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1 online resource (166 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-161) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Unemployment -- India.
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Unemployment. |
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India. |
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Labor supply -- India.
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Labor supply. |
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India -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mathew, Elangikal Thomas, 1928- Employment and unemployment in India. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2006 0761935452 9780761935452 (DLC) 2006027543 (OCoLC)71006800 |
| ISBN |
9788132102816 (electronic book) |
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8132102819 (electronic book) |
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0761935452 |
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9780761935452 |
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