Gender Discrimination in Manufacturing Employment in India, 1999-2009

Goldar, Bishwanath; Aggarwal, Suresh Chand

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“…With regard to overall trade, the results reveal that while import penetration has a negative and significant impact, export intensity has a positive and significant impact on industrial sector employment in India in the long run. This finding is in line with earlier studies on this issue, namely, Banga (2005), Goldar (2009) and Paul (2014). The analysis of the differential effect of India’s trade with ASEAN, China, EU and the USA provides some interesting results.…”

Section: Concluding Remarks and Policy Outlooksupporting

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“…Earlier studies on the link between trade and employment in the Indian context have mostly focused on the employment outcome of trade via productivity effects of trade (Goldar, 2009; Mitra, 2011; Malik & Mitra, 2018; Maiti, 2019; Vashisht, 2016, etc.). In this article, we are interested in impact of India’s trade on its employment in the industrial sector as measured by labour demand in the sector.…”

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“…Yet, in the Indian context, literature on the effects of trade on employment is limited and inconclusive. Some studies found that trade, particularly exports, and trade reforms had a positive impact on manufacturing employment (Banga, 2005; Ghose, 2000; Goldar, 2009; Hasan et al, 2007), while other studies found import competition had detrimental effect on employment generation (Paul, 2014; Rajesh Raj & Sasidharan, 2015; Rajesh Raj & Sen, 2012) and export did not have any significant impact on employment (Rajesh Raj & Sasidharan, 2015; Sen, 2009).…”

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To Look East or to West? An Analysis of India’s Trade Policy from Employment Perspective

Jena

2020

The Indian Economic Journal

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In the face of mounting protectionist sentiments, aggravated further due to COVID-19, India is redefining its trade policy. This is evident from the fact that India has decided to not join the mega-trade deal, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), giving in to the concern of massive trade deficit with China and other countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). This stance is complete opposite to India’s ‘Look East Policy’. Instead, India is looking for closer trade ties with the United States (US) and the European Union (EU). In this context, this article evaluates the performance of India’s trade, in general, as well as with its Eastern (ASEAN, China, RCEP) and Western partners (US and EU), on its industrial sector employment. Employment is a better measure than trade deficit because employment gives a picture of both growth and distributional aspects of trade effects. Using a dynamic econometric model in a panel framework, it is found that, in general, while export intensity had favourable impact, import penetration had a detrimental impact on industrial sector employment during 1996–1997 to 2016–2017. Region wise analysis shows that trade with ASEAN has been employment enhancing while that with China had a negative impact on employment. On the East versus West looking trade policy debate, analysis suggests that the long run impact of exports, to both the West (EU plus USA) and the East (RCEP) partners, on employment is positive. Also, contrary to the mainstream view, the negative effects of imports, on industrial sector employment, from RCEP appears to be insignificant than that associated with imports from the EU plus USA. Thus, trade agreements with the EU and the US cannot be a substitute for dis-engaging with the resilient Eastern partners. Rather, India should strengthen its trade prospects with its East Asian partners and simultaneously look for export market in the West to enhance its employment creation.

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To Look East or to West? An Analysis of India’s Trade Policy from Employment Perspective

Jena

2020

The Indian Economic Journal

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“…There is evidence that contractual employment exists, significantly, even in the core activities of business (NCEUS 2009). The neo-liberalists claim that the sharp growth in informal employment is a result of rigidity created (purportedly) by EPL (Goldar 2009; Sen et al 2013). However, while assessing the condition of contractual workers in India, this line of thought seems to be too hard to defend.…”

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“…The literature on informalization shows that the informal worker is inferior and a less-productive labor input as compared to the regular formal worker (see, for example, Maiti 2013; Sen 2013). On the other hand, evidence shows that in the states having relatively rigid labor markets, the firms do use a large number of contract workers to circumvent the EPL (Goldar 2009; Sen 2013). Going by such evidence, the states with rigid labor markets are likely to have a dominant share of contractual workers, and due to the overuse of contractual employment, the industrial productivity may decline.…”

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Does Employment Protection Legislation Matter in Dualistic Labor Market? Panel Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector

Sofi

Sharma

2015

Labor Studies Journal

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The critics of pro-worker labor laws argue that employment protection legislation (EPL) hurts productivity and employment generation by creating rigidity in employment adjustments. The discourse on labor market rigidity has taken center stage in this neoliberal phase of the global economy and is now being echoed by the state as well. However, the sharp growth in informal employment over the last two decades, cutting across developing as well as developed countries, puts a question mark over the tenability of the "flexibility thought" invoked by employers while demanding abrogation of job security legislation. In this study, we argue that there exists a substantial flexibility in contemporary labor markets. Using a panel dataset on twenty-eight industrial sectors across thirteen major states of India for the period 1999-2000 to 2007-2008, we find that EPL does not affect total factor productivity of industries. The impact of EPL is not significant even in highly volatile industries. The paper underlines the failure of the state to translate EPL into meaningful job security. The findings of this study suggest that the debates on labor regulations must be expanded to bring into its focus the issues of growing informalization and its consequences on workers.

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Internationalisation, employment generation and wage premia: evidence from Indian manufacturing firms

Aggarwal

Sharma

2023

Manage Decis Econ

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The study investigates the impact of internationalisation on employment and wages in the Indian manufacturing sector by using an extensive plant‐level dataset. Using system generalised method of moments (GMM) and quantile regression estimators, we find strong evidence of the dampening effect of exports and imports on wages, whereas a positive impact of foreign investment on wages. However, the magnitude of the impact of internationalisation on wages reduces marginally at higher quantile levels. The impact of imports and exports on employment generation is slightly ambiguous though overall indicates a beneficial impact.

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Gender Discrimination in Manufacturing Employment in India, 1999-2009

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To Look East or to West? An Analysis of India’s Trade Policy from Employment Perspective

To Look East or to West? An Analysis of India’s Trade Policy from Employment Perspective

Does Employment Protection Legislation Matter in Dualistic Labor Market? Panel Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Sector

Internationalisation, employment generation and wage premia: evidence from Indian manufacturing firms

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