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Trade liberalization, production organization and informal sector of the developing countries

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  • Dibyendu Maiti
  • Sugata Marjit

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The paper provides an explanation of recent empirical evidence on fragmentation and the expansion of the informal sector in India. We argue that as the prospect of getting a better price in the international market increases, the producers in the formal sector act more like merchants and subcontract production activities to the producers in the informal sectors. Expanding production in the informal sector allows the firm to take advantage of a growing export market. Our theoretical model explains such organizational change in terms of allocation of monitoring effort between marketing and production. The existence of a low-wage informal sector facilitates division of labor and specialization in the formal segment.

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  • Dibyendu Maiti & Sugata Marjit, 2008. "Trade liberalization, production organization and informal sector of the developing countries," The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(3), pages 453-461.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jitecd:v:17:y:2008:i:3:p:453-461
    DOI: 10.1080/09638190802137125
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    1. Marjit, Sugata & Ghosh, Sudeep & Biswas, Amit, 2007. "Informality, corruption and trade reform," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 23(3), pages 777-789, September.
    2. Dibyendu Maiti, 2008. "The organisational morphology of rural industries and its dynamics in liberalised India: a study of West Bengal," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 32(4), pages 577-591, July.
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