India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human … SEZs lend themselves to human development concerns, in India. Employment generated by zones is remunerative. Wage rates are … study examines the sectoral and economic composition of SEZ activities in India. It finds that labour intensive, skill …

Between 2004/2005 and 2009/2010 there was a sharp fall in female labor force participation (LFP) in rural India. Why … there is a tendency for women to withdraw from the labor force to attend to domestic duties (income effect), that employment … and partly due to an education effect. We find no evidence of changes in employment opportunities or of social and …

In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 …, showing a much more nuanced picture of female labor force participation than one might expect. Recent trends in employment and …

Using manufacturing data for India, this paper studies the economic effects of legal amendments on two types of labor … laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation. We find that laws that increase employment protection … or the cost of labor disputes substantially reduce registered sector employment and output. These laws do no seem to …

exists in India. This paper exploits the institutional features of federally mandated employment quota policy to examine its …The world's biggest and arguably most aggressive form of employment based affirmative action policy for minorities … effect on labor market outcomes of two distinct minority groups. My main finding is that employment quota significantly in …

of methodological approaches - factor content, growth accounting and econometric modelling. We also compare India …'s employment outcomes with four other countries - Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Vietnam, where similar methodological … approaches were used. We find that the impact of international trade on manufacturing employment seems to be similar to those …

Among fast growing developing countries, India is distinctive for the role of the service sector. However, sceptics … services has been broad-based. We show that the growth of service sector employment is not simply disguised manufacturing … underscores the importance for India of continuing to invest in labour skills. We conclude that sustaining economic growth and …

to find a path toward faster growth in GDP, employment, and incomes, accompanied by more rapid progress on poverty …