书目名称 | Employment in the Informal Sector in India |
编辑 | Ishita Mukhopadhyay |
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概述 | Discusses key questions, such as whether informal employment is replacing formal employment.Presents a review of primary field based research in some other representative areas.Compares the status of |
丛书名称 | India Studies in Business and Economics |
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描述 | .This book examines the transition, transformation and future of the informal sector, informal work and informal workers in India from the perspectives of development economics as well as those of international organisations..Though the informal sector has a long tradition in India, it has been transformed in the wake of neoliberal economic policy. The sector took on new prominence in the 1980s, and has since grown much stronger and established itself as the country’s dominant sector. Several reports on the informal sector appeared during this period, and the status of the sector in India is positioned in the context of this international scenario..The major debate concerns the definition of this sector. While international labour statisticians had suggested a mechanism of definition and measurement of the sector, Indian official statistics took a different approach. The book analytically elaborates the different definitions and measurement controversies in different countries and contextualises the official Indian position. While deliberating on the size, contribution, productivity, and potential of the informal sector, the heterogeneity and decomposition of the sector with res |
出版日期 | Book 2022 |
关键词 | Neoliberal Policy in India; Globalisation and Labour; Informal Sector Employment; International Labour; |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0841-7 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-15-0843-1 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-15-0841-7Series ISSN 2198-0012 Series E-ISSN 2198-0020 |
issn_series | 2198-0012 |
copyright | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022 |