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Macroeconomic impact of product and labor market reforms on informality and unemployment in India
Anand, Rahul; Khera, Purva - 2016
macroeconomic outcomes in India. We estimate a DSGE model with an informal sector, and rigidities in the formal labor and product … markets. Along with increasing GDP and employment, deregulation also leads to lower informality and greater product market …
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From ""Hindu Growth"" to Productivity Surge : The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition
Rodrik, Dani - 2004
This paper explores the causes of India''s productivity surge around 1980, more than a decade before serious economic … response, because India was far away from its income-possibility frontier. Registered manufacturing, which had been built up in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401305
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Revisiting the link between trade, growth and inequality : lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean
Beaton, Kimberly; Cebotari, Aliona; Komaromi, Andras - 2017
We revisit the relationship between international trade, economic growth and inequality with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. The paper combines two approaches: First, we employ a cross-country panel framework to analyze the macroeconomic effects of international trade on economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011716658
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Globalization and Relocation in a Vertically Differentiated Industry
Grilo, Isabel - 1998
of trade barriers or restrictions on capital outflows or inflows (“globalization”) allows them to serve the domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400720
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Revenue Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa : Challenges From Globalization
Mansour, Mario - 2009
globalization poses for revenue mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): from corporate tax competition, and from trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014402387
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Trade Adjustment and Human Capital Investment : Evidence From Indian Tariff Reform
Edmonds, Eric V. - 2007
decisions? We examine this question in the context of India''s 1991 tariff reforms. Overall, in the 1990s, rural India … India''s rise in schooling and a third of the fall in child labor during the 1990s can be explained by falling poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400340
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Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality : Evidence From India
Mishra, Prachi - 2005
We evaluate empirically the impact of the dramatic 1991 trade liberalization in India on the industry wage structure … liberalization has led to decreased wage inequality in India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400631
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Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization Evidenceon Poverty From India
Topalova, Petia - 2010
This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to examine the mechanisms underpinning this impact. Variation in sectoral composition across districts and liberalization intensity across production sectors allows a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397333
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Trade Liberalization and Firm Productivity : The Case of India
Topalova, Petia - 2004
Using a panel of firm-level data, this paper examines the effects of India''s trade reforms in the early 1990s on firm … characteristics. The rapid and comprehensive tariff reductions-part of an IMF-supported adjustment program with India in 1991-allow us …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014404116
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The Impacton India of Trade Liberalization in the Textiles and Clothing Sector
Jain-Chandra, Sonali - 2005
We analyze the impact of the elimination of textile and clothing (T&C) quotas in 2005 on India. Our simulations suggest … adversely once these safeguards are lifted. We argue that India could emerge much stronger and expand its trade in T&C at a much …
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