1. – K.v. Ramaswamy Is Professor
| Received
27-Jun-2013 |
Accepted
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Published
27-Jun-2013 |
Abstract
Had the recent high growth of
the Indian economy benefitted
the unorganized workers excluding
the self employed? The
present study attempts to examine
this question using results
from the two NSS surveys separated
by 5 years (2004-05 and
2009-10).The paper examines
the growth of real wages of
wage-labor in the unorganized
sector in India excluding agriculture.
Two standard worker
categories are studied here,
namely, regular wage workers
and casual workers. The real
wage change overtime in the
case of male and female workers
within sectors is the subject
of the analysis. The results are
rather mixed but encouraging.
Workers in urban areas have
significantly gained but not necessarily
in rural areas. It shows
that high economic growth could
benefit both regular and casual
workers.
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