Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India's Retail Stores?
A recent survey of 1,948 retail stores in India conducted by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 19 percent of the stores use computers for their business. In some states like Kerala, computer use is as high as 40 percent. Using thi...
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okr-10986-74582021-04-23T14:02:33Z Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India's Retail Stores? Amin, Mohammad DOWNWARD BIAS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY PROBIT REGRESSIONS TAX RATES TOTAL EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT WORKERS A recent survey of 1,948 retail stores in India conducted by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 19 percent of the stores use computers for their business. In some states like Kerala, computer use is as high as 40 percent. Using this data the author finds labor regulation as an important determinant of computer use. His estimates suggest that when faced with burdensome labor regulations, the probability of using a computer rises by over 36 percentage points for an average store. These findings formally confirm a commonly held but untested view that labor regulation may be responsible for the spread of labor saving modern technology. 2012-06-07T20:11:33Z 2012-06-07T20:11:33Z 2007-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/07/7848011/labor-regulations-driving-computer-usage-indias-retail-stores http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7458 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4274 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India |
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A recent survey of 1,948 retail stores
in India conducted by the World Bank's Enterprise
Surveys shows that 19 percent of the stores use computers
for their business. In some states like Kerala, computer use
is as high as 40 percent. Using this data the author finds
labor regulation as an important determinant of computer
use. His estimates suggest that when faced with burdensome
labor regulations, the probability of using a computer rises
by over 36 percentage points for an average store. These
findings formally confirm a commonly held but untested view
that labor regulation may be responsible for the spread of
labor saving modern technology. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Amin, Mohammad |
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Amin, Mohammad |
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Amin, Mohammad |
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Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India's Retail Stores? |
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Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India's Retail Stores? |
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Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India's Retail Stores? |
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Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India's Retail Stores? |
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Are Labor Regulations Driving Computer Usage in India's Retail Stores? |
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are labor regulations driving computer usage in india's retail stores? |
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