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Additional authors

1. Visaria, Pravin, 1937-2001.
2. Basant, Rakesh.
3. Indian Society of Agricultural Economics.
4. Gujarat Institute of Development Research.

Description

1. 370 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. A dynamic non-agricultural sector in rural areas is increasingly being seen as a major source for generating employment in India. It is also considered to be an avenue for decentralised industrial development which can, in turn, reduce the burden on the over-stretched urban infrastructure. Indeed, during the last two decades, the share of employment in this sector has consistently increased.
2. This volume is a timely empirical contribution to our understanding of this process of economic diversification in rural India. Taking into account all the available evidence, it constitutes the first extensive and up-to-date analysis of the nature, trends and determinants of rural non-agricultural employment in India.
3. Further, it examines the inter- and intra-state variations in the levels of such activity and reviews the methodological issues involved in studying economic diversification at various levels of spatial disaggregation. Appearing at a time when India is in the process of re-evaluating and altering its development strategies, this book will be invaluable for policy-makers and social scientists interested in issues relating to employment, development strategies and economic diversification.

Subject

1. Geschichte 1960-1989
2. Rural poor > Employment > India
3. Labor supply > India
4. Labor supply
5. Rural poor > Employment
6. Ländlicher Raum
7. Beschäftigung
8. Kongress
9. Plattelandsbevolking
10. Arbeidsmarkt
11. Werkgelegenheid
12. nonfarm employment
13. trend
14. econometric model
15. survey
16. demographic aspect
17. rural worker
18. agricultural worker
19. rural women
20. labour force participation
21. labour supply
22. labour demand
23. occupational structure
24. employment status
25. self employment
26. seasonal employment
27. agricultural employment
28. rural public works
29. unemployment
30. poverty
31. urbanization
32. regional disparity
33. statistical table
34. emploi non agricole
35. tendance
36. modèle économétrique
37. enquête
38. aspect démographique
39. travailleur rural
40. travailleur agricole
41. femmes rurales
42. taux d'activité
43. offre de main-d'oeuvre
44. besoins en main-d'oeuvre
45. structure de l'emploi
46. statut dans l'emploi
47. travail indépendant
48. travail saisonnier
49. emploi agricole
50. travaux publics ruraux
51. chômage
52. pauvreté
53. urbanisation
54. disparité régionale
55. tableau statistique
56. empleo no agrícola
57. tendencia
58. modelo econométrico
59. encuesta
60. aspecto demográfico
61. trabajador rural
62. trabajador agrícola
63. mujeres rurales
64. tasa de actividad de mano de obra
65. oferta de mano de obra
66. necesidad de mano de obra
67. estructura del empleo
68. situación ocupacional
69. trabajo a cuenta propia
70. empleo estacional
71. empleo agrícola
72. obras públicas rurales
73. desempleo
74. pobreza
75. urbanización
76. desigualdad regional
77. cuadros estadísticos
78. India
79. Indien
80. India
81. Inde

Genre/Form

1. proceedings.
2. bibliography.
3. map.
4. rapport de réunion.
5. bibliographie.
6. carte géographique.
7. informe de reunión.
8. bibliografía.
9. mapa.

Contents

1. Foreword / V. M. Dandekar -- 1. Non-Agricultural Employment in India: Problems and Perspective / Pravin Visaria and Rakesh Basant -- 2. Labour Use in Rural India: A Study of Spatial and Temporal Variations / A. Vaidyanathan -- 3. The Sectoral Distribution of Workers in India, 1961-91 / Pravin Visaria -- 4. Rural Non-Agricultural Employment in India: A Review of Available Evidence / Rakesh Basant and B. L. Kumar -- 5. Determinants of Rural Non-Agricultural Employment / D. Jayaraj -- 6. Changes in the Structure of Rural Workforce in Uttar Pradesh: A Temporal and Regional Study / Ajit Kumar Singh -- 7. Employment Diversification in an Agriculturally Developed Region: Some Evidence from Rural Kheda, Gujarat / Rakesh Basant and Harish Joshi -- 8. Some Aspects of Non-Agricultural Employment in Rural India: Evidence at a Disaggregate Level / S. Mahendra Dev -- 9. Inter-Regional Variations in Non-Agricultural Employment in Rural India: An Exploratory Analysis / Jeemol Unni.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Selected papers from a seminar held March 29-31, 1989 in Ahmedabad and co-sponsored by the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics and the Gujarat Institute of Development Research.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.