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Author Mathew, Elangikal Thomas, 1928-

Title Employment and unemployment in India : emerging tendencies during the post-reform period / E.T. Mathew
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (166 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Trends in employment -- Unemployment and underemployment -- Casualisation -- Feminisation of labour force -- Informalisation of employment -- Emerging opportunities for employment : the case of IT and IT-enabled services with special reference to business process outsourcing -- Summary and conclusions
Summary This book critically examines the emerging trends in employment and unemployment in the Indian Economy during the post-reform era. Using the latest round of NSS data, the author studies the impact of these structural economic reforms on:. - Employment generation, with reference to different and competing sectors-rural / urban; agricultural / non-agricultural; organised / unorganised. - Unemployment and underemployment, in terms of the apprehension that economic reforms lead to loss of employment. -Casualisation of employment- that is, a belief that reforms lead to increase in the proportion of
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Unemployment -- India
Labor supply -- India
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
Economic policy
Labor supply
Unemployment
Werkgelegenheid.
Werkloosheid.
SUBJECT India -- Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064896
Subject India
India.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132102816
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