Amit Basole

academic, activist, poetry lover

[पुलियाबाज़ी पॉडकास्ट | Puliyabaazi Hindi Podcast @puliyabaazi]

Why is India's Labour Productivity decreasing even as its GDP per capita is increasing? What does that mean for India's long term economic growth? Do check out this fantastic explainer on India's Productivity Puzzle ft. Prof. Amit Basole @amitbasole

[I4I: Ideas for India - हिन्दी @I4I_Hindi]

#कौशलविकास आईआईटी या आईटीआई : भारत का बंटा हुआ कौशल विकास तंत्र | तमोघ्न हलदर, अमित बसोले @amitbasole (@azimpremjiuniv ), एमके श्रवण @MkShravan (Future of India Foundation)

पूरा आलेख यहाँ पढ़ें : https://t.co/yhfWrjG1xd

[Centre for Social and Economic Progress @CSEP_Org]

Why has India's labour productivity slowed despite strong economic growth? Join CSEP for a discussion on the structural forces shaping productivity, employment, competitiveness & long-term growth. Learn more: https://t.co/DKxnVz6Qv9 #IndianGovt

[kanika mahajan @kanmahajan]

@amitbasole @rit_ban @sohamsahoo @AbhiroopMukho @RashmiBaruaEcon @Chinmayak any suggestions - especially candidates based in Karnataka or nearby would be great!

[Anand Shrivastava @econanand]

New CSIE working paper (wonkish!) with @amitbasole and Pratyush Priyadarshi. Link at the end.

India's labour surveys sort households into strata before sampling. This can make estimates more precise, as compared to simple random sampling, but does it work? 🧵

[Amit Basole @amitbasole]

2/2 Job ad: https://t.co/hYNADOUGZ5. Please apply and spread the work.

[Amit Basole @amitbasole]

1/2 We are looking to hire a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of the Indian Economy, Azim Premji University. Looking for people with a PhD or a Masters with at least 5 years of experience in Macroeconomic data and policy analysis. Job ad below 👇

[Niranjan Rajadhyaksha @CafeEconomics]

"The most important economics book in years"

Nothing less expected from my pal @arjun_jaya35005

[Markets by Zerodha @zerodhamarkets]

A recent paper by @amitbasole and @econarjun at @azimpremjiuniv asks what it means when those two things happen at the same time, and why an economy can look, by almost every headline measure, like it's doing well, while running a very different story underneath.

[Mrinalini Jha @MrinaliniJha22]

In today's @htTweets w/ @amitbasole & Bhargavi, frm #StateofWorkingIndia.
India’s immediate youth challenge not educ-it’s jobs.
• Open unemp⬇️w/ age. Reason differs by gender.
• For a select sample, ~1/2 of grads find emp in a year of looking. 41% find in <4 mnths. Bt quality?

[Kartikeya (कार्तिकेय) @KartikeyaBatra]

In today's @businessline, @econarjun @amitbasole and I write about @GoIStats (MoSPI's) recent initiatives towards measuring the Indian economy more accurately. #economy #india #GDPGrowth #GDP

[CORE Econ @coreeconteam]

🎉New CORE Insight 🎉 @rosaabraham6 & @amitbasole discuss how structural change occurs in the dual economies of low- and middle-income countries, and the role of economic policies and civil society efforts in promoting this transition. Read here: https://t.co/8qCMdAocaG

[Subhapriya Chakraborty @Csubhapriya]

Happy to share my Master’s thesis co-authored with my supervisor Prof @amitbasole as an APU Working Paper!
“Social Norms and Women’s Employment in India: A District-Level Analysis.”

https://t.co/R7mewv2AeQ

[Amit Basole @amitbasole]

Admissions are open for our MA Economics programme. Please apply and spread the word: https://t.co/v0cztbTWHH

[Srishti Yadav @Srishting]

The Economics group @azimpremjiuniv is truly unique. Our BA & MA prog combine thematic diversity with strong training in methods & a solid grounding in the Indian social & historical context. Here’s some of the amazing things happening inside & outside the classroom:

[Amit Basole @amitbasole]

6/6 Join this webinar to find out more about our faculty's work: Understanding Gender, Work, and Education in India
🗓️ Mon, 10 Nov 2025
🕕 6–7 PM
🔗 Register here: https://t.co/eYn4FkH20W

[Amit Basole @amitbasole]

1/6 MA Economics admissions are open @azimpremjiuniv. Details here: https://t.co/v0cztbTWHH. Please apply if you are interested in being part of vibrant community of economists tackling important and urgent questions about the Indian economy.

[Srishti Yadav @Srishting]

Because Twitter (sorry, X) doesn’t like our @EconInContext account, posting here this thread on our MA students and the incredible work they have been doing:

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[Amit Basole @amitbasole]

5/6 Students have done summer internships in organizations likeICRIER, IndiaSpend, CMIE, SEWA, ISID, CSEP, IIHS, MKSS, and many others. Current thesis projects include empirical work using Indian Time Use Survey, NFHS, PLFS, ASUSE, CMIE, and various cross-country and macro data.