Labour Law, Judicial Efficiency and Informal Employment in India

Sonja Fagernäs (s.a.e.fagernas@sussex.ac.uk)

Working Papers from Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge

Abstract: This study assesses the effects of industrial disputes legislation and the dispute settlement process on informal versus formal employment in India. It uses indicators of pro-worker court awards and court efficiency as well as amendments to the Industrial Disputes Act (IDA) at the level of Indian states. The state-level IDA amendments are classified as pro-worker or pro-employer and enforcement enhancing. Three complementary empirical approaches and data sources are used. These include a quasi-panel dataset constructed from four household employment surveys (NSSO) between 1983-1999, a state-industry level panel dataset for organised (formal) sector industrial units (ASI) for 1980-1997 and a cross-sectional survey of unorganised (informal) manufacturing firms for 2000/2001.

Keywords: Informal employment; labour law; industrial disputes; judicial efficiency; employment structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 K31 O17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cwa, nep-eff and nep-law
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