Sukti Dasgupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3696554 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sukti Dasgupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sukti |
| FAMILY NAME | Dasgupta |
| SIGNATURE | DASGUPTA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bridge University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Push and Pull Factors in Women's Rural Employment in India Since Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the world of work in India. It resulted in unprecedented job and income losses, reinforcing the adverse labour market situation of women. There was a significant contraction in demand as the crisis unfolded, and the effects of this contraction was exacerbated by an increase in the demand for unpaid care work as a result of business and school closures, and return migration. Return migration of wor…
Ajit Singh of Cambridge and Chandigarh
As much to be gained by merchandise as manufacture? The role of services as an engine of growth
This article assesses the role of the services sector as an engine of growth during the 1985–2015 period. Results from testing services within a Kaldorian framework support the view that (a) manufacturing continues to remain important, but its contribution has weakened over time while that of services has become stronger, and (b) job creation is being driven predominantly by the services sector in countries at all income levels, although this is …
Will Services be the New Engine of Indian Economic Growth
This article revisits the role of manufacturing and services in economic development in the light of a number of new phenomena: a faster growth of services than of manufacturing in many developing countries; the emergence of 'de-industrialization' in several developing countries, at low levels of per capita income; jobless growth in the formal sector, even in fast-growing countries such as India; and a large expansion of the informal sector in de…
Structural and Behavioural Characteristics of Informal Service Employment
This article argues that at least two distinct categories within the informal sector - informal services and informal manufacturing - exhibit different structural and behavioural characteristics. While some segments of informal manufacturing may indeed be 'dynamic' as noted by some recent studies, the hypothesis is tested for the informal service employment on the basis of a survey by the author in New Delhi, India. It examines investment, earnin…
Will Services be the New Engine of Indian Economic Growth
This article revisits the role of manufacturing and services in economic development in the light of a number of new phenomena: a faster growth of services than of manufacturing in many developing countries; the emergence of 'de-industrialization' in several developing countries, at low levels of per capita income; jobless growth in the formal sector, even in fast-growing countries such as India; and a large expansion of the informal sector in de…
Structural and Behavioural Characteristics of Informal Service Employment
This article argues that at least two distinct categories within the informal sector - informal services and informal manufacturing - exhibit different structural and behavioural characteristics. While some segments of informal manufacturing may indeed be 'dynamic' as noted by some recent studies, the hypothesis is tested for the informal service employment on the basis of a survey by the author in New Delhi, India. It examines investment, earnin…
Will Services be the New Engine of Indian Economic Growth
This article revisits the role of manufacturing and services in economic development in the light of a number of new phenomena: a faster growth of services than of manufacturing in many developing countries; the emergence of 'de-industrialization' in several developing countries, at low levels of per capita income; jobless growth in the formal sector, even in fast-growing countries such as India; and a large expansion of the informal sector in de…
As much to be gained by merchandise as manufacture? The role of services as an engine of growth
This article assesses the role of the services sector as an engine of growth during the 1985–2015 period. Results from testing services within a Kaldorian framework support the view that (a) manufacturing continues to remain important, but its contribution has weakened over time while that of services has become stronger, and (b) job creation is being driven predominantly by the services sector in countries at all income levels, although this is …
Ajit Singh of Cambridge and Chandigarh
Push and Pull Factors in Women's Rural Employment in India Since Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the world of work in India. It resulted in unprecedented job and income losses, reinforcing the adverse labour market situation of women. There was a significant contraction in demand as the crisis unfolded, and the effects of this contraction was exacerbated by an increase in the demand for unpaid care work as a result of business and school closures, and return migration. Return migration of wor…
Economics (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Indian Economic and Social Development (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works) · Manufacturing sector (2 works) · Political science (2 works)