Generating Employment with Growth Competitive Edge

Contents: Preface. 1. Employment Growth Rates. 2. Trends in Growth and Employment. 3. Growth of Employers Cost and Wage Determination. 4. Management Perceptions of the Employee Relations Climate. 5. Manpower of Rural Employment. 6. Employability in Informal Sector and Role of Vocational Training. 7. Women Empowerment Progress: World Scenario. 8. Policies for Employment Generating Growth. 9. Employee Welfare. 10. The Role of the Labour Management. Bibliography. Index.

Employment trends in rural areas are consistent with these growth trends. The data on rural employment show that there has been diversification from agriculture to non agriculture although diversification has been much slower for females as compared to males. Construction transport and mining are sectors employing large numbers of people that show high employment growth rates and thus increasing employment shares over the period. Employment prospects are thus getting brightened up for the more qualified while a squeezing scenario sets in for the untrained and the uneducated job seekers differences in employment prospects get magnified between self employment and wage paid jobs and still more significantly between urban and rural areas. The book makes an important contribution to the rich literature on impact of trade reforms on growth and employment by undertaking an indepth investigation into relevant issues in the context of the developing economy of India and abroad. (jacket)