Reform and productivity growth in India : issues and trends in the labour markets / Dibyendu Maiti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maiti, Dibyendu, author.

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; 120

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--India.

Labor market.

Economic development--India.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the last two decades, India has experienced a high growth rate, but the contribution from productivity growth and technological progress has been very low. This has resulted in a poor performance in the employment generation in the formal sector, and this book examines this phenomenon and the Indian growth pattern.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview of economic reform in India; 1.3 Growth and employment in India; 1.4 Labour legislation and labour market characteristics in India; 1.5 Productivity growth and employment: conceptual issues; 1.6 Issues and chapterisation; 2. Market distortions and productivity growth; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Productivity growth in India: experiences; 2.3 Theoretical framework; 2.4 Productivity growth in India; 2.5 Productivity growth and employment

2.6 Concluding remarks3. Trade reform and productivity growth; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Trade and productivity growth in India: what we know; 3.3 Market imperfections, trade and productivity growth in India; 3.4 Concluding remarks; 4. Labour market flexibility and productivity growth; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Contractualisation in India; 4.3 Productivity differential between types of labours; 4.4 Contractualisation and productivity growth in India; 4.5 Concluding remarks; Appendix A4; 5. Informal sector, subcontracting and productivity growth; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 R&D and productivity

5.3 Theoretical framework5.4 Informalisation and productivity growth in the formal sector; 5.5 Concluding remarks; 6. Foreign competition, bargaining power and cost-price margin; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The model; 6.3 Trade and labour market adjustments; 6.4 Concluding remarks; 7. Financial crisis and labour market adjust; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Effects of financial crisis in the organised sector in India; 7.3 Change in sectoral composition of workforce; 7.4 Change in types of employment; 7.5 Employment in export- and non-export-specific units; 7.6 Effect of the financial crisis on employee cost

7.7 Concluding remarks8. Contractualisation and industrialisation; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Profiles of the sample industries; 8.3 Production processes and integration level; 8.4 Labour contracts, flexibility and issues of industrialisation; 8.5 Concluding remarks; 9. Institutions and issues of industrial growth in India; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Relationship between investment climate and industrial growth; 9.3 Institutional factors affecting industrialisation; 9.4 Concluding remarks and policy implications; 10. Summary and concluding observations; 10.1 Summary; 10.2 Concluding observations

BibliographyIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8153-6908-5

1-315-88192-6

1-134-70828-9

1-134-70821-1

9781315881928

OCLC:

867928609