Labour Research In India

Author : Indian Society of Labour Economics
Publisher : Bombay : Popular Prakashan
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Labor
ISBN : UOM:39015030419132

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Labour Research in India by Indian Society of Labour Economics Pdf

Compilation of articles on the research methods applied in India to study work matters - covers statistical methods used for the compilation of labour force and employment statistics, reviews research studies on wages, conciliation and arbitration procedures, social security, labour relations, labour productivity, occupational psychology, the economic implications of labour costs, etc. References.

Author : K.R. Shyam Sundar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811371110

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Globalization, Labour Market Institutions, Processes and Policies in India by K.R. Shyam Sundar Pdf

This book explores the effects of product market and labour market reforms on firms, labour institutions and labour rights in the economic and industrial relations system in India. India has over the years liberalized its economy through a broad range of reforms concerning the product market and complementing these it has also sought to reform the labour market and the industrial relations system. The book assesses the impact of these reforms on both the formal and informal labour markets in India, critically examines the labour processes and uncovers/describes precarious conditions of labour in various industries and occupations, and analyzes the dynamics involved in the making of industrial, employment and labour policies in contemporary India.

Author : K. V. Ramaswamy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107096806

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Labour, Employment and Economic Growth by K. V. Ramaswamy Pdf

"Discusses some key aspects in the interrelated areas of economic development, employment and structural change"--

Author : Supriya Routh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317910664

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Enhancing Capabilities through Labour Law by Supriya Routh Pdf

In 2002 the International Labour Organization issued a report titled ‘Decent work and the informal economy’ in which it stressed the need to ensure appropriate employment and income, rights at work, and effective social protection in informal economic activities. Such a call by the ILO is urgent in the context of countries such as India, where the majority of workers are engaged in informal economic activities, and where expansion of informal economic activities is coupled with deteriorating working conditions and living standards. This book explores the informal economic activity of India as a case study to examine typical requirements in the work-lives of informal workers, and to develop a means to institutionalise the promotion of these requirements through labour law. Drawing upon Amartya Sen’s theoretical outlook, the book considers whether a capability approach to human development may be able to promote recognition and work-life conditions of a specific category of informal workers in India by integrating specific informal workers within a social dialogue framework along with a range of other social partners including state and non-state institutions. While examining the viability of a human development based labour law in an Indian context, the book also indicates how the proposals put forth in the book may be relevant for informal workers in other developing countries. This research monograph will be of great interest to scholars of labour law, informal work and workers, law and development, social justice, and labour studies.

Author : India. Labour Bureau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Industrial relations
ISBN : CORNELL:31924071737468

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Digest of Indian Labour Research by India. Labour Bureau Pdf

Author : Dipak Mazumdar,Sandip Sarkar
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415436113

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Globalization, Labor Markets and Inequality in India by Dipak Mazumdar,Sandip Sarkar Pdf

India's increased exposure to world markets and relaxation of domestic controls has given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, but its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which the new developments have created.

Author : Achin Chakraborty,Subhanil Chowdhury,Supurna Banerjee,Zaad Mahmood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108492249

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Limits of Bargaining by Achin Chakraborty,Subhanil Chowdhury,Supurna Banerjee,Zaad Mahmood Pdf

Analyses the dynamics of the capital-labour bargaining process in the context of the changing nature of the state and market as a result of the adoption of policies of liberalisation and globalisation in India. The analytical point of departure is the nature of collective bargaining in the organised sector of West Bengal since economic liberalisation.

Author : Anamitra Roychowdhury
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351058865

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Labour Law Reforms in India by Anamitra Roychowdhury Pdf

Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understand the subject, and empirically examines to what extent India’s ‘jobless growth’ may be attributed to labour laws. There is a pervasive view that the country’s low manufacturing base and inability to generate jobs is primarily due to rigid labour laws. Therefore, job creation is sought to be boosted by reforming labour laws. However, the book argues that if labour laws are made flexible, then there are adverse consequences for workers: dismantled job security weakens workers’ bargaining power, incapacitates trade union movement, skews class distribution of output, dilutes workers’ rights, and renders them vulnerable. The book: identifies and critically examines the theory underlying the labour market flexibility (LMF) argument employs innovative empirical methods to test the LMF argument offers an overview of the organised labour market in India comprehensively discusses the proposed/instituted labour law reforms in the country contextualises the LMF argument in a macroeconomic setting discusses the political economy of labour law reforms in India. This book will interest scholars and researchers in economics, development studies, and public policy as well as economists, policymakers, and teachers of human resource management.

Author : T. S. Papola,Gerry Rodgers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008711744

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Labour Institutions and Economic Development in India by T. S. Papola,Gerry Rodgers Pdf

The academic discussion on labour policy issues whether those of industrial relations, labour market structures, or conditions of work often takes place independently of discussions on macro-economic policies or development strategies. To promote an exploration of these issues, the International Institute for Labour Studies has initiated a comparative review of institutional and developmental patterns in Asia. India's experience, by virtue of its historical continuity and diversity, is a valuable point of departure for the larger exercise.

Author : Jan Breman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108482417

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Capitalism, Inequality and Labour in India by Jan Breman Pdf

Jan Breman analyses labour bondage in India's changing political economy from 1962 to 2017. Focusing on what has happened since Independence, he argues that colonial rule changed the country's agrarian economy. Capitalism has led to progressive inequality, lack of welfare and the exclusion of the dispossessed from mainstream society.

Author : Arup Mitra,Aya Okada
Publisher : Springer
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811071430

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Labour Market Participation in India by Arup Mitra,Aya Okada Pdf

This book focuses on the gender-specific labour force participation rates across regions in India and identifies its most important determinants. Before concentrating on the Indian context, it examines the participation rates of various countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Not unexpectedly, the study shows that the rate is significantly lower for females than for males in this region. The rural–urban differentials are more pronounced and the inter-state variations are more sizable among females than males. Even in large cities, the female labour market participation is lower than that in the rural areas despite higher levels of education. However, in terms of inter-spatial (rural/urban/city) variations, the impact of infrastructure, education, health and urbanization on the labour force participation of both genders is quite distinct. On the whole, the study reinforces the stance that women’s participation in productive activities has a doubly positive impact; it not only raises the household income, but also contributes to the wellbeing of the household. These findings are important from a policy perspective, as different infrastructure variables are confirmed to improve both participation and labour productivity. As such, the book offers a valuable resource not only for researchers, but also for NGOs and policymakers.

Author : Sobin George,Shalini Sinha
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351602488

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Redefined Labour Spaces by Sobin George,Shalini Sinha Pdf

This book discusses the transformation of labour movements and trade unionism in post-liberalised India. It looks at emerging collectivism, both in formal and informal sectors, and relates it to changing political and industrial relations. Bringing together studies of resistance, struggles and new forms of negotiations from different industries –agriculture, fisheries, brick kiln, plantations, IT, domestic workers, shipbreakers, sex workers, and miners –this book exposes the myths, realities and challenges that the present generation of workers in India face and struggle with. With contributions from leading thinkers in the field, the work deepens the understanding of the current Indian labour spaces, possibilities for contestations and articulations from below. The volume will be useful to students and researchers of labour studies, economics, sociology, development studies and public policy. It will be an invaluable resource to those engaged with industrial relations, trade unions, human rights, social exclusion as well as labour organisations and research institutions.

Author : Dipak Mazumdar,Sandip Sarkar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000115697

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Globalization, Labour Markets and Inequality in India by Dipak Mazumdar,Sandip Sarkar Pdf

India started on a program of reforms, both in its external and internal aspects, sometime in the mid-eighties and going on into the nineties. While the increased exposure to world markets (‘globalization’) and relaxation of domestic controls has undoubtedly given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines in detail these aspects of post-reform India and discerns the changes and trends which these new developments have created. Providing an original analysis of unit-level data available from the quinquennial National Sample Surveys, the Annual Surveys of Industries and other basic data sources, the authors analyse and compare the results with other pieces of work in the literature. As well as describing the overall situation for India, the book highlights regional differences, and looks at the major industrial sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and tertiary services. The important topic of labor market institutions - both for the formal or organized and the unorganized sectors - is considered and the possible adverse effect on employment growth of the regulatory labor framework is examined carefully. Since any reform of this framework must go hand in hand with better state intervention in the informal sector to have any chance of acceptance politically, some of the major initiatives in this area are critically explored. Overall, this book will be of great interest to development economists, labour economists and specialists in South Asian Studies.

Author : S. Irudaya Rajan,Prem Saxena
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811392245

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India's Low-Skilled Migration to the Middle East by S. Irudaya Rajan,Prem Saxena Pdf

This book provides new insights and research studies on how developing countries come to terms with the nationalisation policies of Gulf economies that provide employment for their nationals. Focusing on regions and countries that have traditionally been overlooked, it includes studies on labour migration from Egypt to the Middle East and from the Philippines to Lebanon, migrant experiences and policy prospects in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, and Indian migration to the Gulf. The book fills a critical gap in migration research by studying migration from various Indian states, such as Tamil Nadu, Telugu-speaking states (Telangana and Andhra Pradesh), Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. It also explores the unexpected phenomenon of demographic windows of economic opportunity (not documented in demographic literature) observed in a few Arab countries due to older migrant expatriates returning to their home country; the impact of international out-migration on intergenerational educational mobility among children in migrant-sending households in Kerala; and forced migration of Kerala Muslims to the Gulf.

Author : Pankaj Kumar,Jaivir Singh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811084447

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Issues in Law and Public Policy on Contract Labour in India by Pankaj Kumar,Jaivir Singh Pdf

This book discusses the increasing use of contract labour in India that has accompanied attempts to liberalise the economy. After briefly examining Indian labour laws and public policy, it juxtaposes the country’s labour market practices with international labour standards. The questions that are raised are then explored through a series of empirical studies investigating the use of contract labour in a variety of industries and locations, manifesting a wide-spectrum of concerns including labour standards, productivity and employment relations. The set of comparative research studies within India are supplemented with a field study from the Shenzhen and Guangzhou industrial regions of South China, which are in an advanced stage of industrial development. The unprecedented inflow of capital into China has captivated many developing countries, including India, which has gone on to mimic similar strategies particularly in terms of labour market deregulation. In this context, a set of crucial questions arise – can enforcing ‘labour market flexibility’ in itself provide the required impetus for a nation’s industrial growth? Is the Chinese success in becoming the major destination for foreign direct investments (FDIs) a consequence of a flexible labour regime or is there some other concealed strength to be found in Chinese labour market institutions? In particular it needs to be noted that after double-digit growth for more than 25 consecutive years, China has recognised some of the fallacy of its development path and in 2008 adopted fairly stringent labour laws, which now regulate its labour market. This Chinese trajectory perhaps has lessons for India and other countries that are still struggling on the liberal path. In particular, the Chinese example helps put the Indian field studies in perspective and provides insights into India-specific policy recommendations that could also be useful for the developing world. The book concludes with the observation that where production entails long-term relationships, the interests of both the employer and the workers need to be maintained sustainably. As the title suggests, the book provides takeaways, not only for academics and researchers working in this field but also for lawyers, consultants, politicians, bureaucrats, and policymakers.