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since the introduction of globalisation process in terms of employment, labour absorption and the labour market conditions … in India. It is seen that the overall growth rate of the organised sector employment maintained its declining trend from … the period 1977-78 to 1999-2000. The growth rate of the public sector employment declined more than the private sector …
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Traditional official definition of ‘work’ in developing countries excludes large number of activities that are predominantly performed by women. Naturally official Female Labour Force Participation Rate is quite low in such countries. Women who are officially in the labourforce must...
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pass – key to employment and economic progress, which accounts for the high priority assigned to the growth and development …
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This paper studies the intergenerational persistence of industry in India. Using data from a nationally representative sample, we find that 62% young Indian men are employed in the same industry where their fathers are also employed. A set of simulations that assign young men randomly across...
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The Indian economy in the recent past is growing faster (6-9%) than its past rate of growth (3-4%) and it is even surpassing the rate of growth of many developed and developing countries all over the world. The Indian economy is showing high growth potential and it is one of those countries that...
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. The present paper examines the veracity of this by examining the trends in employment and earnings in this sector over the … nineties and analysing the factors affecting them. Most of the employment expansion has been in the unorganised sector where … wages have stagnated. Though real wages in the factories have declined employment therein has not increased. Interestingly …
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Employment creation and wage security have been primary goals of developing countries both from a national and a … regional perspective. The present paper analyses the wage-employment scenario in India in the post-reform period with special … regular employment, and shifting in favour of tertiary sector jobs – the pace decelerating in the second half of the study …
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aspects of labour law such as Alternative employment contracts, Regulation of working time, Regulation of dismissal, Employee …
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The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities … exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of Indian mandated employment quota policy to examine its … effect of 1- percent increase in employment quota for SCs increases their probability of finding a salaried job by 0 …
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In this paper, the basics of globalization, the economic reforms initiated in India and the trends in employment and …
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