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Journalism of Courage

Ashwini Deshpande

The writer is professor of economics, Delhi University.

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Best of Both Sides: Working 70-90 hours isn’t the answer – more equity isSubscriber Only

January 17,2025 06:57:59 AM

Instead of glorifying longer working hours, we need more sustainable work schedules

Fri, Jan 17, 2025

Women-only airline seats won’t solve problem of male misbehaviourSubscriber Only

August 30,2024 07:52:16 AM

IndiGo needs to demonstrate its leadership in ensuring top-class safety protocols with a well-trained crew who are sensitised to act upon instances quickly. The last thing they should be doing is asking women to ghettoise themselves

Sat, Aug 31, 2024

Cost of inequality: What India’s 129 rank in Global Gender Gap Index meansSubscriber Only

June 20,2024 07:45:43 AM

There is ample research documenting the staggering economic costs of side-lining women. An OECD estimate reveals that gender-based discrimination in social institutions could cost up to $12 trillion for the global economy

Thu, Jun 20, 2024

Mom, baby and us: Who takes care of the children?Subscriber Only

April 30,2024 08:00:10 AM

Supreme Court's upholding of constitutional rights of working mothers will only be realised by investing in care economy and emphasising that childcare is a social need

Tue, Apr 30, 2024

The factsheet gives a useful glimpse into present patterns of household consumption. There have been quick comparisons with earlier rounds of the consumption expenditure survey, especially with the last publicly available 68th round in 2011-12, to deduce a dramatic reduction in poverty over time and/or drastic changes in consumption patterns.

What consumption expenditure survey leaves unansweredSubscriber Only

February 29,2024 07:07:31 AM

The release of the survey findings, however limited, is a welcome development. For data to inform policy and analysis of well-being, this should be followed up on

Thu, Feb 29, 2024

Interim Budget 2024: Are the poor, women, youth and farmers, highlighted by the FM in her speech, really doing well?Subscriber Only

February 01,2024 19:04:17 PM

The FM claimed that the progress of these four key demographic segments over the last nine years has been noticeably better than in the pre-2014 era. There is no comparable data to settle this

Thu, Feb 01, 2024

Claudia Goldin is only the third woman to win the Nobel Economics Prize. (Photo: X/@NobelPrize)

The labour market is tougher on women. This is what the Economics Nobel for 2023 acknowledgesSubscriber Only

October 11,2023 13:42:15 PM

By recognising Claudia Goldin’s work, the Nobel Committee will hopefully compel the rest of the Economics fraternity to admit that labour markets are not gender-neutral arena, working efficiently to choose the best person for the jo

Thu, Oct 12, 2023

Ashwini Deshpande responds to Surjit Bhalla: Worry over unemployment is not unfoundedSubscriber Only

February 07,2023 07:20:28 AM

Measurement of employment is complex in economies such as India where a large part of the workforce is informal. If we are interested in the generation of good quality and timely data, we must enable the creation of a robust, transparent and multi-faceted data ecosystem

Tue, Feb 07, 2023

The budget has ignored distress caused by the pandemicSubscriber Only

February 04,2022 04:30:17 AM

Ashwini Deshpande writes: To get back on the growth track and to increase the size of the economy, it needed to focus on expanding the incomes and consumption of those at the bottom of the pyramid

Fri, Feb 04, 2022

As India gets vaccinated, women are falling behind. We must mind this gapSubscriber Only

June 21,2021 04:10:12 AM

Ashwini Deshpande writes: Mass vaccination can succeed only when we take into account structural inequalities, recognise the specific challenges these impose, and find solutions to circumvent them.

Mon, Jun 21, 2021

Budget 2021 fails to give priority to boosting jobsSubscriber Only

February 02,2021 03:05:08 AM

The budget should have shown how serious it was about inclusive growth by announcing direct cash support to informal workers, circular migrants, agricultural labour, in addition to steady in-kind food transfers from the overflowing coffers of the FCI by making PDS universal.

Tue, Feb 02, 2021

A normalisation of WFH is unlikely to raise women’s participation in the labour forceSubscriber Only

November 06,2020 03:05:02 AM

Work from home, without lessening domestic burden and an increase in paid work, is unlikely to draw more women into the labour force.

Fri, Nov 06, 2020

Explained: How wide is the gender gap in science?

An Expert Explains: The gender gap in job losses caused by the lockdownSubscriber Only

June 06,2020 03:35:35 AM

In job losses caused by the lockdown, are women more vulnerable than men, and socioeconomically disadvantaged caste groups more vulnerable than upper castes? An economist looks at the data.

Mon, Jun 29, 2020