About the Book
Table of 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
About the Author :
K.P. Kannan, ICSSR National Fellow and Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. He is also Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, and a Member of the International Panel on Social Progress, a global collective of social scientists led by Amartya Sen, engaged in preparing a global report called Rethinking Society in the 21st Century.
Rajendra P. Mamgain, Professor of Economics at the Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow. He is also the Managing Editor of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics.
Preet Rustagi, Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. She is also the Honorary Secretary of the Indian Society of Labour Economics.
Review :
Trilok Singh Papola was a distinguished economist, a classic researcher, a committed institution-builder, an insightful policy practitioner, and a wonderful human being, who made an enormous contribution to the study of labour and development in India. This volume of essays, by his colleagues and students, is a splendid tribute to his economic thinking and intellectual talents. It will be valuable reading for teachers, students and researchers in economics, as well as for policymakers in development."" — Deepak Nayyar, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and President, Indian Society of Labour Economics
""Papola pioneered an Indian approach to labour economics. Through his research, teaching and policy advocacy, he widened and enriched our understanding of Indian labour problems. The present volume, by some of the best-known experts in the field, embodies Papola’s vision; it covers a wide range of issues: from the role of labour markets and collective bargaining to wages and earnings; from gender and discrimination to informality; from economic reforms to the role of labour in development. Students, researchers, practitioners and those interested in social and economic issues will find much of value in this volume."" — J. Krishnamurthy, Formerly of the International Labour Organization
""The essays in this volume provide extremely enriching insights on various aspects of labour markets and their interactions with development processes in India. The volume is a befitting tribute to the memory of Prof. T.S. Papola, one of the outstanding thinkers on labour and development issues."" - Alakh N. Sharma, Editor, Indian Journal of Labour Economics; Director, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi
