Can We Measure Gendered Inflation? A Methodological Framework for a Household Provisioning Price Index Using India’s CPI 2024 Series

Krishnashis Das and Amrit Chatterjee

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Abstract: Standard Consumer Price Indices treat the household as a single economic agent, ignoring which member manages each expenditure category. This paper proposes and demonstrates a methodology for constructing a Household Provisioning Price Index for Women (W-CPI) that weights categories by management responsibility rather than physical consumption, and applies it to India’s newly released CPI 2024 series.

Date: 2026-05-26
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