Informal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing

Informal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing

India's manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of absolute and net employment growth is concentrated in informal tradable industries, and 2) much of this growth is connected to the development of one-person establishments. This paper...

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Main Authors: Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., Segura, Alex
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
economic growth
employment
trade
manufacturing
trade liberalization
global integration
trade reforms
tradable sectors
urbanization
microenterprises
informal sector
female business ownership
labor regulations
subcontracting
productivity growth
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21645

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