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Centre for Employment Studies

The issues of labour and employment constitute an important research area of IHD. It has, over the years, emerged as a major repository of databases, research studies, and publications in these areas. The institute brings out a biennial India Labour and Employment Report and hosts the office of the Indian Society of Labour Economics and its quarterly publication ‘Indian Journal of Labour Economics’.

The Institute has set up the Centre for Employment Studies to further facilitate focused research and discussions on the labour markets and employment issues. The aim of the Centre is to strengthen and disseminate knowledge about employment issues in India, by building a systematic base of both data and documentation, and by expanding research into key employment and labour markets issues.

WP 04/2020
IHD-CES Working Paper titled “Understanding Circular Migration in India; Its Nature and Dimensions, the Crisis under Lockdown and the Response of the State”
by Prof. Ravi Srivastava

WP 03/2020
IHD-CES Working Paper titled “Integrating Migration and Development Policy in India:A Case Study of Three Indian States”
by Prof. Ravi Srivastava

WP 02/2020
IHD-CES Working Paper titled “Vulnerable Internal Migrants in India and Portability of Social Security and Entitlements”
by Prof. Ravi Srivastava

WP 01/2020
IHD-CES Working Paper titled “Collapse in Wage/Salary Income Growth in India, 2011-12 to 2017-18”
by Prof. Ravi Srivastava

  • India’s middle class: Drivers of Inequality?
    21 May 2014
    by Nandita Gupta
    The middle class in India has been growing since the colonial rule. The land reforms (which removed the highest classes and handed more control to middle level and… Read More
  • Pikettymania, what implications for India and Brazil?
    17 May 2014
    by Gerry Rodgers
    Thomas Piketty’s recent book on Capital in the 21st Century is creating waves in Europe and the United States. He shows the central role of the acc…Read More
  • Comparing Brazil and India: Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Manmohan Singh
    17 May 2014
    by Gerry Rodgers
    In the 1980s the Brazilian economy went through deep depression and high inflation. In 1993, Fernando Henrique Cardoso was appointed Finance Minister and succeeded … Read More
  • Trade Unions and Labour Market Inequality
    06 Feb 2014
    by Taniya Chakrabarty
    There is a common opinion that trade union activities have been limited to only the formal sector which has given rise to the phrase “labour aristocracy”, but in reality more than six… Read More
  • Labour Market Inequality in Brazil and India: A Comparative Study
    06 Feb 2014
    by Gerry Rodgers
    Inequality has been rising in India and declining in Brazil in recent years. Early findings of the research at IHD point to some of the factors which drive these different trends. For instance… Read More