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Law, skills and the creation of jobs as "contract" work in India : exploring survey data to make inferences for labour law reform

Singh, Jaivir; Das, Deb Kusum; Choudhury, Homagni; … - 2016

The paper begins with a discussion of Indian labour law and the increasing use of "contract labour" in Indian formal manufacturing. We question the widespread perception that employment of contract labour provides flexibility to employers in terms of adjustment in response to demand and...

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Determinants and persistence of benefits from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme : panel data analysis for Rajasthan, India

Jha, Raghbendra; Gaiha, Raghav; Pandey, Manoj K.; … - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 27 (2015) 2, pp. 308-329

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Structural changes in employment in India, 1980-2011

Krishna, K. L.; Aggarwal, Suresh Chand; Erumban, Abdul Azeez - 2016

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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 and labour market flexibility : an exploratory assessment of contract labour use in India's formal manufacturing

Das, Deb Kusum; Choudhury, Homagni; Singh, Jaivir - 2015

One particularly significant piece of labour legislation in India is the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act … referred to as 'contract' labour in India. This paper seeks to examine this Act and its implication for manufacturing … employment in India. While empirical evidence seems to indicate the presence of large number of 'contract' workers in the Indian …

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