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# Labour and manufacturing — Syllabus

## Academic Papers

1. [Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India](http://robinburgess.com/s/Besley_Burgess_2003_Can-Labor-Regulation-Hinder-Economic-Performance-Evidence-from-India.pdf) (2003) — Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess
2. [NCAER Paper III](https://ncaer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Paper-III-AchyutaAdhvaryu.pdf) — Achyuta Adhvaryu, on productivity and capital in small Indian firms
3. [The Contractualisation of Workforce in India's Factories Continues](https://ceda.ashoka.edu.in/the-contractualisation-of-workforce-in-indias-factories-continues/) — CEDA, Ashoka University
4. [Informal, Tradables, and Employment Growth in Indian Manufacturing](https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/informal-tradables-and-employment-growth-indian-manufacturing) — CEPR VoxEU
5. [India Labor Edition](https://the1991project.com/sites/default/files/2024-09/4999_Rajagopalan_Shah_India_Labor_Edition_MR_v1-compressed.pdf) — Shruti Rajagopalan and Shobana Shah, The 1991 Project
6. [Chapter on East Asian industrialisation](https://academic.oup.com/book/10201/chapter-abstract/272997002?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false) — Oxford Academic
7. [NBER chapter on South Korea's economic transformation](https://www.nber.org/system/files/chapters/c7859/c7859.pdf)
8. [A Rural Non-Farm Sector in Taiwan](https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/389881468914960627/pdf/A-rural-non-farm-sector-in-Taiwan.pdf) — World Bank
9. [Paper on China's manufacturing-led industrialisation](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1043951X11000587) — ScienceDirect
10. [Paper on Vietnam's manufacturing transition](https://hal.science/hal-04010729/) — HAL Science

## Legal Statutes & Codes

1. Factories Act, [1948](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/15097/1/factory_acta1948-63.pdf)
2. Industrial Disputes Act, 1947
3. Minimum Wages Act, 1948
4. Apprentices Act, 1961
5. Industrial Relations Code, [2020](https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/22040/1/aa202035.pdf)
6. Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

## Reports

1. Economic Survey, [chapter on India's "missing middle"](https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/doc/echapter.pdf)
2. [OECD Compendium of Productivity Indicators 2025: Productivity in SMEs and Large Firms](https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-compendium-of-productivity-indicators-2025_b024d9e1-en/full-report/productivity-in-smes-and-large-firms_968cffa9.html)
3. [White Paper on India's labour compliance burden](https://cdn-static.teamleaseregtech.com/static/pdf/White_Paper_Labour_Day.pdf) — TeamLease RegTech
4. [India's Services Sector: Insights from Employment Trends and State-Level Dynamics](https://niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2025-10/Indias_Services_Sector_Insights_from_Employment_Trends_State_level_Dynamics.pdf) — NITI Aayog
5. [Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Report 2019](https://labourbureau.gov.in/uploads/pdf/Industrial-Disputes-Act,-1947-Report_2019.pdf) — Labour Bureau
6. [Report on manufacturing wages relative to other sectors in Asia](https://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/wcmsp5/groups/public/@asia/@ro-bangkok/@sro-new_delhi/documents/publication/wcms_638305.pdf) — ILO
7. [Women, Business and the Law 2026](https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstreams/4407cff6-6c6b-44cf-b89b-d1260f1a0700/download) — World Bank

## Articles & Blog Posts

1. [Measuring Manufacturing](https://www.dataforindia.com/measuring-manufacturing/#lf-ftntref8) — Data for India
2. [Factories](https://www.dataforindia.com/factories/) — Data for India
3. [India vs China in Manufacturing: Which Country Is Right for Your Product?](https://india2west.com/india-vs-china-in-manufacturing-which-country-is-right-for-your-product-in-2025/) — India2West
4. [Can India Be the Alternative for Companies Moving Out of China?](https://www.theindustryoutlook.com/manufacturing/panorama/can-india-be-the-alternative-for-companies-moving-out-of-china-nwid-1523.html) — The Industry Outlook
5. [Viet Nam Adapts, India Caps](https://prosperiti.substack.com/p/50-viet-nam-adapts-india-caps) — Prosperiti
6. [Labour Flexibility for the Win](https://prosperiti.substack.com/p/43-labour-flexibility-for-the-win) — Prosperiti
7. [No Room to Grow](https://prosperiti.substack.com/p/no-room-to-grow) — Prosperiti
8. [Lower the Bar, Increase the Earnings](https://prosperiti.substack.com/p/lower-the-bar-increase-the-earnings) — Prosperiti
9. [42: Week Ideas](https://prosperiti.substack.com/p/42-week-ideas) — Prosperiti
10. [Double or Nothing](https://prosperiti.substack.com/p/double-or-nothing) — Prosperiti
11. [Dangerous Paternalism](https://prosperiti.substack.com/p/dangerous-paternalism) — Prosperiti