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100			_aDas, Suraj Das, Simontini and Roy, Saikat Sinha _957795
245			_aFirm-size distribution in Indian manufacturing : Insights on the missing middle
260			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
300			_a60(39), Sep 27, 2025: p.48-54
520			_aApart from bimodality in the size distribution of firms, the literature also shows such incidence in the distribution of productivity and wages. Such evidence is, however, contested by a growing number of studies, and hence the substantiation on the “missing middle” is far from conclusive. Using microdata on organised manufacturing from the Annual Survey of Industries database covering 2002–03 to 2016–17, this paper proposes to address the much-debatable issue of the (non)-existence of the missing middle, suggesting methodological improvements in studying the size distribution of manufacturing firms. Empirical observations at the aggregate and disaggregate levels point to the fact that the very existence of the missing middle depends on the definition of manufacturing employment and the level of aggregation used. The results have implications for industrialisation policy, the pattern of mobility of firms within the manufacturing sector, and employment. – Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/39/special-articles/firm-size-distribution-indian-manufacturing.html
773			_aEconomic & Political Weekly
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