Marjit, Sugata

The outsiders: economic reform and informal labour in a developing economy/ Sugata Marjit, Saibal Kar - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xiv,218p. ; 23cm.

TABLES AND FIGURES, PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1. INTRODUCTION; I THEORIES OF INFORMALITY; 2. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INFORMALITY 3. INFORMAL WAGE IN THE PRESENCE OF AGRICULTURAL AND MANUFACTURING SECTORS; 4. OUTSOURCING, INFORMALITY, AND INFORMAL WAGES; 5. INFORMAL SECTOR IN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; 6. INTERNATIONAL TRADE, THE INFORMAL SECTOR, AND WELFARE; 7. THE EXTENDED HECKSCHER-OHLIN FRAMEWORK WITH INFORMAL SECTOR; II EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND FINDINGS ON INFORMAL SECTOR; 8. EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR INDIA; 9. TRADE REFORM, LABOUR MARKET REFORM, INFORMAL WAGE, AND POVERTY; 10. REFORM AND PRODUCTIVITY IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR-THEORY; 11. TWO CASE STUDIES ON THE INFORMAL ECONOMY; 12. FUTURE RESEARCH AND ROAD AHEAD; REFERENCES; INDEX

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Informal sector (Economics) -- India.
Labor market -- India.
Economic development -- India.

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