Labour and Development

Essays in Honour of Prof. T.S. Papola

K.P. Kannan (Ed.)‚ Rajendra P. Mamgain (Ed.)‚ Preet Rustagi (Ed.)

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This edited volume brings together current debates and policy concerns through the collection of papers on labour and development ranging from issues of informality, small scale sector; economic reforms; wages and earnings; caste and discrimination; gender and work; sectoral and regional dimensions; to labour institutions, regulation and collective bargaining. The contributors to this volume are well-known scholars who have provided latest information and critical analyses on these vast range of issues as a tribute to Professor Papola for his lifetime research work and rich contributions to the study of labour in the process of economic development. All those readers interested in social and economic issues relating to labour, employment and development will find much of value in this volume organised in eight sections:

 I. ECONOMIC REFORMS, 
     LABOUR AND DEVELOPMENT

 

 II. INFORMALITY AND SMALL SCALE SECTOR 

 

 III. WAGES AND EARNINGS

 

 IV. CASTE AND DISCRIMINATION IN LABOUR MARKET

 

 V. GENDER, WORK AND EMPLOYMENT

 

 VI. SECTORAL AND REGIONAL DIMENSIONS

 

 VII. LABOUR INSTITUTIONS, REGULATION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

 

 VIII. REMEMBERING PROFESSOR T.S. PAPOLA
        (30 AUG 1941 – 23 NOV 2015)

 

Praise for this book

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


About the Author(s) / Editor(s)

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.


Contributors

Y.K. Alagh 

Sheila Bhalla

Biswajit Chatterjee

Ruchika Chaudhary

Aparajita Dhara

Ajit K. Ghose

Jayati Ghosh

Bishwanath Goldar

Rizwanul Islam

Manoj Jatav

Praveen Jha

A.V. Jose

K.P. Kannan

Arun Kumar

S. Madheswaran

Rajendra P. Mamgain

Arup Mitra

Ajaya Kumar Naik

Swayamsiddha Panda

Aviral Pandey

Gerry Rodgers

Satyaki Roy

Preet Rustagi

Partha Pratim Sahu

Satadru Sikdar 

Ajit Kumar Singh 

Ravi Srivastava 

K.R. Shyam Sundar

Suresh R.

Sukhadeo Thorat

Sher S. Verick

 

Contents in Detail

 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 

I
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 

 

II
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 

 

III
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. 

 

IV
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 

 

V
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 

 

VI
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 

 

VII
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

 

VIII
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 

Publisher AF Press
Publication Date 2017
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ISBN 9789332703810
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About the Book

This edited volume brings together current debates and policy concerns through the collection of papers on labour and development ranging from issues of informality, small scale sector; economic reforms; wages and earnings; caste and discrimination; gender and work; sectoral and regional dimensions; to labour institutions, regulation and collective bargaining. The contributors to this volume are well-known scholars who have provided latest information and critical analyses on these vast range of issues as a tribute to Professor Papola for his lifetime research work and rich contributions to the study of labour in the process of economic development. All those readers interested in social and economic issues relating to labour, employment and development will find much of value in this volume organised in eight sections:

 I. ECONOMIC REFORMS, 
     LABOUR AND DEVELOPMENT

 

 II. INFORMALITY AND SMALL SCALE SECTOR 

 

 III. WAGES AND EARNINGS

 

 IV. CASTE AND DISCRIMINATION IN LABOUR MARKET

 

 V. GENDER, WORK AND EMPLOYMENT

 

 VI. SECTORAL AND REGIONAL DIMENSIONS

 

 VII. LABOUR INSTITUTIONS, REGULATION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

 

 VIII. REMEMBERING PROFESSOR T.S. PAPOLA
        (30 AUG 1941 – 23 NOV 2015)

 

Praise for this book

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


About the Author(s) / Editor(s)

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.


Contributors

Y.K. Alagh 

Sheila Bhalla

Biswajit Chatterjee

Ruchika Chaudhary

Aparajita Dhara

Ajit K. Ghose

Jayati Ghosh

Bishwanath Goldar

Rizwanul Islam

Manoj Jatav

Praveen Jha

A.V. Jose

K.P. Kannan

Arun Kumar

S. Madheswaran

Rajendra P. Mamgain

Arup Mitra

Ajaya Kumar Naik

Swayamsiddha Panda

Aviral Pandey

Gerry Rodgers

Satyaki Roy

Preet Rustagi

Partha Pratim Sahu

Satadru Sikdar 

Ajit Kumar Singh 

Ravi Srivastava 

K.R. Shyam Sundar

Suresh R.

Sukhadeo Thorat

Sher S. Verick

 

Contents in Detail

 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 

I
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 

 

II
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 

 

III
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. 

 

IV
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 

 

V
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 

 

VI
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 

 

VII
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

 

VIII
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 

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ISBN 9789332703810
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