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Child workers in India: an overview of macro dimensions

Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Child labour is in focus for last two decades as it robs children of the chance to enhance human capital. This paper … children in 2003-04, about 13 percent of total, are ‘Nowhere Children’. Incidence of Domestic Duties and Nowhere Children are … drive the children to the labour market. Lack of Educational infrastructure is found to be very important in this respect …

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Technological Upgradation in the Informal Manufacturing Sector: Possibilities and Problems

Mukherjee, Dipa; Mathur, Ashok - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

The informal sector in India has consolidated its position in the economy instead of fading away with time. It has taken up the challenges of the new economic dispension with vigorous competitiveness and amazing adaptation & enthusiasm. However, low labour productivity is one of the serious...

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Productivity in the Small Manufacturing Enterprises: Determinants and Policy Issues

Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The role of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in employment creation is widely acknowledged. But their contribution to national income is questioned because of their low productivity. The present paper tries to identify important determinants of productivity level in Small Manufacturing...

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Productivity in the Informal Manufacturing Sector: Regional Patterns and Policy Issues

Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The study uses a disaggregated approach to look into Labour Productivity in the informal manufacturing sector in India over the last two decades, especially Trends in productivity levels and regional disparities, its regional pattern, and Factors affecting the productivity levels. Wide variation...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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