induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity …, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …-intensive crops, indicating that the pollution works at least partly through direct effects on labor productivity. Finally, combining …

growth in total factor productivity. -- entry ; productivity ; institutions ; regulations ; India ; reforms …It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can … be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable …

This paper uses a unique new data set on nearly a thousand manufacturing firms in Brazil and India to investigate the … education. The econometric evidence documents a strong relationship between ICT capital and productivity in both countries, even … power disruption seems to significantly depress adoption and returns to ICT expenditures in India. This may be indicative of …

efficient were introduced later in India following the macroeconomic crisis in 1991. However, whether the post-1991 growth is an … while there was an increase in the productivity of factor inputs during the 1990s, most of the growth in value added is … value added. -- Productivity ; growth decomposition ; efficiency ; manufacturing …

survey in India to estimate the effect of agricultural productivity shocks - as proxied by exogenous annual rainfall … child labor across a range of work activities. Additionally, we show that productivity-enhancing inputs such as land … market imperfections (in labor and land markets). We also find that the effects of productivity shocks are reinforced for …

We use high frequency worker level productivity data from garment manufacturing units in India to study the effects of … caste-based social networks on individual and group productivity when workers are complements in the production function but … productivity by about 10 percentage points. The lowest performing worker increases her effort by more than 15 percentage points …

To what degree can labor reallocation mitigate the economic consequences of weather-driven agricultural productivity … shocks? I estimate that temperature-driven reductions in the demand for agricultural labor in India are associated with … a key role in attenuating the economic consequences of agricultural productivity shocks. Exploiting firm-level variation …

negotiations take place. We show that, in the absence of any distortion, sector-level bargaining ought to be less efficient than …

receive in a non-cooperative equilibrium. To test this, we examine agricultural productivity in polygynous households in West …