Exploring the Pattern of Trade Union Activity in the Indian Manufacturing Sector

Jaivir Singh, Deb Kusum Das (), Kumar Abhishek () and Prateek Kukreja ()
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Jaivir Singh: Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Deb Kusum Das: Associate Professor, Ramjas College, University of Delhi
Kumar Abhishek: Research Assistant, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Prateek Kukreja: Research Associate, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Chapter Chapter 3 in Globalization, Labour Market Institutions, Processes and Policies in India, 2019, pp 87-107 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter begins by decrying the lack of data on unions and union activity in India and points out that most empirical work uses proxy measurements such as strikes to infer union activity. The chapter overcomes the data hurdle by using data from a specially commissioned survey of manufacturing firms spread over five Indian states. Using this data, the presence of a union in a firm is linked to a variety of firm characteristics using a limited dependent variable (probit) model. The results indicate that unions are located in firms where there are rents to be shared. In addition to this, the results show that the presence of unions seems to be sensitive to the prevailing legal milieu—highlighting an interesting relationship with temporary contract workers. The results also provide empirical support to some of the insights offered by the incomplete contract analysis of labour markets.

Keywords: Globalization; Rent sharing; Probit; Law and trade unions; Incomplete contract; Contract worker (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7111-0_3

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