in India. It begins with a review of earlier studies that tried to infer the effects on manufacturing employment of …

India’s unorganized or informal manufacturing fell by 2.5 to 7.5 per cent in 2020-21, reflecting the impact of COVID-19. In …. Using PLFS data on employment and earnings, we estimate that nominal GVA in India’s unorganized manufacturing fell by 14 …

This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm-size dynamics … and the reallocation of resources within industries over time. Following deregulation, we find that the extent of resource … regressions reveal that the distributional effects of deregulation on firm size are significantly non-linear. The size …

This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm size dynamics … and reallocation of resources within industries. Following deregulation, resource misallocation declines and the left … deregulation on firm size are significantly non-linear. The reallocation of market shares toward a small number of large firms and …