Rana Hasan

Asian Development Bank

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1.

Financial Sector Development, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Literature Review

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 173
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 May 2010
Juzhong Zhuang, Herath M. Gunatilake, Yoko Niimi, Muhammad Ehsan Khan, Yi Jiang, Rana Hasan, Niny Khor, Anneli Lagman Martin, Pamela Bracey and Biao Huang
Consultant, University of Peradeniya, Doshisha University, Binghamton University, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Asian Development Bank - Economic Research, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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What Constrains Indian Manufacturing?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Feb 2009
Poonam Gupta, Rana Hasan and Utsav Kumar
Delhi School of Economics, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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De-licensing, external finance dependence, infrastructure intensity, labour intensity, manufacturing, reforms

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Quality of Jobs in the Philippines: Comparing Self-Emloyment with Wage Employment

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 148
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 May 2010
Rana Hasan and Karl Robert Jandoc
Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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The Role of the Middle Class in Economic Development: What Do Cross-Country Data Show?

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 245
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Apr 2011
Natalie Chun, Rana Hasan and Mehmet Ali Ulubasoglu
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and Deakin University - Department of Economics
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middle class, class stratification, cross-country, economic and consumption growth, investment, Economic Working Paper No. 245

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Closing Development Gaps: Challenges and Policy Options

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Closing Development Gaps: Challenges and Policy Options

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 209
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Aug 2010
Douglas Brooks, Rana Hasan, Jong-Wha Lee and Hyun H. Son
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Korea University and Asian Development Bank
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Development gaps, economic growth, human capital, infrastructure, governance, social protection, health, education, trade, finance

Closing Development Gaps: Challenges and Policy Options

Asian Development Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Douglas Brooks, Rana Hasan, Jong-Wha Lee, Hyun H. Son and Juzhong Zhuang
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Korea University, Asian Development Bank and Consultant
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Development gaps, economic growth, human capital, infrastructure, governance, social protection, health, education, trade, finance

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Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality in the Philippines

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 195
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Jun 2010
Rana Hasan and Karl Robert Jandoc
Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
Downloads 337 (184,960)
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The Distribution of Firm Size in India: What Can Survey Data Tell Us?

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 213
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 23 Sep 2010
Rana Hasan and Karl Robert Jandoc
Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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Size Distribution of Firms, Labor Regulations, India

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Big Reforms but Small Payoffs: Explaining the Weak Record of Growth in Indian Manufacturing

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 19 Feb 2009
Poonam Gupta, Rana Hasan and Utsav Kumar
Delhi School of Economics, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
Downloads 276 (228,365)
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What Works to Control COVID-19? Econometric Analysis of a Cross-Country Panel

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 625
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Feb 2021
Liming Chen, David Raitzer, Rana Hasan, Rouselle Lavado and Orlee Velarde
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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COVID-19, cross-country data, economic impact, nonpharmaceutical interventions

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Surveys of Informal Sector Enterprises - Some Measurement Issues

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 183
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 01 Jun 2010
Kaushal Joshi, Rana Hasan and Glenita Amoranto
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
Downloads 177 (352,710)
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Informal Sector, Informal Sector Enterprises, Measurement of GDP, Survey Questionnaires, Enterprise Profits

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Effects of Trade and Services Liberalization on Wage Inequality in India

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 268
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Aug 2011
Aashish Mehta and Rana Hasan
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Asian Development Bank
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Trade Liberalization, Services Liberalization, Inequality India, India, IND, Economics Working Paper No. 268

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The Effects of Labor Regulation on Firms and Exports: Theory and Evidence from Indian Apparel

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Nov 2017
Asha Sundaram, Aashish Mehta and Rana Hasan
University of Auckland Business School, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Asian Development Bank
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firms, labor regulation, exporters, India

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Poverty Impact of the Economic Slowdown in Developing Asia: Some Scenarios

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper No. 153
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 May 2010
Rana Hasan, Maria Rhoda Magsombol and Jewelwayne Cain
Asian Development Bank, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Missouri-Columbia
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Skills and Activity Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Trends and Drivers for Asia

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 496
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Oct 2016
Gaaitzen J. De Vries, Quanrun Chen, Rana Hasan and Zhigang Li
University of Groningen, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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functional upgrading, global multiregional input–output model, global supply chains, structural decomposition analysis, World Input-Output Database

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Place-Based Preferential Tax Policy and its Spatial Effects: Evidence from India's Program on Industrially Backward Districts

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 534
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Jun 2018
Rana Hasan and Radine Michelle Rafols
Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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backward districts, place-based policy, preferential tax, sharp regression discontinuity, spatial spillovers

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Faster, Taller, Better: Transit Improvements and Land Use Policies

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Faster, Taller, Better: Transit Improvements and Land Use Policies

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 31 Oct 2023
Liming Chen, Rana Hasan, Yi Jiang and Andrii Parkhomenko
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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urban, transit, land use, building heights, transportation, transit-oriented development, spatial equilibrium, development, India

Faster, Taller, Better: Transit Improvements and Land Use Policies

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 14 Dec 2023
Liming Chen, Rana Hasan, Yi Jiang and Andrii Parkhomenko
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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urban, transit, land use, building heights, transit-oriented development, India

Faster, Taller, Better: Transit Improvements and Land Use Policies

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 702
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Nov 2023
Liming Chen, Rana Hasan, Yi Jiang and Andrii Parkhomenko
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
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urban, transit, land use, building heights, transportation, transit-oriented development, spatial equilibrium, development, India

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Public Goods Access and Juvenile Sex Ratios in Rural India: Evidence from the 1991 and 2001 Village Census Data

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 167
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 May 2010
Anil B. Deolalikar, Rana Hasan and Rohini Somanathan
University of California, Riverside (UCR) - Department of Economics, Asian Development Bank and University of Delhi - Department of Economics
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Trade Reforms, Labor Regulations and Labor-Demand Elasticities: Empirical Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w9879
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Rana Hasan, Devashish Mitra and K. V. Ramaswamy
Asian Development Bank, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - Development Research
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Urban Agglomeration Effects in India: Evidence from Town-Level Data

Asian Development Review 34:2
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Rana Hasan, Yi Jiang and Radine Michelle Rafols
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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agglomeration, formal sector, Indian city

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Urban Agglomeration and Firm Innovation: Evidence from Asia

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 616
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Jul 2020
Liming Chen, Rana Hasan and Yi Jiang
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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agglomeration economies, innovation, knowledge spillovers

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Labor Market Regulations in the Context of Structural Transformation

Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper Series No. 543
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Jun 2018
Priyaranjan Jha, Rana Hasan and Erik Jan Eleazar
University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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dismissal regulations, informal employment, minimum wage, severance payments, structural transformation

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Wages Over the Course of Structural Transformation: Evidence from India

Asian Development Review 36:2, 2019
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Sep 2019
Rana Hasan and Rhea Molato
Asian Development Bank and University of the Philippines, Diliman - School of Economics
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structural change, wage level and structure, wages

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Accounting for Inequality in India: Evidence from Household Expenditures

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 117
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Aug 2024
Jewelwayne S Cain, Rana Hasan, Rhoda A. Magsombol and Ajay Tandon
Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank and World Bank
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consumption expenditure, economic growth, India, inequality, poverty

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Institutions and Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Private Sector Development 

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 82
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Aug 2024
Rana Hasan, Devashish Mitra and Mehmet Ali Ulubasoglu
Asian Development Bank, Syracuse University - Department of Economics and Deakin University - Department of Economics
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institutions, policies, economic growth, poverty reduction, private sector operations

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What Constrains Indian Manufacturing?

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 119
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Aug 2024
Poonam Gupta, Rana Hasan and Utsav Kumar
DG, National Council of Applied Economic Research, Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank
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employment, growth, India, infrastructure, manufacturing

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The Effects of Labor Regulation on Firms and Exports: Evidence from Indian Apparel Manufacturing

Journal of Comparative Economics, 49(1), 183-200. doi:10.1016/j.jce.2020.04.007, The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series
Posted: 11 Jan 2022
Rana Hasan, Aashish Mehta and Asha Sundaram
Asian Development Bank, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of Auckland Business School

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labor regulation, exports, India, apparel, manufacturing, firms

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Under-Representation of Disadvantaged Classes in Colleges: What Do the Data Tell Us?

Economic and Political Weekly (of India), September 2, 2006
Posted: 03 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2015
Rana Hasan and Aashish Mehta
Asian Development Bank and University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

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Correcting for Biases When Estimating Production Functions: An Illusion of the Laws of Algebra?

Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 32, Issue 3, pp. 441-459, 2008
Posted: 20 Jun 2008
Jesus Felipe, Rana Hasan and J. S. L. McCombie
De La Salle University, Asian Development Bank and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Accounting identity, Endogeneity, Omitted-variable bias, Production function