Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act

Noncompliance with regulations by enterprises is said to be rife in developing countries. Yet there is limited systematic evidence of the magnitude of noncompliance at the enterprise level. Making innovative use of two complementary data sources, t...

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Main Authors:	Chatterjee, Urmila, Kanbur, Ravi
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	CO-OPERATIVES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SIZE ENFORCEMENT COSTS ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ENTERPRISE SIZE ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY EXPANSION FIRM SIZE FIRMS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF REGULATION INCOME INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR FORCE LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOUR MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE LAW MINIMUM WAGES NONCOMPLIANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROVIDENT FUNDS REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY SYSTEM SAFETY SIZE OF ENTERPRISE TAXATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE RATE WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18839283/regulation-noncompliance-magnitudes-patterns-indias-factories-act http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16823

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spelling	okr-10986-168232021-04-23T14:03:33Z Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act Chatterjee, Urmila Kanbur, Ravi CO-OPERATIVES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SIZE ENFORCEMENT COSTS ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ENTERPRISE SIZE ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY EXPANSION FIRM SIZE FIRMS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF REGULATION INCOME INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR FORCE LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOUR MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE LAW MINIMUM WAGES NONCOMPLIANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROVIDENT FUNDS REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY SYSTEM SAFETY SIZE OF ENTERPRISE TAXATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE RATE WORKER WORKERS Noncompliance with regulations by enterprises is said to be rife in developing countries. Yet there is limited systematic evidence of the magnitude of noncompliance at the enterprise level. Making innovative use of two complementary data sources, this paper quantifies noncompliance for India's Factories Act without the question of illegality ever being raised directly with enterprises. The paper finds that more than twice as many firms are not complying as are complying. Further, the number of noncompliant firms is much larger than the number of firms adjusting out of the regulation. Thus noncompliance with the Factories Act is a key feature of the "missing middle" in India. The paper explores the main trends and patterns of noncompliance and highlights a number of key issues for further analytical and policy research. 2014-02-03T20:44:35Z 2014-02-03T20:44:35Z 2014-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18839283/regulation-noncompliance-magnitudes-patterns-indias-factories-act http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16823 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6755 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic	CO-OPERATIVES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SIZE ENFORCEMENT COSTS ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ENTERPRISE SIZE ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY EXPANSION FIRM SIZE FIRMS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF REGULATION INCOME INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR FORCE LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOUR MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE LAW MINIMUM WAGES NONCOMPLIANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROVIDENT FUNDS REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY SYSTEM SAFETY SIZE OF ENTERPRISE TAXATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE RATE WORKER WORKERS
spellingShingle	CO-OPERATIVES ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SHARE EMPLOYMENT SIZE ENFORCEMENT COSTS ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ENTERPRISE SIZE ENTREPRENEURIAL ABILITY EXPANSION FIRM SIZE FIRMS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS IMPACT OF REGULATION INCOME INFORMAL ECONOMY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR LABOR FORCE LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOUR MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGE LAW MINIMUM WAGES NONCOMPLIANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS SECTION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROVIDENT FUNDS REGULATORY BURDEN REGULATORY SYSTEM SAFETY SIZE OF ENTERPRISE TAXATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT WAGE RATE WORKER WORKERS Chatterjee, Urmila Kanbur, Ravi Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6755
description	Noncompliance with regulations by enterprises is said to be rife in developing countries. Yet there is limited systematic evidence of the magnitude of noncompliance at the enterprise level. Making innovative use of two complementary data sources, this paper quantifies noncompliance for India's Factories Act without the question of illegality ever being raised directly with enterprises. The paper finds that more than twice as many firms are not complying as are complying. Further, the number of noncompliant firms is much larger than the number of firms adjusting out of the regulation. Thus noncompliance with the Factories Act is a key feature of the "missing middle" in India. The paper explores the main trends and patterns of noncompliance and highlights a number of key issues for further analytical and policy research.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Chatterjee, Urmila Kanbur, Ravi
author_facet	Chatterjee, Urmila Kanbur, Ravi
author_sort	Chatterjee, Urmila
title	Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act
title_short	Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act
title_full	Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act
title_fullStr	Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act
title_full_unstemmed	Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act
title_sort	regulation and noncompliance : magnitudes and patterns for india's factories act
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18839283/regulation-noncompliance-magnitudes-patterns-indias-factories-act http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16823
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Regulation and Noncompliance : Magnitudes and Patterns for India's Factories Act

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