This paper reviews the literature on the informal economy, focusing first on empirical
findings and then on existing approaches to modeling informality within both partial and …

The objective of this paper is to present the concept of productivity, factors affecting
productivity and techniques of productivity improvement. Productivity is an ability to do better …

There is no other issue in explaining economic growth that has generated so much debate
than the concept of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. The concept of TFP and its …

This article studies business cycle dynamics in the Indian economy using a new Keynesian
dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) framework. This is one of the first attempts to …

A large and growing informal sector is a major feature of developing countries. I analyze
coagglomeration patterns between formal and informal manufacturing enterprises in India …

It is a great honour and privilege to deliver the Presidential Address at the 58th Annual
Conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES). I am grateful to the Society for …

Low industrial growth, declining agricultural sector and limited expansion of formal sector
employment in India have increasingly forced the poor to take recourse to informal sources …

As India continues to experience rapid aging, the traditional joint family system which
accorded socioeconomic support for older adults in India, is gradually weakening amidst …

We examine the Indian economy during a peak period of high growth between 2005 and
2012 to analyse the nature and patterns of household‐level transitions across different …

This paper studies the determinants of firm location choice at the district-level in India to
gauge the relative importance of agglomeration economies vis-à-vis good business …