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Industrial Concentration in a Liberalising Economy : A Study of Indian Manufacturing
Athreye, Suma; Kapur, Sandeep - 2005
This paper studies industrial concentration in Indian manufacturing sectors over the period 1970 to 1999. Given that … shaped by government policy. Deregulation after 1985 allowed greater scope for competitive processes, so that concentration … whole, concentration levels were indeed more significantly related to industry characteristics after deregulation. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014027947
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Reforms, entry and productivity: some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Gangopadhyay, Shubhashis; … - 2006
It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267353
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Trade, labor share, and productivity in India's industries
Maiti, Dibyendu - 2019
This paper explores whether trade can explain a part of the sharp decline in the labor share of Indian formal industries from around 30% in 1980 to less than 10% in 2014. Decline in strikes and lockouts, reduced labor time lost from disputes per factory and increased use of contract workers in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979223
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The distribution of firm size in India : what can survey data tell us?
Hasan, Rana; Jandoc, Karl Robert L. - 2010
We use establishment-level data from Indian manufacturing to describe the distribution of firm size in terms of employment, and discuss implications for public policy. A unique feature of our analysis is the use of nationally representative establishment-level data from both the registered...
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Reforms, entry and productivity : some evidence from the Indian manufacturing sector
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar (contributor);  … - 2006
It is now stylized that, while the impact of ownership on firm productivity is unclear, product market competition can be expected to have a positive impact on productivity, thereby making entry (or contestability of markets) desirable. Traditional research in the context of entry has explored...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310958
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Did Economic Reforms Affect Manufacturing Productivity in India?
Chatterjee, Partha - 2020
-in-difference technique or simultaneously using fixed effects. Productivity is correlated with plant size, industry concentration, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842852
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Trade, Labor Share, and Productivity in India's Industries
Maiti, Dibyendu - 2019
This paper explores whether trade can explain a part of the sharp decline in the labor share of Indian formal industries from around 30% in 1980 to less than 10% in 2014. Decline in strikes and lockouts, reduced labor time lost from disputes per factory and increased use of contract workers in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872047
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Stylized facts on the evolution of the enterprise size distribution in India's manufacturing sector
Kapoor, Radhicka - 2022
The expansion of enterprise level datasets has led to the emergence of a large body of literature on patterns of employment and job dynamics across different enterprise types. In the context of India, where MSMEs have been traditionally supported and encouraged by different policy initiatives to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040685
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FDI and Business Internationalization of the Unorganized Sector : Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
Beladi, Hamid - 2017
Available evidence, though limited to the organized sector only, suggests that FDI generally flowing in with MNE activities or FIIs generate technological and market access spillovers for firms outside the core group in destination countries. We investigate the organizational link between formal...
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Investigating the Prevalence of ‘Missing Middle’ in Indian Manufacturing
Goldar, Bishwanath; Majumder, Piyali; Dutta, Samiran - 2023
Several earlier studies have observed that the size structure of Indian manufacturing is characterized by the ‘missing middle’ phenomenon – a relatively low appearance/occurrence of middle-size industrial enterprises among industrial enterprises of different size classes. The authors of...
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