This paper studies the evolution of the rural non-farm sector in India and its contribution to the decline of poverty … close study over a period of six decades. Sample survey data indicate that the non-farm sector in rural India has grown …, through employment generation, and indirectly through an impact on agricultural wages. The paper illustrates that in Palanpur …

As India integrates into the global economy, its villages are integrating into a rapidly growing urban economy. One of …-farm activities takes them out of the village. In this paper, we take this first step by examining trends in employment outside the … there has been a rise in self-employment and non-farm casual labour; activities that take villagers outside Palanpur on a …

variation in not only resources but also constraints, and hence sorts individuals into two different types of self-employment …: entrepreneurial self-employment (i.e., incorporated business) and unincorporated self-employment. Using “Panel Study of Income … self-employment transitions, especially for men, but also for women. Cohabitation is a less supportive context for …

This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from …

This paper studies the dynamics of labour demand and the determinants of employment rates across the OECD. We find: (i …) labour demand adjusts less rapidly when employment protection is more strict and union density is higher; (ii) there is no … evidence that overall job turnover is influenced by employment protection; (iii) union density and coverage are negatively …

Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP growth on employment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which new … technology is embodied in new jobs. We estimate a model for employment, wages and investment with an annual panel for the United … States, Japan and Europe and find that TFP growth increases employment. For the United States TFP growth explains the trend …