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Regional Disparities in Wage Employment Dynamics: A Decade of Economic Reforms in India
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
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 emphasis on the regional dimension. The workforce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372550
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State Intervention and Labour Market in India: Issues and Options
Majumder, Rajarshi; Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
State interventions into Labour policies in India are directed towards ensuring both job security and income security. In this paper we look at likely impact of such policies. The laws are found to serve the organised workers primarily while large masses of unorganised workers are without any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836599
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Tertiarisation of the Indian labour market: a new growth engine or sending distress signals?
Mukherjee, Dipa; Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Tertiarisation of labour market has globally been associated with economic progress. But in developing countries, labour market deformities may push people into service economy out of distress also. This paper examines the tertiarisation process in Indian labour market to bring out the reasons...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616990
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Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences
Calmfors, Lars; Forslund, Anders; Hemström, Maria - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002
) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper discusses the mechanisms through which ALMPs affect (un)employment … open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in …. There should be a greater emphasis on holding down long-term unemployment in general and a smaller emphasis on youth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651865
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The Changing World of Work and No-Work
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
Inadequate utilisation of available manpower is a perennial problem in India, with Open Unemployment (OU) being a major …-Open Unemployment SOU), and Lack of Adequate Returns from jobs (incidence of poverty among more or less regular workers or Non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260184
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State Intervention and Labour Market in India: Issues and Options
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
State interventions into Labour policies in India are directed towards ensuring both job security and income security. In this paper we look at likely impact of such policies. The laws are found to serve the organised workers primarily while large masses of unorganised workers are without any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260210
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Post-reform Trends in Wage-Differentials: A Decomposition Analysis for India
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Wage inequality often creates much broader socio-economic inequality and may even accentuate them. For attaining equitable development convergence in wages and earnings is therefore desirable. This paper explores trends and patterns in wage differentials in India in the post reform period. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835894
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A Decade of Economics Reforms: Whither Employment?
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Employment creation and wage security have been primary goals of developing countries. The present paper analyses the wage-employment scenario in India in the post-reform period. The workforce structure is exhibiting upward mobility across wage classes, moving towards regular employment, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836043
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Women Employment in The New Economy: Clouds and Some Sunshine
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The last decade has witnessed greater participation of women in the labour market, especially in new arenas of economic activity. While opportunities have increased, traditional biases against women still exist, both while accepting women as workers and while wage setting. This paper explores...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836830
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Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment – some cross-country evidence
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
This paper summarizes a set of expert reports commissioned by the IFAU. The expert reports cover Estonia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of scope and design. And in each country there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502566