01613pab a2200193 454500008004000000100002100040245007400061260000900135300001200144362001200156520102700168650003701195650001901232700002101251773001601272909001001288999001701298952010401315180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDeshpande, Sudha  aImpact of liberalisation on work, worklessness and earnings in Mumbai  c1998  ap.35-62  aJan-Jun  aThis paper highlights the immediate impact of liberalisation on work, worklessness and earnings in Mumbai. It is based on the 43rd and 50th Survey Rounds on Employment and Unemployment of the NSSO's State Sample. When the Indian economy was liberalised it was predicted that liberalisation would play havoc with the labour markets in the country. The data from the NSSO do not corroborate most of these dismal predictions. There was no evidence of distress sale of female and child labour. Work participation of men, women and children declined but so did unemployment. Informal sector expanded but real wages improved particularly of women, casual workers and the uneducated relatively to those of men, regular workers and the educated, respectively. The gap between the myth and reality of liberalisation could be largely attributed to the absence of a comprehensive and statistically representative study of the labour market after 1991. As a result, many partial truths have passed off as the whole truth. - Reproduced  aEmployment - India - Maharashtra  aLiberalization  aDeshpande, Lalit  aUrban India  a41396  c41396d41396  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 18, Issue no: 1pAR41772r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR