Growth and Jobs in an Adjusting Econmomy. Explaining the decline in Indian Manufacturing Employment in the 1980s

Sonia Bhalotra

Economics Series Working Papers from University of Oxford, Department of Economics

Abstract: In the 1980s. India experimented with deregulation in industry and trade. Manufacturing output accelerated but employment declined. The latter has raised doubt regarding desirability of policy reforms.This paper provides an explanation of the employment decline that sheds light on the manner in which product market reforms have impacted upon the labour market.

Keywords: DEREGULATION; MANUFACTURING INDUCTRIES; EMPLOYMENT (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J23 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 1996
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