Among fast growing developing countries, India is distinctive for the role of the service sector. However, sceptics … implications for economic development. Using National Accounts Statistics and cross-county data, we show that the growth of … services has been broad-based. We show that the growth of service sector employment is not simply disguised manufacturing …

The literature on Rural Non-Agricultural Employment (RNAE) in India is replete with references as to its nature …-net function admirably by absorbing those who could not find employment in agriculture in the service sector and, to a lesser …

domestics in a state known for its prevalence of domestic service in colonial India. The replacement of male domestics by … females was further facilitated by the gradual decline in inter-state migration due to lack of employment opportunities in … children from the rural areas of the state to Calcutta city in search for employment between 1971 and 1981. …

In recent years, employment has fallen in the organised textile sector despite an aggregate rise in output and capital …. This paper analyses the role of various factors that in uence employment using 3- digit classication of Indian textile … industry from 1973-74 to 1997-98. Our results document that the fall in employment can be explained in terms of rise in wages …

The objective of this working paper is to examine the extent of employment oriented migration of females in India and … though the percentage is very small for employment oriented migration an analysis of work force participation of female … on the increase in response to the employment opportunities in export industries, electronic assembling and garment units …

This study makes an attempt to assess the impact of trade liberalization on services sector employment. Based on the … time series macro data, the elasticity of organised services sector employment with respect to value added and exports and … international trade on employment in the organized service sector. We have also tried to work out the direct and indirect effects of …

(IR) since independence. More specifically, the study aims to analyse the trends of output and employment for the period … study period across IR. The employment scenario across IR shows that the percentage share of the skilled management …

-known regularities in all of growth and development economics. Yet there is less than complete agreement on the nature of that …

Fertility trends in India exhibit much spatial variation, with some regions reaching total fertility rates below 2 … that have promoted or retarded declines in fertility. There is, however, a tendency to regard development and diffusion as … and social development and treat diffusion as an inherent process. This paper is an attempt to enlarge the focus to look …