model can explain about forty percent of the cross-state variation in the left tail of manufacturing plants in India …

state in Northeastern India. Firm size in the study is represented by employment or number of persons engaged in the firms …

sources, this paper quantifies noncompliance for India's Factories Act without the question of illegality ever being raised … the Factories Act is a key feature of the "missing middle" in India. The paper explores the main trends and patterns of …