Reforms and economic transformation in India

Reforms and the transformation within manufacturing and services. Labor regulations and firm size distribution in Indian manufacturing / Rana Hasan and Karl Robert L. Jandoc ; Complementarity between formal and informal manufacturing in India : the role of policies and institutions / Asha Sundaram, Reshad N. Ahsan, and Devashish Mitra ; Services growth in India : a look inside the black box / Rajeev Dehejia and Arvind Panagariya ; Organized retailing in India : issues and outlook / Rajeev Kohli and Jagdish Bhagwati -- Reforms and the transformation within and across enterprises. Selling the family silver to pay the grocer's bill? The case of privatization in India / Nandini Gupta ; Variety in, variety out : imported input and product scope expansion in India / Pinelopi Goldberg, Amit Khandelwal, and Nina Pavcnik ; Reforms and the competitive environment / Laura Alfaro and Anusha Chari -- Reforms and social transformation. The post-reform narrowing of inequality across castes : evidence from the states / Viktoria Hnatkovska and Amartya Lahiri ; Entrepreneurship in services and the socially disadvantaged in India / Rajeev Dehejia and Arvind Panagariya

Reforms and Economic Transformation in India is the second volume in the series Studies in Indian Economic Policies. In this book, nine original essays pursue three interrelated themes. The essays in part I ask why the movement of workers out of agriculture, into industry and services, and from informal to formal employments has been slow. Essays in part II explain the impact the reforms have had on profitability and competition among enterprises. Essays in part III analyze the impact on the socially disadvantaged in terms of wage and education outcomes and entrepreneurship.