2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'Hundred years from the Bolshevik Revolution that shook the world,
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workers around the globe are facing new challenges. Throughout a long
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stretch of the global South, job creation is sluggish, real wages are
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stagnant, and working conditions are getting harsher and there is a
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growing disjoint between work and wealth. Against this backdrop, in this
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paper we flag the employment challenges facing India at present. Using a
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novel 4-quadrant compartmentalisation, we observe that the three major
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challenges are-absolute lack of employment opportunities; chronic
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unemployment and intermittent employment; and substantial
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underemployment and loss of person days. Two further related challenges
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are low returns from work and skill mismatch. All these markers have
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worsened in the last decade which also witnessed massive job loss for
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casual workers. This is perhaps a natural sequel to the economic boom
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built on mass casualisation of workforce over the previous two decades.
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At first sight of slowdown, the axe has fallen on these casual workers.
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Mismatch between sectoral shares in output and employment also causes
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wage disparity and aggravates inequality. With production increasingly
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set to become machine and AI driven, labour redundancy and skill
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mismatch is expected to worsen in coming years. We must press for a
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separate employment-incomes policy rather than continue with the false
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hope that economic growth will solve the employment conundrum.'
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affiliation: 'Majumder, R (Corresponding Author), Univ Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal,
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India.
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Majumder, Rajarshi, Univ Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.'
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author: Majumder, Rajarshi
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author-email: rmajumder@eco.buruniv.ac.in
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author_list:
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- family: Majumder
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given: Rajarshi
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/s41027-022-00419-0
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earlyaccessdate: FEB 2023
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eissn: 0019-5308
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files: []
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issn: 0971-7927
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journal: INDIAN JOURNAL OF LABOUR ECONOMICS
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keywords: 'Employment; Underemployment; Chronic unemployment; Intermittent
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employment; Irregular employment; Job-loss growth; India'
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language: English
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month: 2023 FEB 17
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number-of-cited-references: '35'
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orcid-numbers: ', Rajarshi/0000-0002-4286-083X'
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papis_id: 58ea7737eb52d0831bef386eb6e44965
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ref: Majumder2023employmentchallenge
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'The Employment Challenge in India: Hundred Years from `Ten days that shook
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the World'''
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000937570400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '1'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Industrial Relations \& Labor
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year: '2023'
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