Globalization, Labour Markets and Inequality in India

ISBN-13: 9780415544856 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str.

Dipak Mazumdar;Sandip Sarkar;¬Abar

Opis

India's increased exposure to world markets and relaxation of domestic controls has given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, but its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which the new developments have created.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: An Overview of Globalization, Reforms and Macro-Economic Developments in India  Part 1: Trends in Poverty, Inequality, Employment and Earnings  2. Poverty, Growth and Inequality in the Pre- and Post-Reform Periods and the Patterns of Urbanization in India: An Analysis for All-India and the Major States  3. Trends in Employment and Earnings 1983-2000  4. Accounting for the Decline in Labor Supply in the Nineties  Part 2: Regional Dimensions  5. Some Implications of Regional Differences in Labor Market Outcomes in India Ahmad Ahsan and Carmen Pages  6. Trend in Regional Disparities in Poverty, Incidence: An Analysis based on NSS Regions  Part 3: Employment and Earnings in the Major Sectors  7. Agricultural Productivity, Off-Farm Employment and Rural Poverty: The Problem of Labor Absorption in Agriculture  8. Employment Elasticity in Organized Manufacturing in India  9. Dualism in Indian Manufacturing: Causes and Consequences  10. Growth of Employment and Earnings in the Tertiary Sector  Part 4: Labor Market Institutions  11. Regulations, Enforcement and Adjudication in Indian Labor Markets: Origins, Consequences and the Way Forward Ahmad Ahsan, Carmen Pages and Tirthankar Roy  12. Strengthening Employment and Social Security for Unorganized Workers Philip O’Keefe  13. Epilogue.  Conclusions