The employment structure of India's organised manufacturing sector has undergone substantial changes over the last … has attributed the widespread use of contract labour to India's rigid employment protection legislation. Using plant level … data from the Annual Survey of Industries, we find that in addition to labour market rigidities and the existence of a wage …

labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that … temporary workers contribute to firms’ labor productivity to a lower extent than permanent workers, while also having …

employment in India. While empirical evidence seems to indicate the presence of large number of 'contract' workers in the Indian … rigidities inhibiting employment expansion; but note needs to be taken of a ruling by the Supreme Court in 2001 which interpreted …

manufacturing. We question the widespread perception that employment of contract labour provides flexibility to employers in terms …

potentially green industries outperform the others in terms of employment, average wages, value added and productivity, net of … implies an increase in employment and value added. In contrast, average wages and labour productivity remain unchanged. These …

findings from the literature on how productivity, innovation, and employment were impacted by the Great Liberalizationa period … limits of trade policy in boosting employment and long-term productivity growth. Policymakers should manage their … employment effects. The results reinforce some of the key findings of the earlier literature, notably the positive …

Shock has affected the future growth rates of productivity, employment level, workforce composition, wages, export … outside Latin America. The results validate that the China Shock has significant effects on future growth rates for employment …In this paper, I use Colombian data from 1996-2013 to construct two datasets that are used to assess whether the China …

finding, however, pertains to the 'skills' variable. We find that firms with a higher employment of unskilled workers are more …

. -- Labor Intensity ; Employment Growth ; Labor Productivity ; Capital Productivity ; Organized Manufacturing … in order to understand their employment generation potential. Using the data from the Annual Survey of Industries … intensive industries during the selected time period. The increase in output failed to generate enough employment growth …