Youth in Indian Labour Market

Issues, Challenges and Policies

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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This book addresses labour market participation issues of youth in India, and follows an inter-disciplinary approach. Social unrest and threats to the prospects of future growth in the absence of adequate youth employment are some of the economic and political issues which the book covers.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-03-22
Mått155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt458 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIndia Studies in Business and Economics
Antal sidor290
FörlagSpringer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN9789819703814

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Arup Mitra is Professor of Economics at the South Asian University, New Delhi. Before that, he was affiliated to the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. His research interest includes issues in the area of urban development, labour and welfare, industrial growth and productivity and gender inequality. He has published in a number of international and national journals. He worked as a senior researcher at ILO (Geneva), was offered visiting fellowship at Institute of Developing Economies (Tokyo) and held the Indian Economy Chair at Sciences Po. (Paris). The Indian Econometric Society offered him the Mahalanobis Award for his outstanding contribution in the field of quantitative economics. His work has been cited in the Hand Book of Regional and Urban Economics, and he has also contributed in the Encyclopaedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) and Mathematical Models in Economics (Ed. Zhang, W.), developed under the auspices of the UNESCO.

Introductory.- A global perspective on youth employment challenges: what have we learned over the last two decades?.- Labour Market Profile of the Youth: Role of Education, Caste and Economic Background.- Youth and challenges in Contemporary World of Work in India.- Employment Vulnerability among Young Indian Workers.- Status of Youth’s Employment in Uttar Pradesh: Demographic Dividend or Disaster.- Post-school Experiences of the Youth: Tracing Delhi Slum Dwellers from 2007/08 to 2018.- Youth Employment in India: The Female Perspective.- The Challenge of Youth Employment in India: A Gender Perspective.- Labour productivity of Rice crop in India: A comparison between Agriculture in Eastern and Western Regions.