Research conducted by Arindrajit Dube, economics, is cited in a column about efforts to raise the federal minimum wage and a news story about the effort in Congress and how a one-size-fits-all policy may not be a good idea. (New Republic, 5/1/15; Washington Post, 4/30/15)
The Indian “Calorie Consumption Puzzle” has attracted the attention of many scholars in recent years. All of them have been struck by the same question: why has the country’s nutritional intake been declining over the past few decades while people’s purchasing power is increasing. When it is generally true that richer people consume more calories, why is the Indian trend the opposite? Read more……