India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human … SEZs lend themselves to human development concerns, in India. Employment generated by zones is remunerative. Wage rates are … study examines the sectoral and economic composition of SEZ activities in India. It finds that labour intensive, skill …

). To achieve more and better employment (where 'better' depends on such factors as rate of pay, job security, employment … protections, and type of work), analysts and donors need to understand better how employment, growth, poverty and other factors … interact, how unemployment is caused, and how employment can be improved. At the same time, drawing on practical experience …

large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … estimates suggest that large dam construction in India is a marginally cost-effective investment with significant distributional …

than with non-oil growth. Employment was the most important source of income growth for all deciles. Poorer households …

as employment, low pay, social transfers and poverty. This paper presents basic empirical evidence on the validity of … (wage compression) and employment performance, or between employment performance and poverty. Instead we find a strong and …, the incidence of low wage employment and social expenditure are also strongly and (negatively) related. We examine these …