Labor Regulation and Employment in India's Retail Stores

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Mohammad Amin

World Bank - Enterprise Analysis Unit

Date Written: August 1, 2007

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Labor Markets, Labor Policies, Banks & Banking Reform, Regulatory Regimes, Work & Working Conditions

Suggested Citation

Amin, Mohammad, Labor Regulation and Employment in India's Retail Stores (August 1, 2007). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4314, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1007153

Mohammad Amin (Contact Author)

World Bank - Enterprise Analysis Unit ( email )

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