Labor Regulation And Employment In India's Retail Stores
A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of the stores report labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data we analyze the effect of labor regulation on employment at the store level. We find that s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
The World Bank
2007
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| Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of the stores report labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data we analyze the effect of labor regulation on employment at the store level. We find that stricter labor regulation has a strong negative effect on employment. Our estimates show that labor reforms are likely to increase employment by 22 percent of the current level for an average store |
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| Physical Description: | 31 p. |