Labour, Employment and Economic Growth in India

Herausgeber: Ramaswamy, K. V.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines India's development experience in the sphere of labour, employment, structural change and institutional challenges in the recent past. It covers the recent patterns of change, between and within sectors over time that challenges popular beliefs and understanding of employment growth in India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 647g
• ISBN-13: 9781107096806
• ISBN-10: 1107096804
• Artikelnr.: 42558227

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables and figures
Preface
Part I. Economic Growth and Employment: 1. Introduction and review of issues K. V. Ramaswamy
2. India's labour market during the 2000s Jayan Jose Thomas
3. Services-led growth and employment in India Ajit K. Ghose
4. Growth, structural change and poverty reduction Rana Hasan, Sneha Lamba and Abhijit Sen Gupta
5. Age structure transition, population ageing and economic growth M. R. Narayana
6. Labour intensity in Indian manufacturing Deb Kusum Das, Kunal Sen and Pilu Chandra Das
7. Gender discrimination in manufacturing employment in India, 1999-2009 Bishwanath Goldar and Suresh Chand Aggarwal
Part II. Employment and Labour Law: 8. From rigidity to flexibility Bibhas Saha
9. Employment protection legislation and threshold effects K. V. Ramaswamy
10. Who is a worker? Jaivir Singh
11. Labour jurisprudence of the supreme court Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan
Contributors
Index.