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The Impact of NREGA on Rural-Urban Migration: Field survey of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu

Jacob, Naomi - eSocialSciences - 2013

Migration can act as a negative force. It can lead to distress migration, which is what happens when people have to go to cities to find work because they cannot survive on what they can earn in their own villages. Can NREGA be used to curb rural urban migration? [CCS Working Paper No. 202].

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Urbanization in India: Evidence on Agglomeration Economies

Mitra, Arup - eSocialSciences - 2011

The paper examines the urbanization pattern with context of India. The paper deals with various demographic aspects of urbanization. Also the paper focuses on characteristics and classes of cities, and poverty and slums. [Working Paper 141]. URL: [http://fgks.in/IndexServer/tifac/article/141.pdf]

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Myth of Chinese Labour Flexibility

Sundar, K.R. Shyam - eSocialSciences - 2014

India has been a land of myths. Industrial relations are no exception to this trend. The arguments in the name of supporting the chorus for labour law and governance reforms, when reviewed carefully would show several myths surrounding the debate. In consonance with the globalization ideology,...

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Review of Philippine Migration Laws and Regulations Gains, Gaps, Prospects

Ambito, Julyn S - eSocialSciences - 2012

The Philippines has often been cited as the global model in managing international labor migration. Despite the complexity of our management infrastructure, however, some gaps still remain. This paper reviews the Philippine legal and administrative framework governing the recruitment,...

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Jobs and Livelihoods Mapping the Landscape

IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2014

wage informal employment, and scarcity of decent regular wage employment. The collection of essays discuss the labour … that skill development, inclusion of women, agricultural employment and social security need special focus. The articles … and employment. …

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State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2011-12

RBI, Reserve Bank of India - eSocialSciences - 2012

The budgetary data for 2011-12 indicates the commitment of States to carry forward fiscal correction, as evident from the emergence of revenue surplus after a gap of two years and consequent reduction in fiscal deficit-GDP ratio. Notwithstanding the improvement in the revenue account, the...

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Rural Labor and Rural Nonagricultural Activities in the Philippines

Sanchez, Maria Teresa C - eSocialSciences - 2012

of rural nonagricultural employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural … of labor allocation and their sources of income as well as the structure of employment. It also makes use of labor market … employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural labor markets particularly for …

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The Intergenerational Effects Of Worker Displacement

Oreopolous, Philip; Page, Marianne; Stevens, Ann Huff - eSocialSciences - 2005

employment shock to outcomes among individuals whose fathers did not, we find that children whose fathers were displaced have … annual earnings about 9 per cent lower than similar children whose fathers did not experience an employment shock. They are … also more likely to receive unemployment insurance and social assistance. The estimates are driven by the experiences of …

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Judicial Intervention in the Contract of Employment: Some Reflections on Labour Adjudication in India.

Singh, Jaivir - eSocialSciences - 2008

The industrial dispute act 1947, provides the basis for settling disputes that may arise between employers and employees. According to the act if concerned parties are unable to resolve the dispute, they have several options open to them. One possibility is to set up a so called Works Committee...

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India Labour Market Report 2008

Bino Paul G.D - eSocialSciences - 2009

discussion papers on themes such as employment, employability, labour law, and educational attainment, has provided useful cues …

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