Golden Jubilee Conference of The Indian Society of Labour Economics, 12 – 15 December 2008, Lucknow

Papers presented on Social Protection and related themes:

Sr. No.

Title of Paper

Author(s)

Globalization, Labour Markets and Employment

Globalization and Employment in Developing Countries

Ajit Ghose

The Deregulation of People Flows in China: Did the Structure of Migration Change?

Shuming Bao, Örn B. Bodvarsson, Jack W. Hou, and Yaohui Zhao

Migration and Social Protection in the Southern African Development Community: Improving Access, Cross-country Coordination and Portability

Marius Olivier, and Avinash Govindjee

Globalization and International Labour Migration

S.K. Sasikumar

Globalization and Growth of Precarious Jobs in the Indian Labour Market: Implication for Economic Policy

G.B. Nath

Export Processing Zones and Labour Experiences in the Era of Globalization: A Survey of Literature

Malini L. Tantri

Globalization, Outsourcing and Exodus of Workers: Experience of Bangladesh

Bipul Malakar and Sahin Akter Sarkerm

Weakest Link in the Textile Chain: Pakistani Cotton Pickers’ Bitter Harvest

Karin Astrid Siegmann and Nazima Shaheen

The Rise of Neoliberal Globalization and the ‘New Old’ Social Regulation of Labour:  The Case of Delhi Garment Sector

Alessandra Mezzadri

The Changing Discourse of Neoliberal Labour Reforms:  From Labour Suffering Temporarily for Transition to Labour Creating Obstacles to Transition

Saumyajit Bhattacharya

Earnings, Mobility and Social Security in Unorganised Labour Market of the Engineering Industry in Coimbatore-Tamil Nadu

R. Nagarajan and E. Nanda Kumar

Re-employment Avenues of Downsized Labour from Industrial Units in and Around Mumbai

Dolly Sunny

Social Networks of Migrant Workers in Construction industry:  Evidence from Goa

Denzil Fernandes and Bino Paul G.D.

Labour Legislations for Improving Quality of Work Life in Nepal

Dev Raj Adhikari and Dhruba Kumar Gautam

Discourse on Global Ageing, Labour Supply and International Labour Migration

Sudip Jana, Bipul Malakar and Montu Bose

Voluntary Retirement Scheme and Social Safety Net Programme

Suranajan Panda

Decent Work in Conditions of Social Security and Occupational Well-being in the Informal Sector:  A Study of Street Vendors in Mumbai

Debdulal Saha

Struggle of Fisher Folk in Marine Fishing in Tamil Nadu Coastal Region

R. Varadarajan

How Attractive in Health Insurance to the Agricultural Labour Households: An Empirical Note

Subrata Mukherjee

Globalization, Home-based Production and Employment:  A Micro Study of ‘Jari’ Enterprises in Varanasi

Rajendra Prasad Singh

Globalization, Restructuring and Labour Flexibility in Tea Plantations in West Bengal

Kingshuk Sarkar

Gender and Child Labour in Cottonseed Production in India - A Case Study of Gujarat

Sukhpal Singh

Can Cluster Development Programmes Ensure Decent Work? Evidence from Indian MSE Clusters in Global Value Chains

M. Vijayabaskar

Women Workers in the New Economy

Women Workers in the New Economy

Jeemol Unni

Paid Employment and Female Autonomy in India: Issues and Evidence

Sunny Jose

Gender Implications of Outsourced Work in the New Economy:  A Case Study of Domestic Call Centres

Babu P. Ramesh and Neetha N.

Women’s Home-sited Market Labour in Rural South India:  Space for Autonomy Among Contested Categories?

Wendy Olsen and Samantha Watson

Labour Organizations in Independent India

Labour Organizations in the Twenty First Century

Sharit K. Bhowmik

Organizing as a Catalyst for Promoting Decent Work in the Informal Economy in South Asia

Pong-Sul Ahn

Labour Power in India’s Market Reforms: The Politics of Decline and the Politics of Survival

Mitu Sengupta

Forced Industrialization and Workers’ Struggle:  Some Recent Evidences from India

Bhaskar Majumdar

Voice of the Working Woman:  Has the Indian Labour Movement Been Inclusive?

P. Madhavi

Labour Organization in the Informal Labour Market:  Some Issues

Shyamalendu Chatterjee

Agricultural Labour Unions in Independent India:  A Case Study of Andhra Pradesh

C. Srinivasulu

Trade Unionism and the Status of Unorganized Migrant Workers in the Sugar Industry

W.N. Salve