Indian Manufacturing : A Slow Sector in a Rapidly Growing Economy

This paper investigates the determinants of productivity in Indian manufacturing industries during the period 1988-2000. Using two-digit industry level data for the Indian states, we find evidence of imperfect interindustry and interstate labor mob...

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Main Authors:	Mitra, Devashish, Ural, Beyza P.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE IMPACT AGGREGATE LEVEL BILATERAL TRADE BOOK VALUE BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL STOCK CENTRAL PLANNING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CONTRACT LABOR CURRENCY DEBT DEFLATORS DEMAND CURVE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES DEREGULATION DEVALUATION DISMISSAL DIVISION OF LABOR ECONOMIC AGENTS ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE ENTRY BARRIER EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORT INCENTIVES EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES EXPORTS FACTOR RETURNS FAIR FINAL GOODS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GDP GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE GROSS OUTPUT GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH MODELS GROWTH RATE GROWTH REGRESSIONS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPACT OF TRADE REFORMS IMPORT PENETRATION INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCREASE IN LABOR INDUSTRIAL POLICY INFLATION INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE JOB SECURITY LABOR CONTRACTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR DEMAND ELASTICITY LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR REGULATIONS LAYOFF LEVELS OF OUTPUT LICENSING RESTRICTIONS MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET IMPERFECTIONS MARKET RESTRICTIONS MARKET SIZE MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY MORAL HAZARD ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPENNESS PER CAPITA INCOME PERMANENT WORKERS POSITIVE EFFECTS PRICES OF OUTPUT PRIMARY SOURCE PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION WORKERS PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RATES PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTED INDUSTRIES QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS RATES OF PROTECTION REAL EXCHANGE RATE REDUCTION IN TARIFFS RELATIVE PRICES RIGID LABOR MARKET RIGID LABOR MARKETS SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SKILLED WORKERS SPECIALIZATION STOCKS SUBSTITUTES TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF RATE TARIFF RATES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOTAL CAPITAL STOCK TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOTAL WAGE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION INCREASES TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME VALUE ADDED VOLATILITY WAGE BILL WAGE RATE WAGES WEALTH WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX WORKER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7611962/indian-manufacturing-slow-sector-rapidly-growing-economy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7112

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7611962/indian-manufacturing-slow-sector-rapidly-growing-economy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7112

Indian Manufacturing : A Slow Sector in a Rapidly Growing Economy

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