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Author:   Dipak Mazumdar (University of Toronto, Canada) ,  Sandip Sarkar (Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.710kg
ISBN:  

9780415544856

ISBN 10:   0415544858
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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

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Dipak Mazumdar is Senior Research Associate, Munk Centre for Internatiuonal Sudies at the University of Toronto, Canada. He is the author of numerous publications on development economics. His co-authored book, with Ata Mazaheri, The African Manufacturing Firm was also published by Routledge in 2003. Sandip Sarkar is currently working as a Fellow with the Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi, India. His main areas of research interest are industry, poverty, labour and employment on which he has experience of over two decades. His recent major research project was on the impact of globalisation on labour market in India which is sponsored by International Development Research Council (IDRC), Canada. He has been extensively involved in several large research projects funded by reputed national and international agencies.

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