In 1991, the Indian economy underwent major economic reforms, after several decades of following an inward looking development strategy. This workshop will examine the implications of economic reforms on the productivity performance of firms and industries in Indian manufacturing. We invite original and methodologically rigorous papers covering any area related to the theme of the workshop. We are particularly interested in papers that examine issues relating to the data quality of the Indian industrial data-base, and apply novel econometric methods in the estimation of productivity using firm or industry level data. We are also interested in papers specifically dealing with the productivity and efficiency of the unorganized/informal manufacturing sector.

This workshop is hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in conjunction with Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research (CMDR) Dharwad and IDPM, University of Manchester, UK, and sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council, UK. The organizers will pay apex air fare within India and will take care of local hospitality. Full-length papers (not more than 10,000 words, and with an abstract of 150 words, with full contact details of the author(s)) must be submitted to the conference organizers at the following e-mail address esrcconf@gmail.com by November 30th, 2010.

Decisions on whether paper submissions have been accepted for the workshop will be communicated by December 31st, 2010.

Dr Vinish Kathuria     Dr Rajesh Raj S N       Prof Kunal Sen
(IIT Bombay)              (CMDR Dharwad)       (IDPM, University of Manchester, UK)