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Centre
for Labour Market Studies
The
research activities of the Centre for Labour Market Studies focus on
addressing the emerging challenges confronting the contemporary world of
work in the context of a globalising economy. The research studies are
undertaken with the perspective of enhancing the theoretical understanding
as well as to provide inputs for necessary policy formulation.The
Centre has been established for undertaking specilised research on
different aspects of labour market. The research activities of the
Centre focuses on themes like: Employment, with special emphasis on
employment generation strategies
;Labour
Mobility
and Wages.
The
core areas identified for research include:
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Employment and
unemployment by regions, sectors etc.
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Labour
mobility and labour turnover, especially in informal sector
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Developing
data base & labour Information System on informal
economy
Specific research issues included in the Centre's
current research agenda are:
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Explicating
the employment trends in terms of sectors, regions and industries.
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Analyzing
the forms and structures of unemployment/ under-employment with a view
to suggest appropriate social protection measures to countervail the
uncertainties and insecurities due to unemployment/ under-employment.
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Estimating
the labour absorption capacities of the various sectors and
industries.
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Analysing
the employment generation capacities of the informal sector activities
with a view to recommend the strategies to harness their potential.
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Evaluating
the on-going efforts for employment generation, particularly in the
informal sector.
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Undertaking
labour market assessment in relation to training, retraining and skill
development.
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Examining
the trends in wages by sectors, regions and identifying the critical
factors in the process of wage determination mechanisms.
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Analysing
the process of informalisation and casualisation of labour.
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Studying
the effect of technological upgradation on labour and employment.
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Examining
the implications of a globalising economy on the patterns of labour
mobility.
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Addressing
the labour market implications of linking trade with labour standards.
Recently
Completed Research Projects
:
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Employment
and Employment Relations in IT Enabled Services and Teleworking
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Labour
and Employment Implications of Information and Communication
Technology Revolution in India and Its Link to Decent Work
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Unemployment
and Job-Search among Educated Youth in a Slow Growing Regional Economy
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Daily
Labour Market: A Micro Empirical Study of Delhi
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Labour
Standards in Export Processing Zones
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Technology
and Gender: Impact of Flexible Organisation and Production on Female
Labour in the Tirupur Knitwear Industry
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Internal
Migration in Urban Informal Labour Markets: New Directions and Issues
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Technology,
Retrenchment and Informalisation of Labour: A Study of Jamshedpur and
Patna
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Domestic
Service in Delhi: A Study of Work Arrangements, Service Relations and
Agency
Networks
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Labour Market and Employment Assessment of Jabalpur District, Madhya
Pradesh
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Labour,
Employment and Gender Issues in EPZs: A Case of NOIDA EPZ
On-going
Research Projects:
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Contractual
Arrangements in Labour Markets: The Case of Plantations
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Globalisation
and Migration: Study of Indian Labour Mobility in the Age of
Globalisation
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Labour
Profile of North Eastern States
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Developing
a Database Management System on Indian Labour
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Skill
Composition of those Employed & Unemployed in the Districts of
Dehradun and Karnal
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Impact
of Privatization on Labour: A Study of BALCO Disinvestments
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Rural
Non-Farm Employment in Arunachal Pradesh: Growth, Composition and
Determinants
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Action
Research Project on Assessing the Social Security Measures and
Promoting Effective Participation of Beneficiaries
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Rehabilitation
of Rationalise Workforce: An Evaluation of CRR Scheme for Public
Sector Employees.
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