Roychowdhury Labour Law Reforms in India

All in the Name of Jobs
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-05885-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Critical Political Economy of South Asia

Labour market flexibility is one of the most closely debated public policy issues in India. This book provides a theoretical framework to understand the subject, and empirically examines to what extent India’s ‘jobless growth’ may be attributed to labour laws. There is a pervasive view that the country’s low manufacturing base and inability to generate jobs is primarily due to rigid labour laws. Therefore, job creation is sought to be boosted by reforming labour laws. However, the book argues that if labour laws are made flexible, then there are adverse consequences for workers: dismantled job security weakens workers’ bargaining power, incapacitates trade union movement, skews class distribution of output, dilutes workers’ rights, and renders them vulnerable. The book:

identifies and critically examines the theory underlying the labour market flexibility (LMF) argument
employs innovative empirical methods to test the LMF argument
offers an overview of the organised labour market in India
comprehensively discusses the proposed/instituted labour law reforms in the country
contextualises the LMF argument in a macroeconomic setting
discusses the political economy of labour law reforms in India.

This book will interest scholars and researchers in economics, development studies, and public policy as well as economists, policymakers, and teachers of human resource management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roychowdhury, Anamitra

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Present Status of Labour Laws in India and their proposed amendments

A Critical Examination of Labour Market Flexibility Debate in India

Explanation of Jobless Growth in India Manufacturing and trends in Labour Conditions

Identifying the Theoretical Structure underlying Labour Market Flexibility and its Critical Examination

Some Market Clearing Models on Labour Market Flexibility

Effectiveness of Labour Market Flexibility in face of Effective Demand Constraint

Labour Market Flexibility in an Open Economy Context

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Anamitra Roychowdhury teaches economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Previously, he taught at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. He completed his doctoral studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University and his areas of interest include development economics, labour economics, Indian economy and macroeconomics. He has published a number of research articles in many renowned international and national journals including International Labour Review, Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, Economic and Political Weekly and Social Scientist. His commentaries on contemporary economic issues have appeared in Global Labour Column, Mainstream and Macroscan.