This paper provides an analysis of India’s existing regulatory regime and its evolution over the last 25 years, and the … efforts to improve the regulatory framework as India has transitioned towards a market economy. The paper argues that while … India has implemented many sector specific regulatory reforms, the absence of a government wide initiative to improve …

, India, Indonesia, the Russian Federation and South Africa. The STRIs capture de jure restrictions. This report presents the …

empirical analysis exploits variation in licensing regulation across states and industries and constructs indicators for both … the share of employment subject to licensing (the extensive margin) and the strictness of regulation (the intensive margin … with more extensive and stricter licensing regulation. The results from the analysis of earnings are generally mixed and …