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Original Article
Open Access
MGNREGA and Changes in Rural Employment Trends, Wage Structure, and Rural-Urban Migration
G. Gangadhara Rao
· pp. 7–19
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2014/v3i5/55991
Despite accelerating growth of the economy, the sectorial transformation of rural workforce has been slow. Furthermore, there is a lot of variation in productivity in farm and non-farm sectors. On the other hand, urban absorption of labour force into manufacturing …
Keywords:
Rural Labour, Shift, Pattern, Wages, MGNREGA, Agricultural Sector, Non-Farm Sectors
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Original Article
Open Access
Manufacturing Productivity during Economic Reforms in India
Sajal Jana, Maniklal Adhikary
· pp. 20–30
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2014/v3i5/55992
The present study analyzed the trends in growth rates of output (value added), capital intensity, employment, wage share, and share of emoluments as well as partial productivity indices of inputs for all India manufacturing at disaggregated two digit level industrial …
Keywords:
Manufacturing, Productivity, Economic Reforms, Intertemporal Shift, Workers, Growth Rate
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Original Article
Open Access
Financial and Organizational Restructuring of Agricultural Production in India
Ayush Prasad
· pp. 31–42
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2014/v3i5/55993
India's agricultural sector employs the largest number of poor in the world. The paper analyzed the structural flaws in organization and financing of the process of production in India. The paper presents a policy initiative for the establishment of formal …
Keywords:
Prices, Agricultural Employment, Farm Enterprise, Agricultural Credit, Land Tenure
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Original Article
Open Access
Growth and Structural Transformation of the Workforce: Are we Heading in the Right Direction?
Anjali Agarwal
· pp. 43–55
DOI: 10.17010/aijer/2014/v3i5/55994
In India, after a period of jobless growth from 1993-94 to 1999-2000, the workforce saw an escalation in employment rate during the period from 1999-2000 to 2004-2005 (which was seen as a form of distress employment), followed by a stagnation …
Keywords:
GDP, Workforce, Economic Reforms, Structural Changes, Agricultural Labour, Employment Rate