Informality and DevelopmentThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 60 - Trang 1-16 - 2017
Ajit K. Ghose
A core prediction of the Development Theory was that the informal sector in
developing economies would rapidly decline with growth. In reality, the informal
sector declined very slowly even in fast-growing, developing economies and still
remains huge. This is because the governments invested in the informal sector
(which incorporated agriculture) to pre-empt the possibility of a stagnant
agricultu... hiện toàn bộ
Decomposition of Inequality of Opportunity in India: An Application of Data-Driven Machine Learning ApproachThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 66 - Trang 439-469 - 2023
Balwant Singh Mehta, Siddharth Dhote, Ravi Srivastava
This paper introduces a novel measure of inequality of opportunity (IOp) in
India, by comparing both ex-ante and ex-post results, which aligns with Roemer’s
(1998) equality of opportunity, theory. The study utilizes data-driven machine
learning algorithms, namely conditional inference tree and conditional inference
forest, to measure ex-ante IOp, and a transformation tree to estimate ex-post
IOp. ... hiện toàn bộ
Measuring Taste-Based Employment Discrimination Between Females and MalesThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 65 - Trang 729-745 - 2022
Hamed Pirpour
Employment discrimination may impede disadvantaged groups’ career advancement
or, even worse, may hinder the groups’ access to desirable jobs. Moreover,
discriminatory employment practices result in a huge loss of revenue to
prejudiced firms. Due to the disastrous impacts of employment discrimination on
the economic climate, we seek to measure taste-based employment discrimination
between women an... hiện toàn bộ
Uberizing Informality: The Case of Non-owner, Driver-Partners in the City of HyderabadThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 63 - Trang 511-524 - 2020
Vineet John Samuel
The growth of gig platforms in India has seen the arrival of platforms such as
Uber and Ola who have rapidly expanded to employ millions of drivers as
“independent partners” in urban centres across the country. These drivers form
the backbone of these platforms, which look to connect these drivers to
prospective riders and charge a fee for proffering their services. This paper
attempts to frame th... hiện toàn bộ
Exploring the Informal Sector in Nepal: Performance Trend, Dualism, and Rural-Urban DynamicsThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 66 - Trang 765-791 - 2023
Sudhir Shrestha
We find the informal sector of Nepal, which employs nearly 60% of
non-agricultural labour force, to have underperformed between the period 1995/96
and 2010/11. We locate a large performance gap between the
‘traditional/non-capitalist’ segment, comprising family-based household
enterprises that occupy a majority portion of informal sector, and the
‘modern/capitalist’ segment employing wage labour, ... hiện toàn bộ
Contract Labour Conundrums in the Manufacturing Sector: Time for Regulators to Wake Up and Smell the CoffeeThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 62 - Trang 291-306 - 2019
Arun Sasi, Tina K. Stephen
Indian contract labour regulation in the manufacturing sector has been the
subject of a plethora of studies over the years, and many amendments to the
legislation have been proposed and enacted. However, these have failed to
identify or solve a number of chronic issues plaguing the sector, as evidenced
by the widespread contract labour unrest in the manufacturing sector and
dissatisfaction among a... hiện toàn bộ
Labour Market Effects of Non-tariff Measures: A Computable General Equilibrium for the Food Processing Sector in MalaysiaThe Indian Journal of Labour Economics - Tập 63 - Trang 629-656 - 2020
Vickie Siew Hoon Yew, Abul Quasem Al-Amin, Evelyn S. Devadason
Non-tariff measures (NTMs) affect the labour market indirectly through trade.
However, much ambiguity surrounds the labour market effects of NTMs, as
conditions of the labour market are somewhat contextual. With a specific focus
on the highly regulated food processing sector in Malaysia, this paper examines
the impact of reductions in ad valorem equivalents of NTMs on employment and
wages using a ... hiện toàn bộ