A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of … regulation on employment at the store level. We find that stricter labor regulation has a strong negative effect on employment …. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22 percent of the current level for an average …

increase employment by 22% of the current level for an average store. We also address the issue of informality in India …A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India shows that 27% of the stores find labor regulations as a problem for … their business. Using these data, we analyze the effect of labor regulations on employment at the store level. We find that …

A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of … regulation on employment at the store level. We find that stricter labor regulation has a strong negative effect on employment …. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22 percent of the current level for an average …

shaped the impact of unanticipated economic reforms on employment in formal manufacturing firms in India in the 1990s, using …Development economists generally concur that the implications of economic reform for employment are influenced by an … average and ceteris paribus in the 1990-1997 period, declines in input tariffs were associated with increased employment in …

This paper critically examines the approach of India's newly government initiative on pro-employer labour market reform … that aims to stimulate economic growth and reduce inequality. Using a constructed Theil Inequality Index on employment and … laws in pro-employer direction would not be able to solve all India's growth problems …