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Labour Reforms and Growth in Manufacturing Employment in India

Goldar, Bishwanath; Kukreja, Prateek; Puri, Havishaye - 2023

There has been limited research on the impact of labour regulations on the growth in manufacturing employment in India … sector of Indian manufacturing, which accounts for only about 20-25 per cent of the total manufacturing employment in India … research has been mainly on the amendments made by different states in India to the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (IDA). The …

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Raising the Economic Participation of Women in India : A New Growth Engine?

Sorsa, Piritta - 2015

policies. More and better jobs for women in India could raise growth by about 2 percentage points a year over time. This … Working Paper relates to the 2014 OECD Economic Survey of India (http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-india.htm). …

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Are women important for economic development? : an evidence on women's participation in labor market and their contribution to economic growth in 83 world countries

Lechman, Ewa; Okonowicz, Anna - 2013

A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to educational infrastructure, women become better educated, improve their skills and capabilities, gain possibilities to enter the labour market and use financial resources to...

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What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries : The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth

Hazans, Mihails - 2011

European Social Survey data on 30 countries, covering years 2004-2009, are used to look into joint institutional [and other macro] determinants of the rates of dependent employment without a contract, informal self-employment, and unemployment (secondary jobs are not accounted for). Consistently...

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Constraining Growth : Advance Layoff Notice and Corporate Innovation

Guernsey, Scott; Kim, Gunchang; Lin, Yupeng - 2023

The recent wave of tech sector layoffs has highlighted concerns about worker protection from abrupt job loss. This paper introduces a new quasi-natural experiment, the state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which reflects these concerns by mandating advance notice to displaced...

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Effects of reducing gender gaps in education and labour force participation on economic growth in the OECD

Thévenon, Olivier; Ali, Nabil; Adema, Willem; Salvi … - 2012

This paper assesses the extent to which the increase in women’s human capital, as measured by educational attainment, has contributed to economic growth in OECD countries over the past five decades. Using cross-country/time series data covering 30 countries from 1960 to 2008 on education (the...

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Gender Equality and Economic Development : The Role for Information and Communication Technologies

Chen, Derek H.C. - 2016

Chen focuses on the role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play in improving gender equality, so as to enhance long-term economic growth. Employing OLS and IV panel regressions with country fixed-effects, he shows that increases in the level of ICT infrastructure tend to...

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Vers une croissance plus inclusive en Tunisie

De la Maisonneuve, Christine; Larbi, Hédi; Dridi, Raja - 2018

Le niveau de vie moyen des Tunisiens a augmenté de façon continue depuis plusieurs décennies tandis que la pauvreté et les inégalités ont largement diminué grâce à la mise en oeuvre de nombreux programmes sociaux. L’accès aux infrastructures de base telles que l’eau potable ou...

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Structural policies to boost productivity and inclusion in Costa Rica

Meehan, Lisa - 2018

Owing to past structural reforms, Costa Rica has enjoyed robust GDP growth and productivity levels are gradually converging towards the OECD average. However, large GDP per capita and productivity gaps persist. In addition, not everyone has benefited from this growth. Inequality has increased...

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Prioritising Inclusion in Addressing Barbados’ Development Challenges

Heron, Taitu; Piggott, Donnya - 2020

This is a policy paper which examines the development challenges of the Caribbean island of Barbados against the backdrop of the government's decision to enter into a structural adjustment agreement with the International Monetary Fund in 2018. The paper gives an overview of Barbados' trajectory...

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