Labour, employment and economic growth in India / edited by K.V.Ramaswamy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramaswamy, K. V., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor supply--India.

Labor supply.

Labor market--India.

Labor market.

Economic development--India.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Labour, Employment & Economic Growth in India

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Productive employment opportunities constitute the primary ingredient of economic transformation and inclusive growth. This volume examines India's development experience in the sphere of labour, employment, structural change and institutional challenges in the recent past. The contributors have extended the boundaries of contemporary debate in a variety of ways by undertaking fairly detailed empirical analysis of selected aspects of growth and employment change in India. They uncover the recent patterns of change, between and within sectors over time that challenges popular beliefs and understanding of employment growth in India. Analysis of population ageing, gender discrimination, impact of labour regulation; institutional analysis; dynamics of judicial interpretation of laws protecting workers in the years of economic liberalisation among others have enriched the content. The volume contributes to our knowledge of India's labour market and sheds light on employment challenges in an economy undergoing rapid growth and economic transformation.

Contents:

Economic growth and employment

Introduction and review of issues / 1.K.V.Ramaswamy

India's labour market during the 2000s / Jayan Jose Thomas

Services-led growth and employment in India / Ajit Ghose

Growth,structural change and poverty reduction : evidence from India / Rana Hasan, Sneha Lamba and Abhijit Sengupta

Age structure transition, population ageing and economic growth : new evidence from India / M.R.Narayana

Labour intensity in Indian manufacturing : measurement, patterns and determinants / Deb Kusum Das,Kunal Sen and Pilu Chandra Das

Gender discrimination in manufacturing employment in India, 1999-2009 / B.N.Goldar and Suresh Aggarwal

Employment and labour law

From rigidity to flexibility : changes in the Indian labour market / Bibhas Saha

Employment protection legislation and threshold effects / K.V.Ramaswamy

Who is a worker? : searching the theory of the firm for answers / Jaivir Singh

Labour jurisprudence of the supreme court : recent trends / Ramapriya Gopalakrishnan

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-316-39100-0

1-316-39180-9

1-316-39220-1

1-316-39240-6

1-316-39200-7

1-316-39160-4

1-316-15647-8