employment in India. While empirical evidence seems to indicate the presence of large number of 'contract' workers in the Indian …One particularly significant piece of labour legislation in India is the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act … referred to as 'contract' labour in India. This paper seeks to examine this Act and its implication for manufacturing …

The factors responsible for the lacklustre performance India's manufacturing are well identified in contemporary … changes in the conditions of competition in international markets. The regulations in India that impinge on labour flexibility …

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the … European employment agenda. The present paper focuses on the case of Belgium, France, Germany, and The Netherlands over the … period 1997–2011. First, we provide descriptive analysis of older workers’employment using data from the European Union …

increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …

Following a decline in employment and participation rates during the 1980s and 1990s, Israel managed to reverse these …

objective is to identify policy tools that help generate sustained increases in employment in the long run. Therefore, we focus …

We assess the effects of a sharp minimum wage increase on wages, informality, and employment in Turkey, a large …, we find no negative employment effects. However, we show that the minimum wage increase may have caused an increase in … the share of informal employment among workers with less than tertiary education, especially for such workers working for …

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …

compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are …