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100 1 0 _aSircar, Sujaya
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245 1 0 _aA Weather eye on employment and education:
_bessays on employment polarization, technology and human capital formation/
_cSujaya Sircar
260 _aKolkata:
_bIndian Statistical Institute,
_c2022
300 _a25 pages,
502 _aThesis (Ph.D.)- Indian Statistical Institute, 2022
504 _aIncludes bibliography
505 0 _a Introduction -- Evolving occupations or occupation-status? Employment polarization in the context of developing countries -- Do Clouds have a silicon lining for firms? Contract hiring and computer investment: Evidence from rainfall shocks -- The heat is on: Temperature and exam scores in India
508 _aGuided by Prof. Tridip Ray
520 _aThis thesis is related to two widely discussed strands in economics literature: first, the relationship between technology and workforce and second, the impact of environmental factors on economic outcomes. With the rapid pace at which technology has evolved since the late 1990s, it is not surprising that several studies have investigated how the workforce composition has evolved (Katz and Murphy (1992), Acemoglu and Autor (2011), Goos et al. (2014)) and whether machines substitute workers or demand more of them (Acemoglu and Autor (2011), Autor and Salomons (2018), Aghion et al. (2020), Acemoglu and Restrepo (2020)), a hotly debated issue. At the same time there are numerous studies that look at how weather elements such as rainfall and temperature have affected economic outcomes like agricultural productivity, labour productivity, health and education (Jayachandran (2006), Colmer (2021), Somanathan et al. (2021), Park (2022)). These studies are particularly relevant in recent years as climate changes (such as global warming) have significantly increased in pace due to human activities like burning of fossil fuels. This thesis tries to provide an understanding of both these topics focusing in particular on the impact on employment and education
650 5 _aEconomics
650 5 _aEmployment
856 _uhttp://dspace.isical.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/10263/7366
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