This edited volume brings together current debates and policy concerns through the collection of papers on labour and development ranging from issues of informality, small scale sector; economic reforms; wages and earnings; caste and discrimination; gender and work; sectoral and regional dimensions; to labour institutions, regulation and collective bargaining. The contributors to this volume are well-known scholars who have provided latest information and critical analyses on these vast range of issues as a tribute to Professor Papola for his lifetime research work and rich contributions to the study of labour in the process of economic development. All those readers interested in social and economic issues relating to labour, employment and development will find much of value in this volume organised in eight sections:

I. Economic Reforms, Labour and Development
II. Informality and Small Scale Sector
III. Wages and Earnings
IV. Caste and Discrimination in Labour Market
V. Gender, Work and Employment
VI. Sectoral and Regional Dimensions
VII. Labour Institutions, Regulation and Collective Bargaining
VIII. Remembering Professor T.S. Papola (30 AUG 1941 – 23 NOV 2015)

�ber die Autorin bzw. den Autor

K.P. Kannan, ICSSR National Fellow and Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. He is also Chairman, Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, and a Member of the International Panel on Social Progress, a global collective of social scientists led by Amartya Sen, engaged in preparing a global report called Rethinking Society in the 21st Century.

Rajendra P. Mamgain, Professor of Economics at the Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow. He is also the Managing Editor of The Indian Journal of Labour Economics.

Preet Rustagi, Professor at the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi. She is also the Honorary Secretary of the Indian Society of Labour Economics.

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