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Labour Quality in Indian Manufacturing A State Level Analysis

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The paper provides the educational composition of the manufacturing workers in the eighteen selected states of India during the last four NSSO rounds on Employment and Unemployment in India covering the period 1983 to 1999-2000. It also presents a labour quality index based on the Jorgenson, Gallop, and Fraumeni methodology for both the rural and urban sectors of the states.

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  • Suresh Chand Aggarwal, 2007. "Labour Quality in Indian Manufacturing A State Level Analysis," Working Papers id:998, eSocialSciences.
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