India that provide fall back mechanisms and evaluates how they compare with systems in selected comparator countries and …

In this paper, we undertake an evaluation of the laws governing wages in India, identify their shortcomings and offer … regulations in India do not measure up to the standards adopted in peer countries and in some respect fall short of the … recommendations in ILO Conventions. Some of our laws are very complex and this makes enforcement difficult. The Code on Wages Bill …

agricultural wages in India. Depending on the underlying theoretical mechanism, private wages can either respond to contemporaneous … on wages. Identification of program impact is achieved by partialling out a host of district and year specific controls …. We find a significant positive impact on wages through the stock effect. In contrast, we do not find an immediate jump in …

need for better regulation of the informal labour market in India … India using the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Employment-Unemployment Survey (EUS) data for the four major rounds …

India over the period of 2004-2012. Combining matching procedures with difference-in-difference, the paper estimates both … the short-run and the long-run impact of the legislation on real wages and employment opportunities. Results show a … positive impact of the legislation on real wages in the short-run, with no significant impact in the long-run. Further, the …

What impact does minimum wage legislation have on wages and employment opportunities in an informal sector in a … developing country? The paper answers this question in the context of minimum wage legislation for domestic workers in India over … extensive robustness checks, the paper estimates both the short-run and the long-run impact of the legislation on real wages and …