India''s Informal Economy - Contractual Labour in the Formal Manufacturing Sector

This book investigates selected aspects of labour market informality in India. It examines the key factors that have expedited labour informality- contractualisation - in the manufacturing sector since the early 1990s.

List of contents

1. India's Informal Economy and Contractualisation 2. Informality of work and question of inclusion 3. Political Economy of Informalisation of Work 4. Dynamics of Informalisation: An Empirical Analysis 5. Formalisation for Inclusion:The Way Forward

About the author

Bir Singh is an Associate Professor of Economics at Delhi Colleges of Arts and Commerce, New Delhi, India.

Summary

This book investigates selected aspects of labour market informality in India. It examines the key factors that have expedited labour informality- contractualisation - in the manufacturing sector since the early 1990s.

Product details

• Authors: Bir Singh, Singh Bir
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032373713
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237371-3
• No. of pages: 158
• Series: Routledge Studies in Labour Economics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, India, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Political Economy, Economics of industrial organisation, Development economics & emerging economies, Manufacturing industries, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Development economics and emerging economies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Economics of industrial organization