The informal sector in India has been exceptionally persistent over the past two decades. Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. This paper shows that a substantial share of the persistence in India's unorganized manufacturing sector is due to the rapid increase in female-owned businesses. Had women's participation remained in the proportion to male-owned businesses that was evident in 1994, the unorganized manufacturing sector would have declined...
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2013/09/01
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS6612
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2013/09/01
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Female business ownership and informal sector persistence
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Poverty Reduction & Economic Management
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