Employment Policy in Emerging Economies: The Indian Case

ISBN-13: 9780367873530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 174 str.

Elizabeth Hill; Amitendu Palit

Opis

India’s employment policy over the past three decades provides an important case study for understanding how government attitudes to the labour market contribute to an emerging economy’s growth and development. This study contains important insights on the policy challenges faced by one of the world’s most populous, labour abundant economies.

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Preface

Part I: Employment Policy in the Global and National context

1. Re-thinking employment in in the Indian economy: Inclusive growth and well-being (Elizabeth Hill)

2. Employment policy in the international development agenda and its relevance in India (Catherine Saget)

3. Judicial production of labour market flexibility: Contract labour employment in Indian organised manufacturing (Deb Kusum Das, Jaivir Singh, Homagni Choudhury)

4. Employment and education: Policy challenges (Ratna M. Sudarshan)

Part II: Employment Policy in Practice

5. Economic growth without employment: The story of Indian manufacturing (Jayan Jose Thomas)

6. Self-Employment: dimensions, diversity and polcy settings (Supriya RoyChowdhury and B. P. Vani)

7. Employment policy to promote the participation of women in the Indian labour force (Sher Singh Verick)

8. The Effectiveness of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Promoting Employment and Social Inclusion (Salim Lakha)

9. Jobs in India: the crisis of less and loss (Amitendu Palit)

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O autorze

Elizabeth Hill is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Amitendu Palit is Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Trade and Economic Policy) at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) in the National University of Singapore.