Land Rezoning and Structural Transformation in Rural India

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dc.creatorBlakeslee, David
dc.creatorChaurey, Ritam
dc.creatorFishman, Ram
dc.creatorMalik, Samreen
dc.date2024-01-18T16:02:17Z
dc.date2024-01-18T16:02:17Z
dc.date2021-02-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:37:48Z
dc.descriptionZoning laws that restrict rural land to agricultural production pose an important institutional barrier to industrial development. We study the effects of the Industrial Areas (IA) program in Karnataka, India, which rezoned agricultural land for industrial use, but without the economic incentives common with other place-based policies. We find that the program caused a large increase in firm creation and employment in villages overlapping the IAs. Moreover, the surrounding areas experienced spillover effects, with workers shifting from agricultural to non-agricultural employment, and entrepreneurs establishing numerous small-scale service sector and agricultural firms.
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dc.identifierThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier1564-698X (online)
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40916
dc.identifier10.1596/40916
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/407772
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.relationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectINDUSTRIAL AREAS
dc.subjectPLACE-BASED POLICIES
dc.subjectSPILLOVERS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.titleLand Rezoning and Structural Transformation in Rural India
dc.titleEvidence from the Industrial Areas Program
dc.typeJournal Article

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