Employment dynamics in Indian industry: Adjustment lags and the impact of job security regulations

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 233-256

  Dutta Roy, Sudipta ^a  

^a GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment lags; Dynamic factor demand; Inter relatedness; Job security regulations; Vector error correction

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 0942289036     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2003.01.003     Document Type: Article

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