Dualism and Structural Transformation: The Informal Manufacturing Sector in India
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Keywords
Informal sector; Dualism; Structural transformation; Manufacturing; India;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O14 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology
- O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- J46 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Informal Labor Market
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