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The paper begins with a discussion of Indian labour law and the increasing use of "contract labour" in Indian formal manufacturing. We question the widespread perception that employment of contract labour provides flexibility to employers in terms of adjustment in response to demand and...
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The present study attempts to investigate the factors affecting a firm's decision to hire contract workers. We use information from a specially commissioned survey of manufacturing firms undertaken in 2014 by ICRIER, as part of a World Bank funded project 'Jobs and Development: Creating...
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Today, as India treads the path of becoming a knowledge economy, we face a paradox of intensifying skill shortages …/education mismatch and analyse the economic returns/cost to over/under education in one of India's largest labour intensive industries … regular salaried/ wage employee or as casual wage labour) in India's T&C industry, we find that the overall educational …
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importance of GVCs in India's exports, by devoting an entire chapter, suggesting ways to integrate Indian firms into GVCs. With … supported by India's exports, it is also important to understand the skill composition of such jobs. In this regard, the present … by India's exports between 2003-04 and 2013-14 using an Input-Output (I-O) table framework. The analysis highlights …
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India's creative economy is large, but its untapped potential is even larger. This study provides the first reliable … measure on the size of India's creative economy, explores the many challenges faced by the creative industries, and provides … recommendations to make India one of the most creative societies in the world. India's creative economy-measured by the number of …
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