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Informal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing

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dc.contributor.authorKerr, William R.
dc.contributor.authorGhani, Ejaz
dc.contributor.authorSegura, Alex
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-30T20:23:21Z
dc.date.available2015-03-30T20:23:21Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.description.abstractIndia's manufacturing growth from 1989 to 2010 displays two intriguing properties: 1) a substantial fraction of absolute and net employment growth is concentrated in informal tradable industries, and 2) much of this growth is connected to the development of one-person establishments. This paper investigates the causes and determinants of these growth patterns. The rapid urbanization of the informal sector plays the strongest role, while there is some evidence for subcontracting by the formal sector and a "push" entrepreneurship story. The paper also finds modest connections of this growth to rising female labor force participation. The connection between the presence of informal manufacturing and local productivity levels is strong, and varies across urban and rural areas in ways that bolster urbanization and subcontracting hypotheses.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7206
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21645
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7206
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectemployment
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectmanufacturing
dc.subjecttrade liberalization
dc.subjectglobal integration
dc.subjecttrade reforms
dc.subjecttradable sectors
dc.subjecturbanization
dc.subjectmicroenterprises
dc.subjectinformal sector
dc.subjectfemale business ownership
dc.subjectlabor regulations
dc.subjectsubcontracting
dc.subjectproductivity growth
dc.titleInformal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturingen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaJobs
okr.crossref.titleInformal Tradables and the Employment Growth of Indian Manufacturing
okr.date.disclosure2015-03-02
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T10:55:10.595150Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.guid302991468184160972
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7206
okr.identifier.reportWPS7206
okr.language.supporteden
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryIndia
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Banks & Banking Reform
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Trade Technology and Productivity
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Employment and Shared Growth
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Pro-Poor Growth
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.unitMacroeconomics and Fiscal Management Global Practice Group
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