1st Edition
Reform and Productivity Growth in India Issues and Trends in the Labour Markets
By Dibyendu Maiti
Copyright 2014
248 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
248 Pages
5 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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During the last two decades, India has experienced a high growth rate, but the contribution from productivity growth and technological progress has been very low. This has resulted in a poor performance in the employment generation in the formal sector, and this book examines this phenomenon and the Indian growth pattern.
Using primary and secondary data, the book looks at the impact of... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Market Distortions and Productivity Growth 3. Trade Reform and Productivity Growth 4. Labour Market Flexibility and Productivity Growth 5. Informal Sector, Subcontracting and Productivity Growth 6. Foreign Competition, Bargaining Power and Cost-Price Margin 7. Financial Crisis and Labour Market Adjustment 8. Contractualisation and Industrialization 9. Institutions and Issues of Industrial Growth in India 10. Summary and Concluding Observations
Biography
Dibyendu Maiti is Associate Professor in the School of Economics at the University of the South Pacific, Fiji.
