Are all labor regulations equal? Evidence from Indian manufacturing

Journal of Comparative Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-75

  Ahsan, Ahmad ^a   Pagés, Carmen ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Inter American Development Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispute resolution legislation; Employment; Employment protection legislation; India; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249124746     PISSN: 01475967     EISSN: 10957227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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