Perhaps the most distinctive feature of international trade in recent years is the rise of multistage global production networks in which firms fragment manufacturing production across borders by locating individual production stages in the countries where they can be performed at least cost...

The Indian economy has observed significant trade reforms since the mid 1980s, and the Indian manufacturing sector has rapidly increased its integration with the world economy. In this paper, we ask the question: did the increased trade integration create or destroy jobs in the Indian...