“What Do the Latest Estimates Reveal?” | On the Adequacy of the Quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey Gurucharan Manna

This article examines the difference between the estimates of unemployment rate and worker population ratio in urban areas in the Periodic Labour Force Surveys for the quarters ending March and June 2021. It further investigates the sample size needed if the survey is to be...   Read More

India Covid-19 Poverty Monitor – January 2022 Santanu Pramanik Manjistha Banerji Dinesh Kumar Tiwari Bijay Chouhan Pallavi Choudhuri Sonalde Desai A Lenhardt

India Covid-19 Poverty Monitor bulletin is compiled by NCAER National Data Innovation Centre and The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) hosted at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London, using a combination of original qualitative data collected from a small number of affected people in...   Read More

Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy: Trends across states, over time Santanu Pramanik Soumi Roy Chowdhury

Delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccine against Covid-19 despite its availability, is a key hindrance in achieving optimal vaccination coverage among populations around the globe. Using data from a Facebook survey – conducted in partnership with University of Maryland and Carnegie Mellon – this...   Read More

Urban Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic Pallavi Choudhuri Santanu Pramanik Sonalde Desai

This is part of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre. Based on the findings from the Delhi NCR Coronavirus Telephone Survey, Rounds 1 and 2, this particular Brief is set in the backdrop of the lockdown caused by the...   Read More

Insured but not covered: Rising Insurance Coverage Should be Accompanied by Awareness of Entitlements Debasis Barik Santanu Pramanik Sonalde Desai

This is part of a series of Measurement Briefs from the NCAER National Data Innovation Centre based on the findings from the Delhi Metropolitan Area Study. This particular Brief on health insurance suggests that despite rising insurance coverage in recent years, individuals are not often...   Read More