Employment and Labour Market in North-East India

Interrogating Structural Changes
Herausgeber: Xaxa, Virginius; Singha, Rajdeep; Saha, Debdulal

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines structural changes in the labour market in North-East India. It focuses on the nature, pattern and structure of work and employment in the region as well as documents emerging shifts in the labour force towards farm to non-farm dynamics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780367479411
• ISBN-10: 0367479419
• Artikelnr.: 69893228

Autorenporträt

Virginius Xaxa is Professor of Eminence and Bharat Ratna Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Chair at Tezpur University, Assam, India. Debdulal Saha is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Labour Studies and Social Protection, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Off Campus, Assam, India. Rajdeep Singha is Assistant Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for Labour Studies and Social Protection, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Guwahati Off Campus, Assam, India.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Contributors Preface List of Abbreviations
Introduction I. Structure and Patterns of Employment in North-East India
1. Labour and Labour Market in North-East India: A Historical Exploration
2. Changing Trajectories of Economic Growth and Employment in North-East
India: An Empirical Assessment 3. Structure and Quality of Employment in
North-East India: A Socio-Religious Analysis 4. Women's Employment in
North-East India: Trends and Patterns II. Work, Employment and Labour in
Industries 5. Beyond Standard Outcomes: State of Employment and Labour in
Tea Industry of Assam 6. Work, Control and Mobility in the Manufacturing
Industry: A Study of Cement Industry in Assam 7. Fostering Employment in
the Handloom Sector in the North-East through Cluster Development: A Case
Study of Mizoram 8. From Craft to Industry: Understanding the Dynamics of
Handloom Weaving in Manipur III. Migration and Labour Mobility 9.
Employment Potentials of Migrant Workers in Meghalaya: An Empirical
Exploration 10. Out-migration and Labour Mobility: Case Studies from Assam
IV. Employment Diversification 11. Rural Non-Farm Employment in North-East
India: A Temporal and Spatial Analysis 12. Trend, Composition and
Determinants of Rural Non-farm Employment in Assam and Its Implication for
Rural Income Distribution 13. Employment Diversification in Tripura Index