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| Title: | | Lifting the veil: The face of TFP in an Indian rail mill  |
| Authors: | | Das, Sanghamitra Krishna, Kala M. Lychagin, Sergey Somanathan, Rohini |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper: Industrial Organisation 3515 |
| Abstract: | | We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations at the Bhilai Rail and Structural Mill (RSM) in India to understand how output rose sharply in response to competitive pressures. Output increases came predominantly from reductions in production delays of various kinds. We model interruptions to the production process as a function of worker characteristics and training and find that a large part of the avoidable delay reductions are attributable to a particular form of training, suggesting that such investments can have very high returns. Our work suggests very high returns to knowledge-enhancing investments in emerging economies. |
| Subjects: | | Total Factor Productivity (TFP) plant level data competitiveness and trade |
| JEL: | | D24 J24 L23 L61 M53 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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