Productivity and Competition in India’s Brick Industry
A survey of the brick industry shows productivity dispersion, attributable to technology differences and efficiency variation
Abstract
A detailed survey of the Indian brick industry shows substantial productivity dispersion, attributable to both technology differences as well as within-technology efficiency variation. In contrast to results from developing countries, we find no increase in productivity in larger (potentially more competitive) markets, nor do entrants have significantly higher productivity than exiting firms.
This work is part of the Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) programme
Citation
Keniston, D. PEDL Research Note. Productivity and Competition in India’s Brick Industry. Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), (2020) 4 pp.