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Place-based policies and agglomeration economies : firm-level evidence from Special Economic Zones in India
Görg, Holger; Mulyukova, Alina - 2022
This paper exploits time and geographic variation in the adoption of Special Economic Zones in India to assess the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168211
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Union membership effect on wage premiums : evidence from organized manufacturing industries in India
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor) - 2008
organised manufacturing industries in India. The study uses a recent survey data on labour market in the organised manufacturing … benefits in the organized manufacturing industries in India. -- Trade unions ; wage differentials ; manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760317
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Reforms, entry and productivity : some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
factors governing entry rates, especially in the context of developing countries. Using 3-digit industry level data from India … institutional and legacy factors. We also find evidence to suggest that, in India, entry rates were positively associated with … growth in total factor productivity. -- entry ; productivity ; institutions ; regulations ; India ; reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310958
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Wage inequality and job insecurity among permanent and contract workers in India : evidence from organized manufacturing industries
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
Since the early 1990s, the employment structure of organised manufacturing industries in India has undergone …. The study uses data at the individual level from a recent labour survey of organised manufacturing industries in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310969
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Labour use and its adjustment in Indian manufacturing industries
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2005
. -- labour use ; employment ; adjustment ; globalization ; manufacturing ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002805423
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Temperature, labor reallocation, and industrial production: evidence from India
Colmer, Jonathan - 2021
shocks? I estimate that temperature-driven reductions in the demand for agricultural labor in India are associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012596339
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Impact of reforms on plant-level productivity and technical efficiency : evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor);  … - 2008
efficient were introduced later in India following the macroeconomic crisis in 1991. However, whether the post-1991 growth is an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003656923
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Do unemployed workers benefit from enterprise zones? : the French experience
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry; Selod, Harris - 2012
This paper presents an impact evaluation of the French enterprise zone program which was initiated in 1997 to help unemployed workers find employment by granting a significant wage-tax exemption (about one third of total labor costs) to firms hiring at least 20% of their labor force locally....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530667
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Regional policy evaluation : interactive fixed effects and synthetic controls
Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry - 2013
In this paper, we investigate the use of interactive effect or linear factor models in regional policy evaluation. We contrast treatment effect estimates obtained by Bai (2009)'s least squares method with the popular difference in difference estimates as well as with estimates obtained using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009771746
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Replacing churches and mason lodges? : tax exemptions and rural development
Behaghel, Luc; Lorenceau, Adrien; Quantin, Simon - 2013
This paper uses regression discontinuity design to provide quasi-experimental estimates of the impact of a tax credit program targeted at rural areas in France, including corporate and payroll tax exemptions. We find no impact of the program on total employment or the number of businesses, and...
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