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Majority of the open firms (more than 90%) from the selected states report data on NVA, materials consumed, fuels consumed, fixed capital, number of workers, directly employed workers, wages to directly employed workers, and profits. The positive differential effect of EPL on labour productivity can be attributed to incentives for firms or employees under pro-worker EPL regimes to invest in firm-specific training ([6]) and innovations ([1]; [19]; [25]). The coefficient on EPL dummy, included in the second regression, is negative (-0.09) and significant at 1% level of significance, suggesting that firms operating under pro-worker EPL employ lesser workers as compared to pro-employer states. Keywords: employment protection legislation; labour disputes; judicial outcomes; labour market segmentation; wages EN employment protection legislation labour disputes judicial outcomes labour market segmentation wages 101 122 22 05/19/22 20220401 NES 220401 1 Introduction The labour law debate has occupied a central place in Indian policy circles especially in the recent years ([33]; [38]; [45]). [Extracted from the article]