TY - BOOK AU - Roychowdhury, Anamitra TI - Labour law reforms in India: all in the name of jobs SN - 9781138323520 U1 - 344.5401 PY - 2018/// CY - New Delhi PB - Routledge KW - Labor market India KW - Labor policy KW - Labor supply KW - Sociology &​ social policy KW - Labour economics KW - Labor laws and legislation N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - This book provides a theoretical framework to understanding labour market flexibility and empirically examines to what extent India’s ‘jobless growth’ may be attributed to labour laws. there is a pervasive view that the country’s low manufacturing base and inability to generate jobs is primarily due to rigid labour laws. therefore, job creation is sought to be boosted by reforming labour laws. However, the book argues that if labour laws are made flexible, then there are adverse consequences for workers: dismantled job security weakens workers’ bargaining power, incapacitates trade union movement, skews class distribution of output, dilutes workers’ rights and renders them vulnerable ER -