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Working Papers

2024

1. Behind the numbers: exploring caste inequities in entrepreneurial success
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2021

2. The gender productivity gap: Evidence from the Indian informal sector
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2020

3. Administrative failures in anti-poverty programmes and household welfare: An investigation of India's employment guarantee programme
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
4. Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India's Informal Sector Firms
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2020)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020)
   See also Journal Article Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India’s Informal Sector Firms, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2022) (2022)
5. Transitions between informal and formal jobs in India: Patterns, correlates, and consequences
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)

2018

6. Broadband Adoption and Firm Performance: Evidence from Informal Sector Firms in India
   Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (2)
7. Unmaking "Make in India’: Weak Governance, Good Deals, and their Economic Impact
   IEG Working Papers, Institute of Economic Growth

2012

8. Monitoring Costs, Credit Constraints and Entrepreneurship
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2010

9. Does the institution of State Business Relations matter for Firm Performance? – A study of Indian Manufacturing
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
10. Organized versus Unorganized Manufacturing Performance in India in the Post-Reform Period
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (29)
11. Rain, Rain, Go Away? The Investment Climate, State Business Relations and Firm Performance in India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
12. State business relations and manufacturing productivity growth in India
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)

2007

13. Technical Efficiency in the Informal Manufacturing Enterprises: Firm level evidence from an Indian state
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (8)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Payment delay in workfare programmes and household welfare: Theory and some evidence from India
   Manchester School, 2024, 92, (2), 93-121
2. Productivity and wage gaps between informal and formal firms in India: Trends and determinants
   Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 2024, 5, (3), 282-303
3. The role of financial constraints in firm transition—Evidence from Indian manufacturing
   Journal of International Development, 2024, 36, (4), 2193-2228

2023

4. Small firms in Indian manufacturing: Some stylized facts
   Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 2023, 4, (4), 374-386 View citations (1)

2022

5. Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India’s Informal Sector Firms
   Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58, (7), 1383-1402
   See also Working Paper Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India's Informal Sector Firms, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)
6. Small firms amidst COVID‐19: Financial constraints and role of government support
   Economic Notes, 2022, 51, (3) View citations (1)
7. What Role Has Structural Change Played in Growth Accelerations for the Indian States? An Analysis for Pre- and Post-liberalization Periods
   South Asia Economic Journal, 2022, 23, (1), 61-85

2020

8. Gender, small firm ownership, and credit access: some insights from India
   Small Business Economics, 2020, 54, (4), 1165-1181 View citations (32)

2018

9. Does the Caste of the Firm Owner Play a Role in Access to Finance for Small Enterprises? Evidence from India
   The Developing Economies, 2018, 56, (4), 267-296 View citations (4)

2017

10. Does Institutional Quality Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from India
    South Asia Economic Journal, 2017, 18, (2), 184-213 View citations (5)

2016

11. Moving out of the bottom of the economy? Constraints to firm transition in the Indian informal manufacturing sector
    IZA Journal of Labor & Development, 2016, 5, (1), 1-20 View citations (1)

2015

12. Finance Constraints and Firm Transition in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing
    Oxford Development Studies, 2015, 43, (1), 123-143 View citations (10)
13. Impact of Foreign Trade on Employment and Wages in Indian Manufacturing
    South Asia Economic Journal, 2015, 16, (2), 209-232 View citations (7)
14. Joyful learning? The effects of a school intervention on learning outcomes in Karnataka
    International Journal of Educational Development, 2015, 40, (C), 183-195

2014

15. The Growth Barriers of Informal Sector Enterprises: Evidence from India
    The Developing Economies, 2014, 52, (4), 351-375 View citations (5)

2013

16. Institution of State–Business Relation and Its Impact on Manufacturing Productivity Growth in India: A Post-reform Analysis
    South Asia Economic Journal, 2013, 14, (1), 83-108 View citations (2)
17. Is Manufacturing an Engine of Growth in India in the Post-Nineties?
    Journal of South Asian Development, 2013, 8, (3), 385-408 View citations (9)
18. The effects of economic reforms on manufacturing dualism: Evidence from India
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2013, 41, (4), 1240-1262 View citations (16)

2012

19. Did International Trade Destroy or Create Jobs in Indian Manufacturing&quest
    The European Journal of Development Research, 2012, 24, (3), 359-381 View citations (6)

2011

20. Rain, rain, go away? The investment climate, state–business relations and firm performance in India
    International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 2011, 4, (2), 172-186 View citations (2)
21. STRUCTURE, EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE INDIAN UNORGANIZED MANUFACTURING SECTOR: AN INDUSTRY LEVEL ANALYSIS
    The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2011, 56, (03), 349-376
22. Technical Efficiency in the Informal Manufacturing Sector
    Journal of South Asian Development, 2011, 6, (2), 213-232 View citations (1)

2008

23. Efficiency and productivity in the Indian unorganized manufacturing sector: did reforms matter?
    International Review of Economics, 2008, 55, (4), 373-399 View citations (5)

Books

2016

1. Out of the Shadows?: The Informal Sector in Post-reform India
   OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press View citations (4)

Chapters

2019

1. What Do We Know About Firms in the Informal Manufacturing Sector in India?
   Springer

2013

2. Impact of Human Capital on Manufacturing Productivity Growth in India
   Springer

2009

3. On Measuring Productivity Growth in Indian Industry: Analysis of Organized and Unorganized Sector in Selected Major States
   Springer