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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization: Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

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Philippe Aghion
Robin Burgess
Stephen Redding
Fabrizio Zilibotti

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This paper investigates whether the effects, on registered manufacturing out- put,employment, entry and investment, of dismantling the .license raja system of central controlsregulating entry and production activity in this sector .vary across Indian states with differentlabor market regulations. The effects are found to be unequal depending on the institutionalenvironment in which industries are embedded. In particular, following de-licensing,industries located in states with pro-employer labor market institutions grew more quicklythan those in pro-worker environments. Our results emphasize how local institutions matterfor whether industry in a region benefits or is harmed by the nationwide delicensing reform.

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Keywords: delicensing economic development labour regulation

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