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Understanding NREGA: A Simple Theory and Some Facts
Sinha, Uday Bhanu; Mukherjee, Diganta - eSocialSciences - 2010
A developing economy like India is often characterised by a labour market with demand and supply of labour and a wage … certain number of labour days in a year. In this paper, using a simple theoretical model, we have analysed the impact of NREGA … scheme on (i) rural labour market, (ii) income of the poor households and (iii) overall agricultural production. It is seen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682006
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Impact of Preventive Health Care of Indian Industry and Economy
Chadha, Alka; Mehdi, Ali; Malik, Garima - eSocialSciences - 2007
The empirical evidence on the relationship between preventive health care and labour productivity and corporate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528113
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Macroeconomic Impacts of Foreign Exchange Reserve Accumulation: Theory and International Evidence
Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Kon, Yoshifumi - eSocialSciences - 2010
Recently, a dramatic accumulation in foreign exchange reserves has been widely observed in developing countries. This paper explores the possible long-run impacts of this trend on macroeconomic variables in developing countries. We analyze a simple open economy model where increased foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682003
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For Love or Money? Motivating Workers
Naeem, Saima; Zaman, Asad - eSocialSciences - 2013
worker productivity. [PIDE Working Papers]. URL:[http://www.pide.org.pk/pdf/Working%20Paper/WorkingPaper-90.pdf]. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945280
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Protocol on Prevention,Rescue, Repatriation and Rehabilitation of Trafficked & Migrant Child Labour
Labour, Ministry of; Employment MoL&E - eSocialSciences - 2008
, repatriation and rehabilitation of trafficked and migrant child labour. Comments are invited by the Ministry and may be sent to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005699125
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The Intergenerational Effects Of Worker Displacement
Oreopolous, Philip; Page, Marianne; Stevens, Ann Huff - eSocialSciences - 2005
This paper uses variation induced by firm closures to explore the intergenerational effects of worker displacement. Using a Canadian panel of administrative data that follows almost 60,000 father-child pairs from 1978 to 1999 and includes detailed information about the firms at which the father...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528101
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Transition to Market and Normative Framework of Fiscal Federalism
Rao, M. Govinda - eSocialSciences - 2006
are determined, the determination of administered prices, impediments to internal trade and movement of labour and capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528223
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Bondage In Freedom Colonial Plantations in Sounthern India c. 1797-1947
Raman, K. Ravi - eSocialSciences - 2007
Opposing views persist with regard to the emergence of plantations in southern India and the transfer of slave labour … coercive/disciplinary strategies adopted by the planters which in effect gave rise to a new labour regime. It also attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528294
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Judicial Intervention in the Contract of Employment: Some Reflections on Labour Adjudication in India.
Singh, Jaivir - eSocialSciences - 2008
The industrial dispute act 1947, provides the basis for settling disputes that may arise between employers and employees. According to the act if concerned parties are unable to resolve the dispute, they have several options open to them. One possibility is to set up a so called Works Committee...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487597
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Human Cost of Making Bricks
Kant, Nalini - eSocialSciences - 2006
In India, thousands of women, men and children slave away in the brick kilns. Common to almost all brick kilns is the use of violence, over or implicit. Women and girls, however, are profoundly affected. Many girls and young women are raped, numbers of families are held as virtual slaves, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005487763