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- Discusses key questions, such as whether informal employment is replacing formal employment
- Presents a review of primary field based research in some other representative areas
- Compares the status of informal sector in pre and post liberalization days
Part of the book series: India Studies in Business and Economics (ISBE)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book examines the transition, transformation and future of the informal sector, informal work and informal workers in India from the perspectives of development economics as well as those of international organisations.
Though the informal sector has a long tradition in India, it has been transformed in the wake of neoliberal economic policy. The sector took on new prominence in the 1980s, and has since grown much stronger and established itself as the country’s dominant sector. Several reports on the informal sector appeared during this period, and the status of the sector in India is positioned in the context of this international scenario.
The major debate concerns the definition of this sector. While international labour statisticians had suggested a mechanism of definition and measurement of the sector, Indian official statistics took a different approach. The book analytically elaborates the different definitions and measurement controversies in different countries and contextualises the official Indian position. While deliberating on the size, contribution, productivity, and potential of the informal sector, the heterogeneity and decomposition of the sector with respect to these aspects are also suggested. The book develops a political economic interpretation of the historical transition of the informal sector in India, employing heterodox economics as a theoretical basis, with a critical note on standard neoclassical economic analysis. The final part of the book focuses on understanding the development of capitalism in the country under neoliberalism, as that development is crucial to understanding the informal sector in any country, and particularly in India. In the current context, the volume will be of great relevance to researchers, non-government organizations, policy makers and international organisations working on the topic.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Ishita Mukhopadhyay
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Employment in the Informal Sector in India
Authors: Ishita Mukhopadhyay
Series Title: India Studies in Business and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0841-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0840-0Published: 01 February 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0843-1Published: 02 February 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0841-7Published: 31 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2198-0012
Series E-ISSN: 2198-0020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 144
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Labor Economics, Development Economics, Economic Policy, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Development Policy