This paper analyzes analyze the impact of deregulatory reforms in India during the 1990s, which eliminated compulsory industrial licensing, on manufacturing firms' investment decisions. The paper finds an economically and statistically significant positive effect of delicensing on investment. It...

Recent panel data is used to reconsider the determinants of interstate differences in the ratio of insured to total unemployment. It is concluded that previous research on the influence of replacement rates, duration of jobless spells and female labour force participation is robust, but it is...