Wages And Productivity In Selected Indian Industries By Jn Sinha And Pk Sawhney

Monograph examining the relationship between increases in wages and gains in productivity in the cotton textiles, cement, sugar, Jute and paper industries in India from 1950 to 1963 and indicating that account must be taken of changes in labour productivity, etc. References and statistical tables.

Productivity and wages plays an important role in the economic development and ultimately determines the standard of living in the country. In a developing economy like India the wage policy is facing a real conflict between the need of the workers for larger consumption and the demand of the economy for higher rate of capital formation. The increasing productivity and its linking with wages is the best option available. The book examines the relationship between productivity and wages in selected industries of organised manufacturing. In this endeavour, the book examines (a) The trends in productivity; (b) The trends in distribution of productivity gains; (c) The trends in factor compensation (wages and rate of return). Contents: Introduction and Problem Setting, Data and Methodology, Wage Productivity Relationship Theoretical and Empirical Evidence, Productivity Trends in Selected Industries, Trends in Distribution of Productivity Gains, Trends in Wages and Earnings, Wage-Productivity R

Study based on published data for chemicals, iron and steel, and textile industry groups and 20 industry groups representing the manufacturing sector of India.

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