Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why …

of methodological approaches - factor content, growth accounting and econometric modelling. We also compare India …

The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

The caste system - a system of elaborately stratified social hierarchy - distinguishes India from most other societies … India, with Dalits or Scheduled Castes (SC) clustered in occupations that were the least well paid and most degrading in … terms of manual labour. Along with the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the SCs have the highest incidence of poverty in India, with …

paper, we show that frictions in the labour market leading to monitoring costs tend to reduce the growth of the firm via two … time on productive activities leading to failures of firm's projects. (2) The need to pay a premium wage over the market …, measured by hiring of non family labour, indicating frictions in the labour market may outweigh the effects of the easing of …

of methodological approaches - factor content, growth accounting and econometric modelling. We also compare India … labour. -- international trade ; manufacturing ; employment ; India …