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This edited volume brings together current debates and policy concerns through the collection of papers on labour and development ranging from issues of informality, small scale sector; economic reforms; wages and earnings; caste and discrimination; gender and work; sectoral and regional dimensions; to labour institutions, regulation and collective bargaining. The contributors to this volume are well-known scholars who have provided latest information and critical analyses on these vast range of issues as a tribute to Professor Papola for his lifetime research work and rich contributions to the study of labour in the process of economic development. All those readers interested in social and economic issues relating to labour, employment and development will find much of value in this volume organised in eight sections:
I. Economic Reforms, Labour and Development
II. Informality and Small Scale Sector
III. Wages and Earnings
IV. Caste and Discrimination in Labour Market
V. Gender, Work and Employment
VI. Sectoral and Regional Dimensions
VII. Labour Institutions, Regulation and Collective Bargaining
VIII. Remembering Professor T.S. Papola (30 AUG 1941 - 23 NOV 2015)
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
About the Editors/Contributors
Preface
T.S. Papola: A Reminiscence, Yoginder K. Alagh
Labour and Development: Introduction and Overview, K.P. Kannan, Rajendra P. Mamgain and Preet Rustagi
Economic Reforms, Labour and Development
1. Employment Policy in Developing Countries with Particular Focus on Economic Crises and their Aftermath, Rizwanul Islam
2. Economic Growth and Employment in India, Ajit K. Ghose
3. Employment Creation under Conditions of Jobless Growth: The Potential of India's Micro and Small Enterprises, K.P. Kannan
4. India's Demographic Dividend: Theoretical Antecedents and Empirical Evidence, Sheila Bhalla, Arun Kumar and Manoj Jatav
Informality and Small Scale Sector
5. Growth and Informality in the Indian Economy, Ravi Srivastava and Ajaya Kumar Naik
6. 'Informality' and Neo-Liberalism: Changing Norms and Capital's Control, Satyaki Roy
7. Unorganised Sector in India: Employment Elasticity and Wage-Productivity Nexus, Arup Mitra and Aviral Pandey
Wages and Earnings
8. Real Wages in Rural India, A.V. Jose
9. How do Self-Employed Workers in India Perceive their Earnings? Partha Pratim Sahu
10. Contract Labour in Organised Manufacturing in India, Bishwanath Goldar and Suresh R.
Caste and Discrimination in Labour Market
11. Caste and Labour Market Discrimination: Discussion on Forms and Remedies, Sukhadeo Thorat
12. Occupational Diversification in India: Trends and Determinants, Rajendra P. Mamgain
13. Is Affirmative Action Policy for the Private Sector Necessary? S. Madheswaran
Gender, Work and Employment
14. Who Works in India? The Implications of Defining Work in the Indian Statistical System, Jayati Ghosh
15. The Participation of Women in the Labour Force in India and Beyond, Sher Verick and Ruchika Chaudhary
16. Gender Dimensions of Work and Employment in India, Preet Rustagi
Sectoral and Regional Dimensions
17. Dynamics of Rural Non-farm Employment: Findings of a Field Study in Uttar Pradesh, Ajit Kumar Singh
18. Education and Access to Rural Non-farm Employment in West Bengal, Biswajit Chatterjee and Aparajita Dhara
Labour Institutions, Regulation and Collective Bargaining
19. Labour Institutions and Economic Development in India: Back to the Future, Gerry Rodgers
20. Associational Power of Workers in Neo-Liberal India: An Exploration and Preliminary Explanations, Praveen Jha, Swayamsiddha Panda and Satadru Sikdar
21. Productivity Aspects in Collective Bargaining in Recent Years in the Post-Reform Period in India, K.R. Shyam Sundar
Remembering Professor T.S. Papola (30 August 1941-23 November 2015), T.S. Papola and the Development of Labour Economics in India, Gerry Rodgers
Obituary: T.S. Papola (1941-2015), Alakh Sharma and Ravi Srivastava
Professor T.S. Papola: Notable Contributions
