The key features of the book are as follows:
- A critical survey of the neo-liberal theories
relating to wages, employment and labour flexibility.
- A three-digit classification of industry
data in India to explain the recent phase
of 'job-less growth' including casualization.
- Firm-level data to test the impact of opening
up of economy on output and employment.
- A large body of primary field-survey data
on work, education, age, skill, casualization
and living conditions of workers, presented
through reader-friendly tables and figures.
- A labour security index for different categories
of workers which shows the declining levels
of various forms of labour security in terms
of income, work, financial status, etc.
- A critical look at the recommendations
of the National Commission of Labour with
its advocacy of labour market flexibility
and an undermining of the role of trade unions.
The book will attract a wide readership amongst
students and researchers in social sciences
and social activists and policy makers within
the country and overseas.
Contents
Introduction
Alternate Approaches to Labour Economics: Theory
and Practice
The Indian Manufacturing Sector and Labour:
An Aggregative Picture
Labour Under Stress: An Assessment Based on
Primary Information
Profiles of Industry and Labour on the Basis
of Field Surveys
Labour Security in Indian Organized Manufacturing
Industries
Labour Market Policies in India
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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