Understanding Manufacturing Informality: Employment and Productivity Linkages with the Formal Economy

• Main Author: Verma, Abhinav
• Other Authors: YSI Asia Convening 2019
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: H. : ĐHKT 2020
• Subjects: Manufacturing Informality; Employment; Productivity; Formal Economy
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/71060
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

This paper on spatial economic relationships explores the possibility that the formal and informal sectors of an economy are deeply interconnected through buyer-supplier networks and through agglomeration effects. Looking at data on Indian manufacturing, this paper investigates employment and pr...