Returns to productive assets for workers: evidence from a mobility experiment in an Indian firm

This brief examines how subsidising productive capital for workers impacts worker productivity and firm output.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
23 October 2025
Country:
India
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Economic Growth
First published:
15 September 2025
Authors:
Sarkar, S.

Abstract

The author partners with a large platform firm in India to study how subsidizing productive capital for workers at a firm impacts worker productivity and firm output.

This research is part of the G2LM Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries programme.

Citation:

Sarkar S. ‘Returns to productive assets for workers: evidence from a mobility experiment in an Indian firm’ G2LM LIC Policy Brief No. 77, 2025

Returns to productive assets for workers: evidence from a mobility experiment in an Indian firm

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