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Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing

By , , on June 09, 2015

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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Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., and Segura, Alex. Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing. , , . , 2015. Ghani, E., Kerr, W. R., and Segura, A. (2015). Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing. , , . Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., and Segura, Alex. "Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing." 2015, .Ghani Ejaz, Kerr William R., and Segura Alex. "Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing." (2015). Ghani, E, Kerr, W R, and Segura, A 2015, 'Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing', , , . Ejaz Ghani, William R Kerr, and Alex Segura, 'Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing' (2015). Ghani E., Kerr W. R., and Segura A. Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing. . 2015. Ghani, Ejaz, Kerr, William R., and Segura, Alex. Informal tradables and the employment growth of Indian manufacturing. . 2015. , .

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