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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, 1970 (CLA,1970), which regulates labour hired by firms through the offices of a labour contractor - such labour being referred to as 'contract' labour in India. This paper...
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The employment effects of collective wage bargaining
Fanfani, Bernardo - 2022
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Wage differentials, bargaining protocols, and trade unionism in mid-twentieth century American labor markets
Pencavel, John H. - 2020
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European multinational companies and trade unions in Eastern and East-Central Europe
Myant, Martin - 2020
The fact that multinational companies operate (MNCs) in more than one country can be expected to lead to a weaker bargaining position for labour. However, there are hopes that these companies may, under certain circumstances, transfer good employment practices from their home countries. This...
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The visible hand : the role of government in China's long-awaited industrial revolution
Fortier, George E.; Wen, Yi - 2016
fundamental mechanisms behind China's rapid industrialization. This article reviews the New Stage Theory of economic development … Xiaoping in 1978: namely, small-scale commercialized agricultural production, proto-industrialization in the countryside, a …'s economic rise is that the extent of industrialization is limited by the extent of the market. One of the key strategies behind …
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The making of an economic superpower : unlocking China’s secret of rapid industrialization
Wen, Yi - 2015
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Escaping the middle-income trap : a cross-country analysis on the patterns of industrial upgrading
Wang, Lili; Wen, Yi - 2018
developed western world by going through three developmental stages sequentially; namely, a proto-industrialization in the rural …, economies stuck in the low-income trap or middle-income trap did not follow the above sequential stages of industrialization …. For example, many Eastern European and Latin American countries after WWII jumped to the stage of heavy industrialization …
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Mapping the future of high value manufacturing in India
Kathuria, Rajat; Kedia, Mansi; Balakrishnan, Uttara - 2014
Indi's stagnating manufacturing sector has become a serious cause of concern for Indian policy makers. Several reasons have been identified for this slowdown, including lack of policy focus, unsupportive external environment, etc. Given the importance of the manufacturing sector and its...
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Accounting for the growth of real wages of U.S. manufacturing production workers in the twentieth century
Pencavel, John H. - 2024
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Structural change in industrial output : China 1995 - 2010
Albala-Bertrand, José M. - 2015
The aim of this paper is to learn about some patterns of sectoral and industrial structural change of the Chinese economy over the 1995-2010 period. To such a purpose, we set up a quantitative methodology via input-output modelling, which allows us to decompose gross output into some key demand...
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