Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies: The Quest for Inclusive Development
Resources - Author: Aziz Çelik, Chang-Hee Lee, Eduardo Schneider, Janine Berg, Nicolas Pons-Vignon, Ratna Sen, Susan Hayter, Uma Rani / Year: 2018
This book examines industrial and employment relations in the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Turkey, and assesses the contribution of industrial relations institutions to inclusive development. The book uses real-world examples to examine the evolution of industrial relations and of organised interest representation on labour...
Read MoreAccounting for Income Inequality: empirical evidence from India
Resources - Author: Jaya Krishnakumar, Maurizio Bigotta, Uma Rani / Year: 2017
This paper decomposes income inequality using the regression-based decomposition technique. The paper analyses the role of education, experience, employment status, industry and their interactions in accounting for differences in income and its inequality in India over the past three decades. The results clearly show that education is the most...
Read MoreMinimum Wage Policies and Their Effects in Developing Countries: a comparative perspective
Resources - Author: Uma Rani / Year: 2017
India was one of the first developing countries to introduce the Minimum Wages Act in 1948 and it is still considered to be an important piece of labour legislation. However, the Act is only applicable to a small proportion of workers. This has resulted in intense academic and policy...
Read More