Creating jobs in India’s organised manufacturing sector

Type Journal Article - The Indian Journal of Labour Economics
Title Creating jobs in India’s organised manufacturing sector
Author(s)
Volume 58
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
Page numbers 349-375
URL http://www.adb-asianthinktanks.org/sites/all/libraries/researchpapers/CreatingJobsinIndiasOrganisedM​anufacturingSectorrkapoor.pdf
Abstract
Despite witnessing a decade of rapid economic growth, an acceleration of growth in
the organised manufacturing sector has eluded India. Using data from the Annual Survey of
Industries, we examine the factors holding back the growth of output and employment in this
sector. We find that there are heterogeneities in the performance of the manufacturing sector
across industries and states. Recent economic growth has benefited industries which rely
more on capital and skilled workers as opposed to unskilled/low skilled workers.

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