Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing

By:
Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr, Alex Segura
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  • Publisher: VOX

The vast informal sector in India affects everything from poverty to growth. This column presents new facts on how Indian job growth in manufacturing is concentrated in informal tradable industries, especially one-person establishments. These features are most closely linked to the urbanisation of informal Indian manufacturing, but subcontracting and rising female participation also appear to play noteworthy roles.

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