Mitra, Devashish; Hasan, Rana; Ramaswamy, K.V. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003
Using industry-level data disaggregated by states, this paper finds a positive impact of trade liberalization on labor-demand elasticities in the Indian manufacturing sector. These elasticities turn out to be negatively related to protection levels that vary across industries and over time....