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Informal Sector in India: A Review

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  • George, Justine

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Improving the linkage between formal and informal manufacturing is a desirable need to develop a complementary relationship to solve the problems like unemployment, low productivity and less capital intensity in the informal sector.

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  • George, Justine, 2014. "Informal Sector in India: A Review," MPRA Paper 70602, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    1. Mukherjee, Dipa, 2004. "Informal Manufacturing Sector in India: Pre and Post Reform Growth Dynamics," MPRA Paper 4866, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Uma Kambhampati & Jude Howell, 1998. "Liberalization and labour: the effect on formal sector employment," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(4), pages 439-452.
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    Keywords

    Formal; Informal Sector;

    JEL classification:

    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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