The growth of India's manufacturing sector since 1991 has been attributed mostly to trade liberalization and more … permissive industrial licensing. This paper demonstrates the significant impact of a neglected factor: India's policy reforms in …

The female population deficit in India has been explained in a number of ways, but the great heterogeneity in the … deficit across districts within India still remains an open question. This paper argues that across India, a largely agrarian … districts in India. …

institutions at the spatial unit of districts in India. The study disentangles the within-industry effect from the within … manufacturing firms in India, which allows for the introduction of firm-specific controls and a battery of fixed effects. The …

The weather index insurance market in India is the world's largest, having transitioned from small-scale and scattered …

Company of India for the modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme, which was initiated by the Government of India in …

one of the most demanded skills by the employers. Although employers across India asks for the same set of soft skills …

Although it had a a lower income level than India in 1980, China's 2006 per capita gross domestic product stands more … than twice that of India's. This paper investigates the role of the business environment in explaining China's productivity …, and more labor-hiring flexibility than India, but a worse access to finance and higher regulatory burden. Infrastructure …

underlying mechanisms and long-term effects have received little attention. This paper uses nation-wide data from India spanning …

Household surveys in Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka were analyzed using a two …