subcontracting cannot explain the persistently high employment in traditional informal manufacturing activities in India. Instead … analyze the link between formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment. A novelty in our analysis is that this … subcontracting is positively related to employment growth only in the most modern segments of the informal sector. Increased …

subcontracting cannot explain the persistently high employment in traditional informal manufacturing activities in India. Instead … analyze the link between formal sector subcontracting and informal sector employment. A novelty in our analysis is that this … subcontracting is positively related to employment growth only in the most modern segments of the informal sector. Increased …

account for 90 per cent of total manufacturing employment. In order to contrast between a 'modernization' and a 'stagnation …This paper analyzes the relationship between formal sector subcontracting and the evolution of the informal sector … using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises for the period 1995-2006. In these years of …

account for 90 per cent of total manufacturing employment. In order to contrast between a 'modernization' and a 'stagnation …This paper analyzes the relationship between formal sector subcontracting and the evolution of the informal sector … using nationally representative survey data of Indian manufacturing enterprises for the period 1995-2006. In these years of …

that of the formal sector. The major strengths of this sector are its low capital requirement, higher employment generation … the basis of industrial activities, employment size, capital base, pattern of linkages, and productivity levels and, (ii …) its skewed employment structure of being an absolute domain for males. Specific policies for specific sectors of the IMS …

) manufacturing enterprises in India (1990-2001). It employs a difference-in-differences strategy and finds that tariff reductions are …Theory and economic intuition suggest that domestic institutions influence the employment impact of economic reform … labour market flexibility shaped the impact of unanticipated economic reforms on employment in informal (unregistered …