Using data on the Indian manufacturing sector, which cover the years 1994 to 2006, the study assesses the labour productivity elasticity with respect to public infrastructure. Since earlier studies have merely examined the effect either on the total factor productivity (TFP) growth of the...

This paper examines dynamic as well as static effects of imported intermediary inputs and inhouse R&D on productivity growth using firm-level panel data for Indian technology-intensive manufacturing industries for the period 2000-2009. For this purpose, the present study adopts two empirical...

This study aims to analyse the role of imported inputs on productivity and export performance of the manufacturing industries of India. Our results indicate that imported inputs are crucial determinates of Total Factor Productivity (TFP). However, the impact varies greatly across industries....

This study tests the effects of inequality of opportunity on the economic performance of Indian states. This is first such attempt using Indian data, and the case is relevant because Indian society is divided into different castes and religious groups. Using two rounds of employment survey data...

In this study, we attempt to estimate the long term determinants of international reserves in the emerging Asian for the period 1980-2011. In this study, we attempt to estimate the long term determinants of international reserves in the emerging Asia for the period 1980-2011. Utilizing a...

Productive employment generation is an important objective in most of the developing countries this motivation has probably induced firms to adopt capital intensive techniques. Based on the country specific data on the manufacturing sector in select developing countries the argument of high cost...