01131nam a22001577a 4500 522003 522003 230307b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Ghosh, Saibal 38266 Firm performance and productivity: Is labour an obstacle? The Indian Journal of Labour Economics 65(3), Jul-Sep, 2022: p. 709-728 Using cross-sectional data on SMEs, the paper examines the importance of labour obstacles on their performance and productivity. The findings indicate that labour obstacles are an important impediment affecting firm behaviour: a one standard deviation increase in such obstacles lower sales by 6–8% and employment by 2–5%. In addition, we find that such obstacles are more acute in case of women-focused firms. Taken together, these findings extend the literature on labour obstacles to small firms and suggest that policy needs to focus on this hitherto neglected aspect of SME behaviour. – Reproduced SME, Labour obstacles, Sales, Employment, Productivity. 36617 The Indian Journal of Labour Economics LABOURS AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 396688 IIPA IIPA 2023-03-07 65(3), Jul-Sep, 2022: p. 709-728 AR128265 2023-03-07 AR