Informalization of the formal sector: Evidence from India's manufacturing industries
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DOI: 10.2478/izajodm-2023-0005
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Keywords
contract workers; labour regulations; firm-worker bargaining; manufacturing sector; formal/informal;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
- J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
- J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
- K0 - Law and Economics - - General
- L6 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing
- R0 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General
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