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The Life Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico

Hsieh, Chang-Tai - 2011

In the U.S., manufacturing plants grow or die. In contrast, surviving Indian plants exhibit little growth in terms of either employment or output. Indian plants start smaller and stay smaller. Most Indian manufacturing employment is at informal plants with fewer than 10 workers. In the U.S. most...

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The Life Cycle of Plants in India and Mexico

Hsieh, Chang-Tai - 2013

In the U.S., the average 40 year old plant employs almost eight times as many workers as the typical plant five years or younger. In contrast, surviving Indian plants exhibit little growth in terms of either employment or output. Mexico is intermediate to India and the U.S. in these respects:...

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Misallocation and Manufacturing TFP in China and India

Hsieh, Chang-Tai; Klenow, Peter J. - 2015

establishments to quantify the potential extent of misallocation in China and India compared to the U.S. Compared to the U.S., we … measure sizable gaps in marginal products of labor and capital across plants within narrowly-defined industries in China and ….S., we calculate manufacturing TFP gains of 30-50% in China and 40-60% in India …

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