Labour Law Reforms in India : All in the Name of Jobs.
"Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understanding the subject, and empirically examines to what extent India's 'jobless growth' may be attributed to labour laws. There is a perv...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Critical political economy of South Asia.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Present status of labour laws in India and their proposed amendments; 2 A critical examination of the labour market flexibility debate in India; 3 Explanation of jobless growth in Indian manufacturing and trends in labour conditions; 4 Identifying the theoretical structure underlying labour market flexibility and its critical examination; 5 Some market clearing models on labour market flexibility.
- 6 Effectiveness of labour market flexibility in face of effective demand constraint7 Labour market flexibility in an open economy context; 8 Concluding remarks: labour market flexibility and the proposal for laissez-faire capitalism; Bibliography.