the EU. However, talks with the US risk introducing tough terms into a bilateral pact. As imports rise through these FTAs…
A workspace for highly educated women forced to leave their trained careers is emerging—they avoid demanding full‑time roles of 70 plus weekly hours, and opt for contract or home‑based work while…
India’s leaders face a crucial decision – persist with Western-inspired economic policies adopted after the 1991 shift away from industrial planning and socialism, or explore alternative approaches.…
Does caste still dictate occupation and occupational mobility? A socio-economic survey in Uttar Pradesh reveals that aside from modest Dalit upward mobility, the occupational gap between upper-caste…
The global economic outlook has become uncertain with all the extreme rhetoric of Donald Trump. Will this translate into action and is there a coherent strategy to deal with the fallout? Regardless,…
Given the high degree of informality in the Indian economy, national employment surveys have drawn up complex instructions to capture all those who work. This however also comes with the risk that…
Gender-sensitive public infrastructure that enables women to balance care and market activities, is essential for work outside the home. Including a gender perspective in village-level infrastructure…
The increasing participation of women in work in recent years as revealed by official surveys, especially in 2023-24, appears to arise from definitional changes that now include groups of women as…
Contrary to official claims that we have “an equitable, vibrant labour market where women play a leading role”, there has been a decline in real incomes of self-employed women and falling real wages…
