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This policy study seeks to move the debate on labour standards beyond the present stalemate onto a more constructive plane. While closely examining the economic arguments in this controversy, it is also concerned with the broader political and moral dimensions. The authors suggest that...
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The Commonwealth Games have been an eye opener in several ways. Behind the glitz of fancy stadiums, hotels, and apartments, lies the murky and sensitive death knell of a large majority of people whose livelihoods and habitats are at stake and who have become cheap pawns in the Commonwealth...
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Labour regulations like employment protection legislation in India are size-dependent rules and therefore constitute a …
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specified regulation(s). Relative to the regulation(s), four conceptual categories that can help frame the analysis are: (A …) regulation applicable and compliant, (B) regulation applicable and non-compliant, (C) regulation non-applicable after adjustment … of activity, and (D) regulation non-applicable to the activity. Rather than use thegeneric labels ‘informal’ and â …
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This paper studies the productivity impact of a contract change. The setting is a tea plantation in India. The activity …
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market scenario in India from different angles, highlighting the need for integrated labour policies. It has been recongnised …
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This report aims at quantifying the magnitude of gender-based disparities that women face in the organized sector of the Indian labour market, and track their progress over time. The extent of the gender pay gap is measured on various parameters such as age, educational qualifications, industry,...
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technology on wages and employment in Indian organised manufacturing industries in the post reforms period [WP No. 153] …
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The paper is a report of a survey done in Chitradurga District, Karnataka to know the functioning of NREGA and awarness of people about this Act.
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statistical life of workers in India. The discount rate is imputed from wage-risk trade-offs in which workers decide whether to … accept a risky job with higher wages. The estimated real discount rate ranges between 2.7 and 3 percent, which is closer to … other researchers in evaluating health projects in India and other developing countries. [WORKING PAPER 60/2011]. URL …
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