Macroeconomic impact of product and labor market reforms on informality and unemployment in India /
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Author / Creator: | Anand, Rahul, (IMF staff), author. |
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Imprint: | [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, 2016. |
Description: | 1 online resource (59 pages) : color illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | IMF working paper, 1018-5941 ; WP/16/47 IMF working paper ; WP/16/47. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12505799 |
Summary: | This paper investigates the implications of lowering formal regulations in labor and product markets on informality and macroeconomic outcomes in India. We estimate a DSGE model with an informal sector, and rigidities in the formal labor and product markets. Along with increasing GDP and employment, deregulation also leads to lower informality and greater product market competition. Slow reallocation of resources between the formal and informal sectors leads to some adverse impacts in the short run that can be minimized by implementing a combined package of reforms. These impacts are shown to be greater in an economy with a larger informal sector. |
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Item Description: | "March 2016." "Asia and Pacific Department." |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (59 pages) : color illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-40). |
ISBN: | 1513545256 9781513545257 |
ISSN: | 1018-5941 ; |