TY - BOOK AU - Sharma, Alakh N. Ed. TI - Indian Journal of Labour Economics SN - 09717927 CY - New Delhi PB - Indian Society of Labour Economics. N1 - CONTENTS VOLUME 52 NUMBER 1 JAN.-MAR., 2009 Articles Dualism, Informality and Social Inequality: An Informal Economy Perspective of the Challenge of Inclusive Development in India byK.P. Kannan1 Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement by Ravi Kanbur 33 The Employment Problem in India and the Phenomenon of the 'Missing Middle' by Dipak Mazumdar and Sandip Sarkar43 India: Growing Fast, But Also Needs to Industrialise! by T.S. Papola 57 Labour Market Reforms in India: Barking Up the Wrong Tree? by Peter Auer and Praveen Jha m 71 Structural Shifts in the Indian Economy: A Re-Examination of Push-Pull Hypotheses by Gursharan Bhalla Rastogi 83 Research Notes and Communications Disease Pattern among the Labour Force in India by Sarda Prasad and Murali Dhar Vemuri 109 What Determines the Success of NREGS at the Panchayat Level? A Case Study of Birbhum District in West Bengal by Subrata Mukherjee and Saswata Ghosh 121 Building New Perspectives and Prospects through Stock-Taking of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme by Ashok Pankaj, Himanshu, C. Upendranadh and Rukmini Tankha 139 Golden Jubilee Conference of The Indian Society of Labour Economics - A Report 149 Documentation Report on Definitional and Statistical Issues Relating to Informal Economy 157 Global Wage Report 2008-09 167 Book Reviews 171 Dipak Majumdar and Sandip Sarkar, Globalisation, Labor Markets and Inequality in India by D. Narasimha Reddy Ashok Gulati and Shenggen Fan, The Dragon and the Elephant: Agricultural and Rural Reforms in China and India by T. Hague Rudder Datt, Growth, Poverty and Equity by Suresh Chand Aggarwal D. Narasimha Reddy and Srijit Mishra, Agrarian Crisis in India by Sarthak Gaurav S. Irudaya Rajan, Carla Risseeuw and Myrtle Perera, Institutional Provisions and Care for the Aged-Perspectives from Asia and Europe Manoj Kumar Agarwal 149 VOLUME 52NUMBER 2APRIL-JUNE, 2009 Revisiting Labour Market Regulation by T.C.A. Anant195 Losing Out in a Growing Economy: Labour in the Organised Manufacturing Sector in the Era of Globalisation by M. Suresh Babu203 Labour Market in Rural Unorganised Manufacturing: Its Growth, Disparities and Determinants during the Post-reform Period in India by Seema Bathla and R.K. Sharma 217 Assessment of Outreach and Benefits of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme of India By Abusaleh Shariff 243 The Changing Structure and Growth of Employment in Kerala, 1993-94 to 2004-05 by S. Sumitha andMalathy Duraisamy 269 ISO Certification and Human Resource Management BY ArifHassan285 Review Article by T.S. Papola303 The Employment Challenge: An InternationalPerspective by T. S. Papola 303 Research Notes and Communications Infrastructure and Labour Productivity: Panel Co-Integration and DOLS Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector by Chandan Sharma and Ritesh Kumar Mishra 315 Women Workers in Organised Retail Sector: A Study of Ludhiana City in Punjab by Pratibha Goyal, Mini Goyal and Sukhjeet K. Saran 327 Book Reviews J. Krishnamurty and Rajendra P. Mamgain (eds.), Growth, Employment and Labour Markets: Perspectives in the Era of Globalisation in India By Mahehdra Dev 335 Dipa Mukherjee, Informal Sector in Indian Economy: The Way Ahead by Suresh Chand Aggarwal K.R. Shyam Sunder, Benchmarking Industrial Relations and Labour Market by Navin Chandra M.A. Jawaid, K.N. Jehangir and Shankar Bose (eds.), Minorities of India: Problems and Prospects by Ashok K. Pankaj Autar S. Dhesi and Gurmail Singh (eds.), Rural Development in Punjab: A Success Story Going Astray by Surjit Singh VOLUME 52 NUMBER 3 JULY-SEPTEMBER, 2009 A First Assessment of the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on India: The Continuing Challenge of Employment by K.P. Kannan349 Population Pressure and Labour Intensification: An Indian Historical Perspective By N. Krishnaji375 Promoting Self-Employment among the Rural Poor: Experiences and Lessons from India by V.M. Rao387 Are Labour-intensive Industries Generating Employment in India? Evidence from Firm Level Survey by Deb Kusum Das and Gunajit Kalita 411 Determinants of Training and Its Impact on Firms' Performance: Evidence from Malaysia by Izyani Zulkifli and Jarita Duasa433 Rural Child Work, Labour and Daily Practices: Time Use Survey-based Analysis By Preet Rustagi451 Labour Rights and the Working Poor by Navin Chandra471 Contours of Domestic Service: Characteristics, Work Relations and Regulation Neetha N. 489 Research Notes and Communications Labour Restructuring and Downsizing: A Study of Industries in Maharashtra by Dolly Sunny507 Growth and Non-farm Employment: The Case of Gujarat by Anita K. Dixit519 Book Reviews Dev Nathan, D. Narasimha Ready and Govind Kelkar, International Trade and Global Civil Society by Nirmala Banerjee 537 K.R. Shyam Sunder, Changes in Labour Institutions in China by Zhanxin Zhang Rajarshi Majumder, Infrastructure and Development in India: Inter-linkages and Policy Issues by Mohanakumar S. Santosh Malhotra and Enrique Delamonica, Eliminating Human Poverty: Macroeconomic and Social Policies for Equitable Growth by Praveen Jha V. Upadhyay, Shakti Kak, Kautava Barik and T. Ravi Kumar (eds.), From Statism to Neo-Liberalism: The Development Process in India by Mujibur Rehman Tazeen Fasih, Linking Education Policy to Labour Market Outcomes By Pradeep Kumar Choudhury Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and UNDP, India: Urban Poverty Report by Padmini Swaminathan Amitabli Kundu and Michael van Hauff (eds.), Environmental Accounting:Explorations in Methodology by Elumalai Kannan VOLUME 52 NUMBER 4 OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 2009 Implications of Global Production for Indian Firms and Labour: An Introduction By Dev Nathan and Anne Posthuma 557 Evolution of Global Production Systems and Their Impact on Employment in India By Amitendu Palit565 Cost, Risk and Labour Markets: The State and Sticky Institutions in Global Production Networks by Smita Srinivas583 Global Market Opportunities and Local Labour Markets: A Study of the Indian Textile and Apparel Industry by K. V. Ramaswamy607 Governance Structure and Labour Market Outcomes in Garment Embellishment Chains By Jeemol Unni and Suma Scaria631 Wages and Productivity of Child Labour: A Case of the Zardosi Industry By Balwant Singh Mehta and Karren Sherry 651 'Learning Workshops': Informal Processes of Learning and Skill Acquisition in Auto Components Firms Supplying to Global Production Networks by by Uma Rani657 Global Production Networks and the Indian Bio-pharmaceutical Industry: Emerging Linkages and Prospects by Sachin Chaturvedi693 Employment in the BPO Industry: Current Status and Future Prospects Meenakshi Rajeev and B.P. Vani 713 ER -