We explore the impact of British colonial institutions on the economic development of India. In some regions, the … directly to cultivators or non-landlords. Although Banerjee and Iyer (2005) find that agricultural productivity of non …

of the labor force engaged in agriculture. This decline has been accompanied by a systematic increase in the productivity … of the labor force, as it has moved from low productivity agriculture to higher productivity manufacturing and services …

We estimate the rate of total factor productivity growth in Indian manufacturing industry for the period 1973-1992, and … it ignores the additional capital formation made possible by an increase in productivity and therefore understates … productivity's true importance. Our estimates suggest that the understatement may be quite large, and that one might better ask if …

's aggregate productivity growth. In contrast, 45 percent of the growth in India in the second sub-period came in services …We compare the recent economic performances of China and India using a simple growth accounting framework that produces … estimates of the contribution of labor, capital, education, and total factor productivity for the three sectors of agriculture …

This paper empirically examines India's economic growth experience during 1960-2004, focusing on the post 1973 … acceleration. Careful attention is paid to data quality. The analysis focuses on two unusual dimensions of India's experience … growth accounting analysis disaggregates by major sector, and highlights implications for aggregate productivity growth of …

Most conventional accounts of India's recent economic performance associate the pick-up in economic growth with the …

US, China, and India reveals substantial losses in productivity and output due to the informational friction. Our … estimates for these losses range from 7-10% for productivity and 10-14% for output in China and India, and are smaller, though …We propose a theory linking imperfect information to resource misallocation and hence to aggregate productivity and …

development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries--Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil …

patrilocality and concern for women's "purity" help explain the male-skewed sex ratio in India and China and low female employment … in India, the Middle East, and North Africa, for example. I also discuss why the sex ratio has become more male …