Suchergebnisse

ResumenEl autor analiza las principales conclusiones de la profusa bibliografía sobre la relación entre la reglamentación laboral supuestamente «restrictiva» de la India y los malos resultados industriales y laborales, revelando múltiples errores de concepción e interpretación de los índices elaborados para medir el efecto de las diferencias entre estados en cuanto a reglamentación laboral. Detecta también problemas econométricos y deficiencias en los análisis con índices corregidos y actualizados. En conclusión, la bibliografía relativa a la relación entre reglamentación laboral y resultados económicos en la India no ofrece garantías suficientes como para ser tenida en cuenta en la elaboración de políticas.

RésuméL'auteur recense les arguments avancés dans la littérature sur les liens entre un droit du travail indien prétendument «restrictif» et divers indicateurs économiques et sociaux. Il montre que les indicateurs de la législation utilisés dans le passé pour faire des comparaisons entre États sont entachés d'erreurs et ont été interprétés, à tort, comme des mesures de la flexibilité du marché du travail. Ces analyses présentent aussi des faiblesses sur le plan économétrique et semblent difficiles à répliquer au moyen d'indicateurs corrigés et actualisés. L'auteur fournit également des données témoignant de la dégradation de la situation des travailleurs du secteur manufacturier indien.

AbstractA growing literature seeks to establish a relationship between India's supposedly "restrictive" labour laws and its poor performance on a range of industrial and social indicators. After providing an overview of this literature, this article shows that multiple errors were made in the foundational papers that constructed indices measuring interstate differences in labour regulation. These indices were then misinterpreted as measures of labour market flexibility. The literature is also marred by econometric problems and by difficulties involved in replicating the analysis with corrected and updated indices. The author concludes by summarizing evidence of deteriorating labour market outcomes for workers in Indian manufacturing.

Trade between China and India has grown rapidly in recent years, and has received a further political impetus from the visit of the Chinese premier to India in April. After briefly summarising the relevant sections of the Report of the Joint Study Group on Comprehensive Trade and Economic Cooperation that was set up by the two governments, this essay examines two issues that deserve greater attention. First, the use of anti-dumping duties by India against imports from China and Russia in the context of both being treated as non-market economies; second, a possible Free Trade Agreement between India and China. The essay concludes that there are strong economic and political arguments for improving bilateral trade and communications and for modifying anti-dumping procedures, but the case for a bilateral FTA is not that strong.