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Intra-State Concentration of Unorganised Manufacturing Industries in India

Saikia, Dilip - 2017

The objective of this paper is to examine the intra-state concentration of unorganised manufacturing enterprises in … spatial concentration of unorganised manufacturing enterprises within states. The findings show that the most “lagging …” industrial districts are present not only in backward states but also in developed states. The spatial concentration within state …

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Highway to Success : The Impact of the Golden Quadrilateral Project for the Location and Performance of Indian Manufacturing

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2014

We investigate the impact of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) highway project on the Indian organized manufacturing sector using enterprise data. The GQ project upgraded the quality and width of 5,846 km of roads in India. We use a difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal...

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Is India's Manufacturing Sector Moving Away from Cities?

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2014

This paper investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal and informal sectors. We find that plants in the formal sector are moving away from urban and into rural locations, while the informal sector is moving from rural to urban...

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Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2014

We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find...

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Spatial Industrial Diversification in India : An Analysis of Unorganised Manufacturing Enterprises

Saikia, Dilip - 2017

Industrial diversification continues to be an important policy goal in regional planning, because of its direct positive effect on economic growth and stability. A large number of studies in India, carried out at different geographical scales namely, national level, states, and districts show...

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Will Market Competition Trump Gender Discrimination in India?

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

Empowering women to engage in productive employment is not only critical to achieving gender equality but also critical for economic growth and poverty reduction. This paper studies the pattern of female activity and gender segmentation in the Indian manufacturing and services sectors. Although...

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Spatial Development and Agglomeration Economies in Services -- Lessons from India

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

concentration in just a few states and industries; (iii) manufacturing in urban districts has a stronger tendency to locate closer …

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Informal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

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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Spatial Dynamics of Electricity Usage in India

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

India's manufacturing sector has undergone many spatial adjustments since 1989, including, for example, the organized sector's migration to rural locations, the powerful rise of informal manufacturing within cities, and the development of intermediate cities for manufacturing. This paper...

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Regional Diversity and Inclusive Growth in Indian Cities

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

This paper examines the employment growth of Indian districts from 2000 to 2010 in the manufacturing and services sectors. Specialization and diversity metrics that combine industries in both sectors are calculated and related to subsequent job growth. The analysis finds robust and consistent...

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